Tourists get pleasure from a shikara trip on the Dal lake in Srinagar. File Photo.
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Invitations posted, Srinagar gears up for G-20 tourism meet
Srinagar, the summer time capital of Jammu and Kashmir, is all set to host a working group assembly of tourism delegates from the G-20 nations within the final week of May. The metropolis is present process a serious makeover amid a stringent safety plan for the high-profile occasion.
78 arrested in motion towards pro-Khalistan preacher Amritpal Singh, supporters
In a serious crackdown towards pro-Khalistan propagator Amritpal Singh and his supporters, the Punjab Police on March 18, 2023 arrested 78 individuals and launched a hunt for him. While Internet companies have been suspended throughout the State until March 19 midday to stop any incitement to violence, it was not clear whether or not the preacher has additionally been detained.
South Korea strikes to ‘normalise’ navy pact with Japan
South Korea will absolutely implement a key navy intelligence-sharing pact with Japan, a Defence Ministry official informed AFP on March 18, as the 2 nations transfer to thaw long-frozen relations and renew diplomacy to counter Pyongyang.
At a fence-mending summit on Thursday, the neighbours agreed to show the web page on a bitter dispute over Japan’s use of war-time compelled labour.
The return of the Net neutrality debate in India
Since November 2022, the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), which represents Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea, and Reliance Jio, the three main telecom operators in India, has been demanding that platforms resembling YouTube and WhatsApp pay a share of income to make up for the community prices. This has reignited the talk round web neutrality.
Conman Kiran Patel, now in custody in J&Ok, cheated many in Gujarat too: police
Kiran Patel, who has been arrested by Jammu and Kashmir (J&Ok) Police for impersonating being a high rating official of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has apparently cheated many individuals in Gujarat promising authorities contracts or clearances.Â
After his arrest by the Police within the Union Territory, a number of individuals went public accusing him of dishonest and fraud in Ahmedabad, Vadodara and even North Gujarat.Â
Enforcement Directorate chargesheet recounts distress of victims in Chinese mortgage app case
The ED has charged seven entities and 5 people within the ‘Chinese loan app’ case, the place the efficient rate of interest got here to 2,233% every year in a single occasion.
Serbia and Kosovo take part in high-stakes EU-mediated talks
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti arrived at North Macedonia’s lakeside resort of Ohrid for conferences with worldwide envoys and uncommon head-to-head talks.
NIA information fifth chargesheet towards PFI, its key functionaries and activists
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed the fifth chargesheet towards the now-banned Popular Front of India (PFI) and 19 activists, together with 12 members of its nationwide govt committee (NEC). The company has additionally frozen 77 financial institution accounts linked to the outfit and the accused individuals.
Recruitment proposal for Eklavya colleges leaves current academics in a bind
As the Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs appears to be like to finalise the recruitment guidelines for hiring over 38,000 academics and help employees for 740 Eklavya Model Residential Schools throughout the nation, the roles of round 4,000 academics are hanging by a thread — academics who’re already working at practically 400 of those colleges — with the Union authorities having calculated the employees requirement with out contemplating these already working in these colleges.
Kazakhs to vote in newly energized parliament elections
Voters in Kazakhstan will solid ballots Sunday after a brief however lively marketing campaign for seats within the decrease home of parliament that’s being reconfigured within the wake of lethal unrest that gripped the resource-rich Central Asian nation a yr in the past.
‘Devine’ intervention retains Royal Challengers alive
Devine, on Saturday evening on the Brabourne Stadium right here, performed what must be one of many nice knocks in girls’s T20 cricket. It was power-hitting at its finest. Her 99 off simply 36 balls (9×4, 8×6) took RCB to an eight-wicket win towards Gujarat Giants, with 4.3 overs to spare.
Rohit returns as Men in Blue look to seal collection
Regular skipper Rohit Sharma will take over the reins from Hardik Pandya after lacking the primary recreation for private causes. His return will bolster the highest order which struggled towards Mitchell Starc’s fiery spell on Friday. Ishan Kishan is prone to make manner.
