The U.N. General Assembly votes in favour of a decision upholding Ukraine’s territorial integrity and calling for a cessation of hostilities after Russia’s invasion, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023, at United Nations headquarters.
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India abstains in U.N. vote underscoring want for simply, lasting peace in Ukraine
India abstained in the U.N. General Assembly on February 23 on a decision that underscored the necessity to attain as quickly as attainable a “comprehensive, just and lasting peace” in Ukraine in line with the ideas of the U.N. Charter. In the decision, which acquired 141 votes in favour and seven towards, India was among the many 32 international locations that abstained.
Gandhis likely to stay away from Congress steering committee assembly
In a transparent sign to the get together that Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge is firmly positioned in the driving seat, the Gandhi household — Sonia, Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra — are likely to skip the get together’s steering committee assembly on the eighty fifth Plenary in Raipur scheduled for 10 a.m. on February 24. The assembly will determine on whether or not elections shall be held for the get together’s top-decision making physique — Congress Working Committee.
BJP levels protest, calls for Sisodia’s sacking over ‘snooping’ allegations
BJP’s Delhi unit on Thursday staged a protest outdoors AAP’s workplace and sought Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia’s sacking over allegations of political intelligence gathering. Mr. Sisodia and the AAP authorities have maintained that the allegations are “completely bogus”.
60% of voters linked Aadhaar to voter ID: RTI
More than 60% of India’s 94.5 crore voters in India have linked their Aadhaar quantity to their voter IDs, the Election Commission (EC) disclosed in a Right to Information response obtained by The Hindu. The complete variety of voters who’ve their Aadhaar linked is 56,90,83,090. Tripura, which went to the polls final week, had the best fee of Aadhaar linking; over 92% of voters in the State have supplied their Aadhaar particulars to the Election Commission.
Pro-Khalistan chief Amritpal Singh’s supporters assault police in Punjab’s Ajnala
Armed with swords, weapons and sharp weapons, scores of supporters of the self-styled Sikh preacher and pro-Khalistan (sovereign state for Sikhs) propagator Amritpal Singh on Thursday indulged in a scuffle with Punjab police personnel, injuring a couple of in Amritsar’s Ajnala. Mr. Amritpal, who not too long ago acknowledged that “Khalistan movement can’t be stopped from flourishing”, had given a name to his supporters to collect at Ajnala to protest towards the arrest of his shut affiliate in an alleged kidnapping and theft case.
Aramane Giridhar will get extension as Defence Secretary
Defence Secretary Aramane Giridhar was on Thursday given an extension in service until October subsequent yr, a Personnel Ministry order mentioned. Mr. Giridhar, a 1988-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the Andhra Pradesh cadre, took over because the Defence Secretary on November 1 final yr.
Char Dham Yatra | Yamunotri to get a ropeway
The Uttarakhand authorities on Thursday signed a MoU value ₹167 crore for ropeway to Yamunotri temple from Kharsali. It will scale back the journey time for pilgrims who trek to the temple from three to 4 hours to quarter-hour.
‘Nine guest countries’ to summit shall be in the end guided by ‘continuity’ of G20
The “nine guest countries” to the G20 summit and ministerial conferences are anticipated to convey their very own plans to the occasions however they are going to be in the end guided by the continuity of G20, a supply conversant in the planning of the summit has knowledgeable. Nine international locations which might be invited embody – Bangladesh, Egypt, Mauritius, Netherlands, Nigeria, Oman, Singapore, Spain and the United Arab Emirates.
Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 16 years in L.A. rape case
Former film mogul Harvey Weinstein was sentenced Thursday to 16 years in jail for the rape of a girl in a Beverly Hills lodge room a decade in the past. The sentence was handed down by a Los Angeles courtroom. Mr. Weinstein is already serving a 23-year sentence for his separate 2020 conviction in New York for intercourse crimes.
ONGC to make investments $2 billion in Mumbai offshore to increase oil, gasoline output
India’s prime oil and gasoline producer ONGC will make investments more than $2 billion in drilling a document 103 wells on its foremost gas-bearing asset in the Arabia Sea because it pivots a turnaround plan that may add 100 million tonnes to manufacturing, an organization official mentioned.
NCST points warrant of arrest for CEO of Bank of Maharashtra
The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes has now issued a Warrant of Arrest for A.S. Rajeev, managing director and chief government officer (CEO) of the Bank of Maharashtra, in reference to the harassment of a Scheduled Tribe lady in Odisha who was attempting to clear paperwork for advantages she was due after her husband, an ex-employee, had handed away.
Global economic system in a greater place than many predicted a couple of months in the past: Yellen
The world economic system is in a greater place at the moment than many had predicted just some months in the past, though there have been nonetheless vital headwinds, U.S Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen mentioned at a press convention on Thursday. “It’s fair to say that the global economy is in a better place today,” she mentioned, including that in the autumn, many had been frightened a couple of sharp financial slowdown the world over.
