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TRUMP NAMES EX-SENATOR PERDUE AS CHINA ENVOY

President-elect Donald Trump said on Thursday he has selected former Senator David Perdue of Georgia to serve as his ambassador to China, leaning on a former business executive turned politician to serve as the administration's envoy to America's most potent economic and military adversary.

Motion on 1984 riots rejected by committee

A motion moved by the New Democratic Party (NDP) for the recognition of the mass violence against Sikhs in India in 1984 as a \"genocide\" failed to be passed by a parliamentary committee, on Thursday.

ISRAELI PM TIES AUSSIE SYNAGOGUE ARSON TO GOVT'S ANTI-ISRAEL STANCE

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on Friday, linked an arson attack on a synagogue in Australia to what he called Canberra's \"anti-Israel sentiment\".

Macron says will finish term, set to name new PM

French President Emmanuel Macron vowed on Thursday to stay in office until the end of his term, due in 2027, and announced that he will name a new prime minister within days in efforts to overcome the political deadlock following the resignation of ousted Prime Minister Michel Barnier.

South Korean party leader calls for President Yoon's suspension

The turmoil resulting from Yoon's nighttime martial law decree has frozen South Korean politics and caused worry among Japan, and the United States

Another side to the story

Kerala's story is now part of folklore. Amid the Brahminical influence gripping north India, the southern state comes across as a liberal enclave of beef-eaters.

Telling the world about the Indian millennium

Written engagingly and often drawing from new finds in archaeology, The Golden Road by William Dalrymple is rich in historical detail

Stalled demand, sluggish growth

There is no crisis in the Indian economy, but structural drivers of growth must be reinvented

Case for a quiet, well-lit, free space to read, reflect

The Khirki branch of Delhi's Community Library Project is filled with books for people of all ages, provides computers with internet for those who lack access at home, offers story time and literacy programs for children, and offers evening-hour operations to working people who need a quiet place to read and work when homes are loud and crowded.

Left-Right tango leaves France in governance limbo

The political crisis in Paris could not have come at a more inopportune moment for the country and Europe

2 TEENS BOOKED IN MP FOR FORCING MINORS TO CHANT RELIGIOUS SLOGAN

Madhya Pradesh police on Friday booked two teenagers in Ratlam district of the state for allegedly repeatedly slapping three younger Muslim boys till they chanted \"Jai Shri Ram\".

CENTRE ACCUSES STATE OF 'DELAYS' IN FILING WAYANAD RELIEF ASSESSMENT

Two days after lawmakers from Kerala met Union home minister Amit Shah to seek financial aid for relief and restoration of landslides-hit Wayanad, the Centre on Friday accused the state government of making \"inordinate delays\" in submitting the assessment memo regarding the disaster.

J'khand CM allocates portfolios to ministers; retains home, power

Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren on Friday distributed portfolios among his cabinet colleagues, giving important departments such as finance, health, rural development and agriculture to Congress ministers even as he retained a few key departments including home, power, road and building construction.

Prosecution seeks to name former department head in Payal Tadvi case

The prosecution in the Payal Tadvi suicide case has recently moved a plea to make Dr Ching Ling Chiang, the former head of the gynaecology and obstetrics department at the Topiwala National Medical College & BYL Nair Charitable Hospital, an accused in the case.

Justice Gavai hails legacy, integrity of Fali Nariman

Lawyers play a crucial role in shaping constitutional discourse, Justice Bhushan R Gavai said on Friday as he recalled how the Constitution guided the personal and professional life of distinguished legal luminary, Fali S Nariman, in all respects.

Preparing for series of meetings with China to discuss next steps on border situation: India

India said on Friday that it is preparing for several meetings with China, including talks between the Special Representatives on the border issue, to discuss the next steps on border management and normalization of relations.

SCHOOL TEACHERS TIE 7-YEAR-OLD TO GATE, BEAT HIM UP; PROBE ORDERED

An investigation has been ordered after the video of a seven-year-old boy being beaten up by teachers after being tied to the school's main gate emerged on social media, an Odisha government official said on Friday.

Adani Group seeks to build Odisha corridor

THE PROPOSED ECONOMIC CORRIDOR WILL SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE TRAVEL TIME IN THE REGION

Foreign secy Misri will visit B'desh on Dec 9, confirms MEA

India announced on Friday that foreign secretary Vikram Misri will visit Dhaka on December 9 for consultations, with the trip coming against the backdrop of strains in bilateral ties over the persecution of the Hindu minority in the neighboring country.

Support for Quad won't diminish under Trump

US president-elect Donald Trump is unlikely to diminish support for the Quad as his earlier administration played a key role in upgrading the grouping, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said on Friday.

Top honour conferred on ex-Chile President

Former Chile president and prominent human rights voice Michelle Bachelet has been conferred with the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2024, the international jury for the award chaired by former National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon announced on Friday.

'112 WHO RECEIVED FREE TREATMENT AT GUJ HOSPITAL DEAD IN 3 YEARS'

At least 112 people have died in the last three years after or during treatment under government health care schemes at a private hospital which is under the lens for the death of two PMJAY beneficiaries following botched angioplasties, police said on Friday.

Political ideology can't be a bar: SC on council elections

Having a political ideology cannot be a bar for becoming a member of a bar council, the Supreme Court said on Friday, refusing to entertain a petition that sought curbs on a person belonging to a political party from taking up membership of statutory lawyer bodies.

AGUSTAWESTLAND CASE: SC SEEKS CBI REPLY ON MICHEL BAIL PETITION

The Supreme Court on Friday sought the response of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on the bail plea moved by AgustaWestland chopper scam accused Christian James Michel and posted the matter for hearing after four weeks.

BENGAL MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE, MURDER OF GIRL

A 19-year-old man was sentenced to death on Friday in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas for raping and murdering a nine-year-old village girl on October 4,

After giving birth, woman dies in lift crash

INCIDENT TOOK PLACE WHEN THE WOMAN WAS BEING SHIFTED TO THE HOSPITAL WARD FROM OPERATION THEATRE

IIT-Kgp faculty members plan to move HC against admin

The ongoing fight between some faculty at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur and the administration at the premier engineering school, mainly the director Virendra Kumar Tewari, may end up before the courts, with the faculty threatening to approach the Calcutta High Court.

SC flags 'disturbing' arrest of ex-IAS officer in C'garh liquor scam

The Supreme Court on Friday expressed its disapproval of the \"disturbing\" arrest of former bureaucrat Anil Tuteja by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) over money laundering charges in connection with the alleged Chhattisgarh liquor scam case.

VARANSI STUDENTS SEEK REMOVAL OF MOSQUE FROM COLLEGE CAMPUS

A large number of students staged a protest at Udai Pratap College in Varanasi demanding removal of a mosque located on the institute's campus on Friday.

Minor dies by suicide after gang rape in MP

A class 11 student allegedly died by suicide after two of her classmates gang-raped her in Damoh district of Madhya Pradesh, police said on Friday, adding that four people have been booked in the case.