Morning Digest | Central team of officials to visit Nipah-hit areas, Joe Biden’s son Hunter indicted on gun charges, and more

Central team of officials to visit Nipah-hit areas A Central team of officials is expected to visit Maruthonkara and Ayancheri areas in Kozhikode district of Kerala on Friday where two persons died due to Nipah infection recently. Five people have so far tested positive for the virus, of whom twoRead More →

Morning Digest | Special Session to debate Parliament’s 75-year journey, take up Bills; Apple farmers urge J&K L-G to restart MIS in Kashmir to save C-grade crop, and more

Special Session to debate Parliament’s 75-year journey, take up Bills Ending the suspense on the agenda of the Special Session of Parliament, which will be held from September 18 to 22, the Parliamentary bulletin revealed that on the first day of the session, the two Houses will hold a discussionRead More →

Morning Digest | Cauvery panel ‘directs’ Karnataka to continue water release, Kuldeep Yadav in the thick of it again as India wins spin test and reaches Asia Cup final, and more

Court rejects Chandrababu Naidu’s plea for house arrest, finds central jail safe The ACB Court in Vijayawada on Tuesday dismissed former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu’s plea for house arrest. It was convinced that the central jail at Rajamahendravaram is safe for him in view of tight securityRead More →

Morning Digest | China says New Delhi Declaration reaffirms G-20 is body for economic issues, ‘not geopolitics’, Congress slams Modi Government for exceeding G-20 budget, and more

New Delhi Declaration reaffirms G-20 is body for economic issues, ‘not geopolitics’: China China on September 11 in its first official reaction to the G-20 Summit said it welcomed the New Delhi Declaration which had “reaffirmed” that the G-20 was a form for “economic cooperation” and “not a platform to resolve geopoliticalRead More →

U.S. Attorney-General appoints special counsel to investigate Joe Biden documents

U.S. Attorney-General Merrick Garland on January 12 appointed a special counsel to investigate the presence of documents with classified markings found at President Joe Biden’s home in Wilmington, Delaware, and at an office in Washington. The announcement followed Mr. Biden’s acknowledgement earlier in the day that a document with classifiedRead More →

U.K., Japan sign defence pact allowing reciprocal troop deployment

Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak shake hands. | File Photo | Photo Credit: AFP The U.K and Japan, on Wednesday, signed a defence pact, which will permit the deployment of troops in each other’s countries and increase security cooperation . The move comes as Britain is undertaking a ‘tilt’Read More →

Maduro hosts Colombia’s Petro for ‘very fruitful’ talks

Colombian President Gustavo Petro travelled to Venezuela for an unscheduled meeting with his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro, days after the full reopening of the border between the two countries. | Photo Credit: AFP Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro made a surprise trip to meet his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro on SaturdayRead More →