Senior doctors in west Bengal submitted mass resignation: Senior doctors from state-run medical colleges and hospitals in West Bengal have resigned masse, sparking a wave of support from doctors at the College of Medicine and Sagore Dutta Hospital and Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (PGMER). The doctors from these hospitals are also set to tender their resignations, further pressuring the Mamata Banerjee-led government. Three of the junior doctors who were observing in Kolkata and Siliguri ‘fast unto death’ have so far been has been hospitalized after this critical condition The government refuses to accept collective resignations: Speaking at…
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BJP crosses majority mark in Haryana, defying exit polls: The BJP back from behind on Tuesday to stop Congress’s celebrations on its tracks and snatch an incredible win for a historic third term in Haryana, defying exit polls’ predictions. Jammu and Kashmir, too, turned all projections on its head as the state handed a big win to the National Conference-Congress alliance; Farooq Abdullah tapped his son Omar Abdullah as the next Chief Minister. The BJP won 48 of 90 seats in Haryana; the majority mark stands at 46. The Congress won 37 seats. No party has won a third consecutive term…
India’s infrastructural project in Maldives: India and Maldives on Monday sought to reset – boosted by a US$400 million – ₹ 3,000 crore currency swap deal – a relationship fractured by two diplomatic squabbles over the past 12 months, including last year when three Maldivian ministers made critical comments Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The deal was announced as Maldives President Muizzu made his first State visit to India. Mr. Muizzu arrived in Delhi Sunday evening and, after a day’s rest, was accorded a ceremonial welcome by President Draupadi Murmu and the Prime Minister at Raj Bhavan, after which he paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi…
Information so far: Since Monday, Israel has been bombing Lebanon, and in the three days that have passed, at least 620 people have died as a result. Prime Minister Najib Mikati of Lebanon has pleaded with members of the UN Security Council (UNSC) to take action.France summoned an urgent security council meeting on Wednesday, and the French foreign minister used the occasion to announce that his country and the US are working together to find a way to temporarily cease hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah. Mikati addressed the emergency conference at UN headquarters in New York, saying, “Israel is invading…
Live Updates The second phase of voting on 26 seats in six districts for the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections has begun on Wednesday, September 25, and will conclude at 6pm. Security has been tightened in key constituencies such as Rajouri, which along with Poonch and Reasi has witnessed a surge of terror attacks over the last few years. Statistics More than 2.5 million voters will decide the fate of 239 candidates, including 79 in the Pir Pranjal region of Jammu during the second phase of elections. This is the first assembly election being held in Jammu and Kashmir in…
Incident so far: Akshay Shinde , who was accused of sexual assault of two minor girls at a school in Badlapur town of Thane district. A contractual sweeper at the school in Badlapur, Akshay Shinde was arrested on August 17, five days after he allegedly sexually abused the two girls in the school toilet. He was killed near Mumbra Bypass in Thane on Monday evening when he allegedly snatched the gun of a policeman while he was being ferried in a police vehicle as part of a probe into a case registered against him on the complaint of his former wife,…
Situation so far: As junior doctors’ protests continue, decorators on Wednesday night were seen removing tents, bamboo sticks, and pedestal fans from the protest site in front of Swasthya Bhavan. Protestors now claim that “external pressure” is causing decorators, who had installed fans for them, to now take them down. “It could be an effort to demoralize us,” said a junior doctor, “but we would like to clearly say that for a protest, we don’t need all this. We can protest from anywhere and in any possible way.” Junior doctors announced their decision to continue their protest and cease work after…
Proposal Union minister Ashwini Vishnaw declared on Wednesday that the plan for nationwide simultaneous elections that would align votes for the Lok Sabha and state Assemblies has been approved by the Union Cabinet. The decision is the result of months of consideration and the submission of a report on the ‘one nation, one election’ concept by a high-level committee led by former President Ram Nath Kovind. The paper lays out a detailed implementation roadmap for simultaneous elections and was presented before the Cabinet on Wednesday. The group had suggested holding simultaneous elections for the state and Lok Sabha assemblies as…
India Iran’s relation so far: India and Iran tend to share a good relationship, illustrated by strong economic ties. In May, they signed a 10-year contract to develop and operate the Iranian port of Chabahar, on Iran’s southeastern coast. India is developing the port as a gateway to exports to Iran, Afghanistan and Central Asia, allowing it to bypass the ports of Karachi and Gwadar in rival Pakistan. In May the two countries signed a 10-year agreement to develop and manage the Iranian port of Chabahar, located on Iran’s south-eastern coast Ayatollah Khamenei’s comments: Earlier on Monday, Iran’s Supreme Leader…
