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Landmark climate change case opens at the top UN court

RISING SEA LEVELS | OVER 100 NATIONS TAKE PART

PM says 'no revolution' in protest-hit Georgia

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said on Monday that street protests triggered by his decision to shelve Tbilisi's negotiations on joining the EU would not spark a \"revolution\" in the Black Sea country.

The return of Maoist spectre in Telangana

The encounter on Sunday in Telangana's Mulugu district that resulted in the death of seven persons—all members of the outlawed CPI (Maoist), according to police—points to the continuing presence of Left-wing extremists in the state.

Dollar challenge to Brics nations

Trump raises new bogey to boost optics about him as a protector of American interests

Multiple crisis vectors destabilising Pakistan

The glue of self-interest binds the government and the military firmly together and as long as that alliance is firm, it can assure Pakistan of the minimum stability it needs to stagger on

The great Indian debate on national champions

In the spring of 2014, the American pharma giant Pfizer offered to take over the British pharma company AstraZeneca, partly to take advantage of lower taxes in the United Kingdom (UK).

How MVA lost the plot in the Maharashtra assembly polls

Though the Maharashtra elections were widely expected to be closely contested, they turned out to be far from that. The reasons behind the thumping victory of the Mahayuti – the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Shiv Sena, and the Nationalist Congress Party's (NCP) alliance – have been widely discussed.

IPS officer killed in accident in Hassan

A 26-year-old IPS officer, on his way to take up his first posting, died in a road accident in Hassan district of Karnataka, police said on Monday.

MANIPUR POLICE DETECT 29 ILLEGAL ILP HOLDERS; SDO SUSPENDED

The Manipur Police on Monday nabbed 29 individuals in possession of inner line permit (ILP) cards, allegedly issued in violation of the northeastern state's ILP guidelines, chief minister N Biren Singh said.

4 KILLED IN T'GANA AS TRUCK RUNS OVER VENDORS

Four vegetable vendors were killed and 10 others sustained serious injuries when a speeding truck ran them over on the Hyderabad-Bijapur highway, in Rangareddy district of Telangana on Monday, police said.

Raj plans 10-year jail term, ₹50k fine in anti-conversion bill

The Rajasthan Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Bill 2024, which proposes a jail term of up to 10 years for the accused and ₹5 lakh as compensation for victims in cases of forceful conversion, is set to be tabled in the state assembly in the upcoming budget session.

Use 'national security filters' in biz: EAM

In an era of leveraging and weaponisation of trade and business, policymakers have to use \"national security filters\" for economic decisions, including those related to investments, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said on Monday.

HCs should not feel that top court is behaving like a headmaster: SC

BENCH TURNS DOWN REQUEST FOR DEADLINE TO BE SET FOR THE ALLAHABAD HC TO DECIDE ON A CASE RELATED TO BAIL

IMD predicts mild winter and fewer cold wave days

Winter is likely to be mild with fewer cold wave days following record high temperatures in the autumn months of October and November, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Monday.

Another landslide hits TN; 4 bodies recovered

A landslide hit the Tiruvannamalai district of Tamil Nadu on Monday even as operations to rescue three members of a family after a mudslide flattened their house in the region on Sunday continued for the second straight day.

CID TAKING PROBE INTO KILLING OF BADLAPUR ASSAULT ACCUSED LIGHTLY: HC

The Bombay high court on Monday slammed the Maharashtra Crime Investigation Department (CID) for allegedly taking the probe into the killing of the main accused in the Badlapur school sexual assaults case \"lightly\".

Hyd constable killed in suspected hate crime

THE WOMAN WAS ALLEGEDLY KILLED BY HER BROTHER SINCE HE OPPOSED HER INTER-CASTE MARRIAGE, POLICE SAID, CITING THE HUSBAND'S PLAINT

India to restore 26 million ha of degraded land by '30: Min

India aligns with sustainable development goals on food security and climate crisis through effective land management, Union environment minister Bhupender Yadav said at the UN Desertification Summit in Riyadh on Monday.

Akal Takht orders Badal to atone, SAD to hold polls

AMRITSAR: The five high priests of Sikhism on Monday pronounced religious punishment on Sukhbir Singh Badal, directing the working committee of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) to accept his resignation as party chief, besides forming a panel to hold elections to the post within six months.

T'GANA HC ORDERS PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF MAOISTS KILLED IN GUNFIGHT

The Telangana high court has directed the Mulug district police to preserve bodies of the seven Maoists killed in a gun-fight with security forces on Sunday, after a non-profit organisation moved the court alleging that the encounter was fake.

TN BJP leader jailed for remarks against Periyar statues and Kanimozhi

A special court for elected representatives on Monday sentenced senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader H Raja to six-month imprisonment after convicting him in two separate cases, one for making defamatory comments against DMK lawmaker Kanimozhi and another for saying that statues of Dravidian movement founder Periyar would be demolished.

SC slams Senthil’s reinstatement as minister post bail

The Supreme Court on Monday expressed concern over Tamil Nadu minister Senthil Balaji's reappointment to a cabinet position immediately after securing bail in a money-laundering matter arising out of an alleged cash-for-jobs case, emphasising the potential impact of the move on witnesses.

40 yrs after tragedy struck Bhopal, no end to suffering

Just after midnight as poisonous plumes of smoke wafted through Madhya Pradesh's capital city Bhopal four decades ago, Gas Devi was born, gasping for every breath.

'RAINING FIRS': SC PROTECTS YSRCP SOCIAL MEDIA HEAD FROM ARREST

The Supreme Court on Monday granted protection from arrest to YSR Congress Party social media in-charge Sajjala Bhargav Reddy for two weeks to enable him to move the high court for quashing of multiple cases against him, and remarked that the Andhra Pradesh government was \"raining FIRs\" on its political opponent.

SC SEEKS EC REPLY ON INCREASING VOTERS PER POLLING STATION

The Supreme Court on Monday emphasised the importance of ensuring that no voter is excluded from exercising their franchise, as it directed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to explain its 2019 decision to raise the maximum number of voters per polling station from 1,200 to 1,500.

Mamata asks PM to send UN peacekeepers

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday urged the Prime Minister to approach the United Nations and send peacekeepers to Bangladesh, remarks that drew condemnation from the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which also held protests in several parts of the country against the alleged persecution of Hindus in the neighboring country.

India to ink deal for Rafale jets, submarines soon: Navy chief

India is likely to sign by January 2025 two deals with France for 26 new Rafale-M fighter jets and three more Scorpene-class submarines to sharpen its combat capabilities, navy chief Admiral Dinesh Tripathi said on Monday, adding that 62 warships and a diesel-electric submarine are under construction at various Indian shipyards, and the government has approved a project to build two nuclear-powered submarines.

Govt changing GDP base year, Parl told

INDIA'S GDP GROWTH SLOWED SHARPLY TO A SEVEN-QUARTER LOW DURING JULY-SEPTEMBER OF FY25

Cong defers Sambhal march after standoff with cops in UP

Several Congress workers entered into a scuffle with police personnel and tried to scale barricades outside the party office in Lucknow on Monday as the party's \"fact-finding\" delegation, led by Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Rai, was prevented from leaving for Sambhal, where prohibitory orders have been in place since the November 24 violence.

PRAGATI PLATFORM HELPED EXPEDITE NATION'S 340 INFRA PROJECTS, REVEALS OXFORD REPORT

The government's PRAGATI platform has transformed the delivery of the country's infrastructure projects, a report by Oxford University's Said Business School and the Gates Foundation has said.