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India, Singapore and Thailand carry out naval drill in Andaman
"Indian Naval Ship (INS) Karmuk, an indigenously built Missile Corvette is participating in the 3rd edition of India, Singapore and Thailand Trilateral Maritime Exercise SITMEX - 21, from November 15 to November 16, 2021, in the Andaman Sea," the Indian Navy said in a statement.
Ex-Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh sent to 14 days judicial custody
The ED's case followed a corruption FIR registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) after former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh - currently 'missing' - wrote a letter in March accusing Deshmukh of allegedly asking a sacked cop Sachin Vaze to collect Rs 100 crore from Mumbai hoteliers between December 2020 and February 2021.
After book on Ayodhya, Salman Khurshid's Nainital house set on fire
According to eyewitnesses, the miscreants had a BJP flag in their hands and were raising communal slogans. They also pelted stones before setting the house on fire. Khurshid has been the target of some Hindu organisations after he compared Hindutva with radical Islamist groups like ISIS and Boko Haram in his book, "Sunrise Over Ayodhya: Nationhood in Our Times".
Government can now extend tenure of Home, Defence, IB, RAW chiefs up to 5 yrs
According to the gazette notification issued by the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension on November 15, the tenure of these officials can be extended up to five years. The Union government on Sunday issued a notification to extend the tenure of the Directors, Central Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement Directorate up to five years.
Apart from Putin-Modi summit, India and Russia will hold 2+2 talks on Dec 6
The unusually busy day will begin with a meeting of the Indo-Russian Intergovernmental Commission, which will be headed by Rajnath Singh and Gen. Shoigu, highly placed sources engaged in the preparation of the summit said. This meeting will discuss a roadmap to bolster military ties between the two countries.
Delhi sees fall in daily caseload tally at 16 fresh Covid cases, 1 death
The Covid infection rate in the national capital has also registered a decline and stands at 0.04 per cent. As per the latest figure, there are 337 active cases in the city. The Ministry's health bulletin said that a total of 27 patients recovered in the last 24 hours taking the total number of recoveries to 14,15,008 so far.
Lame excuses will force us to audit spending on popularity slogans: SC to Delhi on air pollution
A bench headed by Chief Justice N.V. Ramana and also comprising Justices D.Y. Chandrachud and Surya Kant told senior advocate Rahul Mehra, representing the national capital government, that 'the Delhi government wants to accuse the farmers for stubble burning as a major contributory factor for air pollution in the capital'. It pointed out that it is an insignificant source of pollution here.
All arrangements in place for new Sabarimala temple season
The temple authorities and the priests will reach the temple later on Monday and begin their customary prayers ahead of opening the temple to the devotees at 5.30 p.m. But with heavy rains lashing the state, things appear to be in a state of flux with authorities putting up restrictions. The holy dip in the Pamba river, a must for all devotees before they start the ascend to the temple, located in a hillock, has been banned until further notice.
Heavy rainfall expected in southern states of India till Nov 18: IMD
Kerala, south Coastal Karnataka, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, coastal areas of Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu are the places that are likely to observe "very heavy rainfall", according to IMD bulletin predictions. Coastal and south interior Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu are likely to witness heavy rainfall from November 15 to 17.
Delhi's air quality improves at 318 AQI, likely to remain same for next few days
The city woke up to a misty Monday morning, with the maximum and minimum temperatures likely to hover around 27 degrees 10 degrees Celsius respectively, the India Meteorological data (IMD) showed. The relative humidity at 8.30 a.m. was recorded at 90 per cent. As per IMD, the maximum temperature of the national capital on Sunday stood at 28.1 degrees and the minimum at 10.3 per cent.
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