Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina casts her vote for the General Elections 2024, in Dhaka on January 7, 2024
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Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday secured a report fourth straight time period as her Awami League celebration gained two-thirds of the seats within the common elections marred by sporadic violence and a boycott by the principle opposition BNP and its allies.
No native physique representatives in J&Ok from January 9; no Assembly since 2018
The individuals of Jammu and Kashmir, who haven’t had any Assembly illustration since 2018, will stop to have any electoral illustration on the grassroots degree as effectively from January 9. The five-year time period of virtually 30,000 native representatives is ready to run out on that date, and there’s no readability on when the subsequent election for municipal our bodies and panchayats can be held, because the Union authorities has determined to first conduct a delimitation train.
On a day when senior leaders began seat-sharing talks in some States with companions of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA), the Congress on January 7 introduced names of observers for 539 Lok Sabha seats throughout the nation.
SC to pronounce verdict on the untimely launch of convicts in Bilkis Bano case at this time
A Supreme Court Bench headed by Justice B.V. Nagarathna is scheduled on January 8 to pronounce its judgment on petitions difficult Gujarat authorities’s determination to prematurely launch 11 males sentenced to life for the gang rape of Bilks Bano and homicide of her household throughout the 2002 riots.
Two current judgments in essential circumstances have seen the Supreme Court financial institution on the federal government’s assurances to set issues on monitor. The first got here from a Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud, which determined to relaxation simple on the again of an assurance given by the Solicitor General, representing the Union authorities, that Statehood will quickly be restored to Jammu and Kashmir. In the second judgment, a three-judge Bench additionally led by the CJI took the phrase of the Solicitor General, this time representing the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), that its investigations towards the Adani group can be accomplished expeditiously.
India, Saudi Arabia ink Haj settlement with over 1.75 lakh pilgrim quota for 2024
India and Saudi Arabia on Sunday signed a bilateral settlement beneath which New Delhi has been allotted a quota of 1,75,025 pilgrims for the annual Haj pilgrimage in 2024. Minority Affairs Minister Smriti Irani accompanied by Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan signed the Bilateral Haj Agreement 2024 with Saudi Minister of Hajj and Umrah Dr. Tawfiq bin Fawzan in Jeddah.
The Tamil Nadu Global Investors Meet (GIM) 2024 hosted by the DMK authorities obtained off to a blistering begin on the Chennai Trade Centre on Sunday with Chief Minister M.Ok. Stalin unveiling a blueprint for making the State a $1 trillion economic system by 2030. The authorities additionally launched its Semiconductor and Advanced Electronics Policy, 2024, on a day when a slew of memoranda of understandings (MOUs) entailing mega investments have been signed.
Use social media influencers to disseminate information, PM tells police chiefs
Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged the highest cops of the nation to discover whether or not social media influencers will be engaged to disseminate info in public curiosity, based on a senior authorities official. While addressing the three-day annual Director General of Police (DGP) convention in Jaipur, he additionally referred to as for the coaching of police officers in dealing with cyber-related crimes and the challenges posed by Artificial Intelligence.
The Israeli army signalled that it has wrapped up main fight in northern Gaza, saying it has accomplished dismantling Hamas’ army infrastructure there, because the battle towards the militant group entered its fourth month on January 7.
Rohit Sharma to steer India’s T20I aspect towards Afghanistan
Star opener Rohit Sharma and batter Virat Kohli returned to India’s T20I squad towards Afghanistan because the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Sunday revealed a 16-player roster for three-match T20I sequence, beginning on January 11.
