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Live News Highlights: Ukraine conflict must be resolved through dialogue, diplomacy: Quad

Business and Political news highlights: The Quad leaders on Saturday called for the resolution of the Ukraine conflict through dialogue and diplomacy while asserting that it must not be an era of war, a formulation that echoed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's position.

May 20, 2023 / 22:32 IST

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  • Live News Highlights: Ukraine conflict must be resolved through dialogue, diplomacy: Quad
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  • May 20, 2023 / 22:28 IST

    Lumpy skin disease detected in Sikkim   

    -- The contagious lumpy skin disease (LSD) was detected among cattle in three districts of Sikkim, an official said on Saturday.

    -- Samples from Soreng, Pakyong and Namchi districts sent to the National Institute of High Security Animal Disease (NIHSAD) in Bhopal turned out to be positive, Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services Secretary P Senthil Kumar said.

    -- The government was taking various measures to control the disease, he said.

  • May 20, 2023 / 22:15 IST

    TMC National General Secretary and MP Abhishek Banerjee on RBI scrapping circulation of Rs 2,000 note:

    “Now it is the time for 'votebandi', 'notebandi' won't do anything. 'Votebandi' will happen in 2024...Karnataka results will be repeated in 2024.”

  • May 20, 2023 / 21:56 IST

    Mahanadi Water Disputes Tribunal visits Odisha's Sambalpur

    -- Members of the Mahanadi Water Disputes Tribunal visited Odisha's Sambalpur district on Saturday to study the ground situation.

    -- The tribunal, headed by retired Supreme Court judge AM Khanwilkar, was formed in 2018 to resolve the disputes between Odisha and Chhattisgarh over the sharing of Mahanadi's water.

    -- The members of the tribunal were accompanied by officials of the Water Resources Departments of the two states, technical teams, assessors, and law experts during the visit to the Hirakud dam and other places in Sambalpur.

  • May 20, 2023 / 21:43 IST

    PM Modi meets British PM Sunak, Indonesian President Widodo and UN chief in Japan

    - Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday met his British counterpart Rishi Sunak, Indonesian President Joko Widodo and UN chief Antonio Guterres on the sidelines of the G7 summit here in this Japanese city.

    - Modi said he had a productive discussion with Sunak on the sidelines of the Hiroshima G-7 Summit. The two leaders are expected to meet formally on Sunday.

  • May 20, 2023 / 21:28 IST

    Peace, unity and development only agenda of DPAP: Azad


    - Peace, unity and development are the only agenda of the Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP), its chairman Ghulam Nabi Azad said as he started a three-day tour of Doda district on Saturday.

    - "Chenab valley (comprising Doda, Ramban and Kishtwar districts) is my main focus and we will ensure it is developed and connected properly with the rest of the country," Azad said, interacting with party workers and members of various delegations.

  • May 20, 2023 / 21:14 IST

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    TMC National General Secretary and MP Abhishek Banerjee comes out of the CBI office after over nine hours of questioning in the Kuntal Ghosh letter case.

  • May 20, 2023 / 20:53 IST

    Quad leaders pledge to uphold peace and stability in Indo-Pacific region 

    The United States, Australia, India, and Japan, a group known as Quad, on Saturday pledged to uphold peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region and "oppose unilateral actions seeking change in status quo by force", they said in a statement.

    They also expressed a "serious concern at the militarisation of disputed features, efforts to disrupt other countries' offshore resource exploitation activities", the statement added.

  • May 20, 2023 / 20:11 IST

    2 Pakistani drones shot down in Punjab

    -- Two Pakistani drones were shot down last night by the BSF troop of the Amritsar sector.

    -- 2.6 kg of heroin was recovered from a drone shot down under the border outpost of Ratankhurd.

    -- Another drone was shot in Dhariwal, DIG Sanjay Garg informed

  • May 20, 2023 / 19:52 IST

    Toll in West Bengal firecracker factory explosion rises to 12           

    -- The toll in the blast at an illegal firecracker factory in West Bengal's Purba Medinipur district rose to 12 after two more persons succumbed to their injuries.

    -- Rabindranath Maity and Pinki Maity, who had third-degree burn injuries, died at the state-run SSKM Hospital in Kolkata where they were undergoing treatment.

    -- Prime accused and owner of the illegal firecracker manufacturing unit, Kalipada alias Bhanu Bagh, who was arrested by the West Bengal CID on Thursday, had succumbed to his injuries at a private nursing home in Odisha's Cuttack, where he had fled soon after the blast on May 16.

  • May 20, 2023 / 19:36 IST

    Quad leaders reiterate condemnation of 26/11, Pathankot terror attack

    Condemning terrorism in all its forms, the quad leaders said in a joint statement: “We are committed to working together to promote accountability for the perpetrators of such terrorist attacks. We reiterate our condemnation of terrorist attacks, including the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai and in Pathankot, and our commitment to pursuing designations, as appropriate, by the UN Security Council 1267 Sanctions Committee.”

    “We unequivocally condemn terrorism and violent extremism in all its forms and manifestations including cross-border terrorism. We are committed to international cooperation and will work with our regional partners in a comprehensive and sustained manner to strengthen our capability to prevent, detect and respond to threats posed by terrorism and violent extremism, consistent with international law.”

  • May 20, 2023 / 19:10 IST

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    231 stolen antiques brought back to India in the last 9 years: Union Minister Jitendra Singh

  • May 20, 2023 / 18:43 IST

    Ministry had no other choice, says SMEV official on Govt plans to cut subsidy for EV two-wheelers

    Reacting to the plans of the ministry to cutting subsidy provided to EV two-wheelers under the FAME-II Scheme among other possible changes, Sohinder Gill, Director General, SMEV (Society of Manufacturers of Electric Vehicles) and CEO of Hero Electric, said: “The Ministry of Heavy Industries had already announced a few months back that they are about to achieve their target of one million sales in four years and subsidy may not continue thereafter. However, the industry felt that it is too premature to withdraw subsidy as the E2W had hardly reached 4.9 percent adoption rate. So, subsidies must be continued for at least three years before they are tapered off.”

    “In the absence of any additional budget, the ministry was left with no choice, but to either suddenly stop the subsidy or to somehow manage the rest of the year with greatly reducing the budget and drawing some unspent money from the E3W budget. On top of it, there is no clear indication of FAME III support. Hence, the industry also had no choice but to accept this else the subsidies would have finished instantly.”

  • May 20, 2023 / 18:21 IST

    Ordinance in line with Supreme Court verdict, Delhi isn’t ‘Arvind Territory’, says BJP

    The BJP on Saturday defended the ordinance on the transfer and posting of government officers in Delhi as a step in consonance with the Constitution and in line with the Supreme Court's observations in the matter, asserting that this is also in the interest of the common man.

    BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia launched a sharp attack on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal following his denouncement of the Centre for bringing the ordinance, which seeks to negate the apex court order giving the authority over officers to the elected government, saying his ideology is against the Constitution and is anarchic.

    Citing the verdict of the Constitution bench, Bhatia said it had said that if "Parliament enacts a law granting executive power on any subject", then the power of the Lieutenant Governor can be modified accordingly.

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