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Hours after Pakistan announced that its foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari will attend a key meeting of the SCO in Goa next month, India on Thursday said it would not be appropriate to focus on participation by any one country. Arindam Bagchi, the Spokesperson in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), did not give a direct reply when asked whether the Pakistan side has requested for a bilateral meeting between Bhutto-Zardari and his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar. The foreign ministerial meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) will take place in Goa on May 4 and 5. Mr Bagchi said as chair of the SCO, India has invited all member states of the grouping and some invitee countries for the foreign ministerial meeting. "We look forward to a successful meeting. It will not be appropriate to focus on participation by any one particular country," he said when asked about Pakistan's announcement. Earlier, Pakistan said Bhutto-Zardari will head the countr...

The Supreme Court on Thursday granted another three months time to all states and Union territories to provide rations cards to migrant labourers registered on the e-shram portal for availing benefits of "benevolent schemes" of the government. The top court posted the matter for further hearing on October 3 and asked the Centre to file a status report. A bench of justices MR Shah and Ahsanuddin Amanullah said, "At present, we give further three months' time to the concerned State/UT to undertake the exercise to issue ration cards to the left out registrants on e-Shram portal by giving wide publicity and the concerned State/UT to approach them through the office of the concerned Collector of the District, so that more and more registrants on e-Shram portal are issued the ration cards and so that they may get the benefit of the benevolent schemes floated by the UOI and the State Government including the benefit under the National Food Security Act." It said, ...

On his visit to India, Apple chief executive officer (CEO) Tim Cook on Wednesday evening met Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw at the Railway Ministry office in the national capital. Shot on Made in India iPhone. pic.twitter.com/VWxKYnjZ2a — Ashwini Vaishnaw (@AshwiniVaishnaw) April 20, 2023 As Mr Cook walked through the office of the Railway Ministry, he stopped to see the photograph of the Chenab Bridge right outside Mr Vaishnaw's cabin. Seeing the photo, Mr Cook's instant reaction was "Wow." In a video shared by Railway Minister Vaishnaw, he could be seen explaining to the Apple CEO the significance of the Chenab bridge which is currently under construction. He told Mr Cook that the Vande Bharat train would be running on this railway bridge by December this year. "This bridge connects the northern state of Kashmir. And this bridge is about 30 metres taller compared to the Eiffel Tower," Ashwini Vaishnaw told Tim Cook. On this, the Apple CEO replied ...

In an embarrassment to the ruling Congress in Rajasthan, party leader Sachin Pilot on Thursday visited the protest site where BJP MP Kirodi Lal Meena is sitting on a dharna with the family of a man who allegedly killed himself recently. Sachin Pilot, the former deputy chief minister, called for "visible" justice to the family without delay. Ramprasad Meena, 38, hanged himself on Monday in a godown over an alleged land dispute. In a video recorded before his death, he accused Cabinet Minister Mahesh Joshi and a few other people of creating problems for his family in connection with a land dispute and blamed them for his extreme step. The family members have refused to hand over the body to police for post-mortem examination unless the accused are arrested. They have also sought a compensation and a government job to a family member. Kirodi Lal Meena has been a part of the dharna in Chandi ki Taksal in Subhash Chowk for the last three days. The Rajya Sabha member said the ...

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday interacted with students preparing for the Union Public Service Commission and the Staff Selection Commission examinations in the Mukherjee Nagar area in Delhi. Rahul Gandhi Ji in interaction with SSC - UPSC students in Mukherjee Nagar. Leader. ❤️ pic.twitter.com/kQn90ixrlx — Madhu (@Vignesh_TMV) April 20, 2023 Rahul Gandhi's meeting with the students came on a day a court in Gujarat's Surat rejected his application for a stay on his conviction in a criminal defamation case over his "Modi surname" remark. Mr Gandhi asked the students about their expectations and experiences. In Mukherjee Nagar, Mr Gandhi was seen seated on a chair on the roadside with the students as he asked them about their expectations and experiences. Earlier this week, Mr Gandhi visited the Jama Masjid area in old Delhi and the Bengali Market and treated himself to the popular dishes of these areas. Rahul Gandhi visited a famous 'sharbat...

In its application, the Centre informed a bench of CJI DY Chandrachud and Justices SK Kaul, SR Bhat, Hima Kohli and PS Narasimha that on Tuesday, it had sought views of all states and pleaded that it would be desirable to await the outcome of such a consultation process. from Times of India https://ift.tt/taw1EZi https://ift.tt/Bao8Ui2

The humble sanitation worker called 'Jamadar' in the Supreme Court will now be addressed as 'Supervisor', with Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud deciding to change the nomenclature of certain posts, saying they reflected a “colonial mindset” having no place in a modern society. While inaugurating the ‘Supreme Court Sports, Cultural & Other Events- 2023' in which 970 court employees will participate, the CJI said the purpose behind organising the events was to encourage a holistic pattern of living for the staff and to promote their physical and mental well-being. The top court, in a statement, said 12 sports and 9 cultural events will be organised. Justice Chandrachud also mentioned some of the welfare measures being planned for the staff, including a bigger and better equipped creche, a training centre, and a staff library among others. He also referred to his recent administrative decisions to change the nomenclature of certain designated posts. The ...