IAF Rafale Aircraft Live: Last of the 36 IAF Rafale aircraft landed in India

Even when there was no liquor ban here, people died due to spurious liquor -even in other states. People should be alert. As there is a liquor ban here, something spurious will be sold due to which people die. Liquor is bad & shouldn’t be consumed

– Bihar CM

Last time, when people died due to spurious liquor, someone said they should be compensated. If someone consumes liquor, they’ll die – example is before us. This should be condoled, those places should be visited and people be explained

– Bihar CM Nitish Kumar

IND vs BAN 1st Test, day 2: India all-out for 404 against Bangladesh

First meeting of newly elected MCD to take place on January 6: Sources

The first meeting of the newly elected MCD will take place on January 6 next year, PTI sources said. On December 7, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) won the MCD polls with 134 seats, ending the 15-year rule of the BJP in the prestigious municipal corporation and reducing the Congress to just nine seats in a house of 250.

IAF to conduct a pre-planned routine exercise on 15-16 Dec

Eastern Air Command of IAF will conduct a pre-planned routine exercise in its AOR (area of responsibility) on 15-16 Dec. This was planned well in advance of recent developments in Tawang & not associated with these events. The exercise will be conducted towards training of IAF crew

High-level meeting on Delhi airport rush

Stampede case: West Bengal govt withdraws plea seeking FIR against BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari from SC

Petrol price hike: Opposition walks out of the House

Congress-led Opposition parties in Lok Sabha walked out of the House as they were not satisfied with the reply of Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on the petrol price hike.

Last IAF Rafale aircraft landed in India

The last of the 36 IAF Rafale aircraft landed in India after a quick en-route mid-air refuelling from a UAE Air Force tanker aircraft after taking off from France to reach India: Indian Air Force (IAF)

Tibetans-in-exile protest in Mcleodganj against China

“We’ve seen recent clash and illegal incursion by PLA at the Arunachal border area. We’re here to show our support to the Indian Army &Indian people. We’ve been saying ‘Tibet’s independence, India’s security,” a protester says

Gold drops as Fed says more rate hikes coming

Gold prices fell nearly 1% on Thursday, after U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said more interest rate hikes would come next year. Spot gold slipped 0.9% to $1,791.23 per ounce, as of 0550 GMT, retreating further from a more than five-month high scaled on Tuesday. U.S. gold futures were down 0.9% at $1,802.10. The Fed will deliver more rate hikes next year, even as the U.S. economy slips towards a possible recession, Powell said on Wednesday, arguing a higher cost would be paid if the central bank does not get a firmer grip on inflation.

Bihar: The death toll in the Chapra hooch tragedy rises to 39

Fire breaks out in Mumbai’s Lower Parel area

Maharashtra | Fire breaks out at Avignon Park building in Mumbai’s Lower Parel area. As many as 4 fire engines rushed to the spot. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained.

Rajya Sabha adjourned for 15 minutes due to a ruckus by the Opposition

HC reserves order on Uddhav Thackeray’s plea challenging single judge ruling dismissing plea against freezing Shiv Sena name, poll symbol

EU meets facing subsidy race with US in trade spat

EU leaders meeting in Brussels on Thursday will focus on a trade dispute with key ally the United States that threatens to trigger a subsidy race between the economic superpowers. European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen sent a letter ahead of the summit urging leaders to back a plan to compete with billions of dollars in new US subsidies and tax cuts for car makers.

Oil dips as dollar firms while more rate hikes loom

Oil prices dipped in Asian trade on Thursday as the dollar firmed, while the possibility of further interest rate hikes from global central banks also heightened demand concerns. Brent crude futures fell 64 cents, or 0.8%, to $82.06 per barrel by 0430 GMT, while U.S. crude futures slid 74 cents, or 1.0%, to $76.54.

IND vs BAN 1st Test, day 2: India 348/7 against Bangladesh at lunch break

China urges vaccines for vulnerable as ‘zero-COVID’ exit turns messy

China raced to vaccinate its most vulnerable people on Thursday in anticipation of waves of COVID-19 infections, with some analysts expecting the death toll to soar after a loosening of strict controls that kept the pandemic at bay for three years. The push comes as the World Health Organisation also raised concerns that China’s 1.4 billion population was not adequately vaccinated, and the United States offered to help China deal with a surge in infections.

Suspension of Business Notice

Congress MP Pramod Tiwari gives Suspension of Business Notice under Rule 267 in Rajya Sabha to discuss “misuse of CBI, ED and other govt agencies against political rivals and others.”

Suspect in Paul Pelosi assault also targeted Tom Hanks, court hears

The man accused of attacking US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband with a hammer had a list of future targets that included Hollywood superstar Tom Hanks, a US court heard Wednesday. David DePape told police he had intended to kidnap the Democratic Party’s top politician in Congress and get her to admit to “lies” or he would smash her kneecaps.

Railways bag nine awards for energy conservation

Indian Railways has won nine National Energy Conservation Awards for the year 2022, with the South Central Railways bagging the first and second prize in railway stations category. These awards were given for the best energy management practices and presented by President Droupadi Murmu at a function held by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency under the aegis of Ministry of Power on Wednesday.

Procedure to form a new government formally begins in Nepal

Election Commission submits the final report for the November 20 election to President: Nepal’s Chief Election Commissioner

Zero Hour Notice

CPI MP P Santhosh Kumar has given Zero Hour Notice in Rajya Sabha to discuss the need to reinstate concession to senior citizens in Railways.

Home Secretary to chair meeting on Delhi Airport rush

Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla will chair a high-level meeting on airport rush in the national capital on Thursday morning. The meeting is likely to be held after 11 am in the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). Senior officers in the MHA, officials in the Minister of Civil Aviation and others concerned with the matter, including those in Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) and the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), will attend the meeting.

PM Modi pays tributes to Sardar Patel on death anniversary

Rupee declines 15 paise to 82.64 against US dollar in early trade

Sensex declines 186.74 points to 62,491.17 in early trade

Nifty dips 51.95 points to 18,608.35

Covid update

India sees a single day rise of 200 new Covid cases; active cases declined fom 3,846 to 3,767: Union health ministry.

Bihar: The death toll in Chapra due to the consumption of spurious liquor rises to 30

UP govt installs 5,000 CCTVs across cities for safety

The Uttar Pradesh government has installed about 5,000 CCTVs in 16 cities with a view to ensure people’s safety, officials said here on Thursday. Every intersection, major roads, expressways, railways, and metro stations are covered under these cameras, they said. The exercise has been undertaken to achieve the government’s goal of creating safe and smart cities through an Integrated Command and Control Centre (ICCC).

U.S. Senate passes bill to bar federal employees from using TikTok on government-owned devices

China removes 6 diplomats from UK after protester assaulted

China’s government has removed a Chinese consul general and five of his staff following the assault on a Hong Kong pro-democracy protester at the Chinese consulate in Manchester, Britain’s foreign secretary said Thursday. James Cleverly said British police wanted to question the six officials over the assault on protester Bob Chen, who said masked men came out from the consulate building during a peaceful protest in October, dragged him into the consulate grounds and beat him up.

Musk sold 22 mln shares of Tesla worth about $3.6 bln – sec filing

Gita Gopinath on G20

G-20, under India’s presidency, can make concrete progress on three critical areas: debt relief, regulations of crypto currency and climate finance, International Monetary Fund’s First Deputy Managing Director Gita Gopinath said. Gopinath, who is in India to participate in deliberations held as part of G-20, explained the three areas in a video posted on Twitter. “We have a large number of low-income countries that are in debt distress. While we have the G-20 common framework to help with debt resolution, we absolutely need to improve the strength of the mechanism and to get much more timely resolution,” she said.

Twitter suspends account tracking Elon Musk’s jet

Twitter Inc suspended an account tracking its owner Elon Musk’s private jet in real-time, with the billionaire threatening legal action against the account’s operator after saying his son had been mistakenly followed by a “crazy stalker”. The suspension comes just a month after Musk, who bought Twitter for $44 billion in October, said his commitment to free speech extended to not banning the account.

WHO eyes end to Covid emergency in 2023

The World Health Organization said Wednesday it hoped that Covid-19 would no longer be a public health emergency in 2023, as it urged China to share information that could pinpoint how the pandemic started. As the third anniversary of the original outbreak rolls around, the WHO said the virus was here to stay but would need managing alongside other respiratory illnesses.

UK airports to relax aircraft liquid rules from 2024

The UK government announced on Thursday that it will significantly relax limits on taking liquids in carry-on luggage at airports from June 2024. Currently, only containers of less than 100 ml are allowed in the aircraft cabin at international airports, provided they are placed in clear bags at security checks. Larger containers have to be checked in the hold, and electronic devices such as laptops must also be removed from bags.

China reports 2,000 new symptomatic COVID cases

China reported 2,000 new symptomatic COVID-19 infections for Dec. 14, compared with 2,291 a day earlier, the National Health Commission said on Thursday. Excluding imported infections, China reported 1,944 new local symptomatic cases, down from 2,249 a day earlier. China stopped reporting asymptomatic cases from Wednesday, citing a lack of testing among people with no symptoms making it difficult to accurately tally the total count.

Diplomats: UN blocks Myanmar military from taking UN seat

A key U.N. committee has again blocked Myanmar’s military junta from taking the country’s seat at the United Nations, two well-informed U.N. diplomats said Wednesday. The General Assembly’s credentials committee met Monday and deferred action on the junta’s request, the diplomats said, speaking on condition of anonymity before a formal announcement likely later this week. The decision means that Kyaw Moe Tun, who was Myanmar’s ambassador at the United Nations when the military ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Feb. 1, 2021, will remain on the job.

WHO chief asks China to share requested data to probe origins of Covid-19

World Health Organization (WHO) head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday called on China to share the requested data concerning Covid-19 in a bid to understand the origins of the virus. “We continue to call on China to share the data and conduct the studies that we have requested, to better understand the origins of this virus,” the

Now, ‘RRR’ nominated for 5 Critics Choice Awards including Best Picture, Best Director for Rajamouli

Days after “RRR” bagged two Golden Globe nominations, the period action film on Wednesday secured five nods at the 28th annual Critics Choice Awards including Best Picture and Best Director. Starring Ram Charan and Jr NTR, the movie is also nominated in the Best Foreign Language Film, Best Song for Telugu track “Naatu Naatu”, and Best Visual Effects categories. The nominations were announced by the Los Angeles-based Critics Choice Association on its official website.

India slams Pak for raking up Kashmir issue in UN

India strongly hit back at Pakistan on Wednesday after it raised the Kashmir issue in the UN Security Council, asserting that a country that hosted slain al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and attacked a neighbouring Parliament does not have the credentials to “sermonize” in the power UN organ. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said the credibility of the UN depends on its effective response to the key challenges of our times, be it pandemics, climate change, conflicts or terrorism.

No speedy resolution in sight as Indian businesses await South African visas

Indian citizens, especially business leaders, who have been complaining for the past few years about long delays in securing visas for South Africa, may have to wait longer as the government had admitted that its full visa waiting list would only be cleared by the end of June 2024. While Indian missions grant tourist and business e-visas to South Africans within a week, there is no reciprocal facility for Indian citizens at South African missions in India.

Hacker claims breach of FBI’s critical-infrastructure forum

A hacker who reportedly posed as the CEO of a financial institution claims to have obtained access to the more than 80,000-member database of InfraGard, an FBI-run outreach program that shares sensitive information on national security and cybersecurity threats with public officials and private sector individuals who run U.S. critical infrastructure. The hacker posted samples they said were from the database to an online forum popular with cybercriminals last weekend and said they were asking $50,000 for the entire database.

France, UK reiterate support for India as permanent UNSC member

France and the United Kingdom, two veto-wielding permanent members of the Security Council, reiterated their support for a permanent seat for India at the powerful horse-shoe table. “France supports the candidacy of Germany, Brazil, India and Japan as permanent members. It also wishes to see a stronger presence of African countries, among both permanent and non-permanent members,” French Ambassador at the UN Nicolas De Riviere said in his remarks at the UN Security Council open debate on ‘Maintenance of International Peace and Security: New Orientation for Reformed Multilateralism’ chaired by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.