SC puts Maharashtra speaker on deadline over defection pleas

Supreme Court on Monday directed Maharashtra Assembly speaker Rahul Narwegkar to decide disqualification petition filed under 10 th schedule under Eknath Shinde camp by December 31 , 2023.

Supreme Court ( SC ) had told to start disqualification proceeding of few MLAs including CM Eknath Shinde .

Recently Supreme Court had pulled speaker for not starting the procedure till now .

10 th schedule of Indian Constitution deals with Anti defection law  . In earlier Judegmets SC has held that  anti defection resolution to remove defected MLAs /MPs be carried within three months .

AP train jump toll crosses 14 , signal Jump suspected causes

The death toll in train accident between Kantakaoalli railway station in Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh rose to 14 and the number of injured has increased to 38 .

Railway officials primarily suspected that Raygada passenger train overshooting the signal was the main cause of the accident .

Tata motors awarded ₹766 crore in Singur case

In a major victory of Tata motors the fight against West Bengal for canceling it’s Nano small car project . The arbitration panel has awarded ₹765.78 crore to Tata Motors as per its claims .

Tata had to shift it’s Nano plant from Singur in West Bengal to Sanand in Gujarat following land acquisition controversy . Tata had invested in whatever land it had occupied thus far .

ED summons kejriwal for questioning in excise case

ED has summoned Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal for questioning on November 2 in connection with Delhi Excise Policy Case .

On April 16 CBI had questioned Arvind Kejriwal for about 9 hours .

SC denies bail to Sisodia

SC on Monday dismissed bail plea by Manish Sisodia in Delhi Excise Scam case .

 Delhi Minister Atishi said that the though she respects supreme court but does not agree with its decision  as required legal options .

The court cited that ED has assured to complete the investigation within eight to nine months . Also Justice Sanjiv Khanna told that 7% commission to wholesaler that gave them benefit of around ₹338 crore seemed on behalf of kickbacks received by Manish Sisodia or person related to him .

Patna to get Drones view on Chhath Puja this year

On November 17 in the occasion of first day of four day Chhath Puja ‘ drones equipped with CCTV cameras will fly above 100 big and small ghats in Patna to providing de security .

Govt promises all efforts to get Navy veterans released from Qatar prison

Days after Navy Chief Admiral R. Hari Kumar promised and Navy chief S Jaishankar met with their families in New Delhi . And in a separate statement said that govt would make ” all efforts ” to help in the release of men .

Modi to inaugurate memorial garden on on kartavya path today

PM modi on Tuesday will inaugurate ‘ Amrit Vatika ‘ , a special memorial garden on Kartavya path in new Delhi .

On Monday over 25,000 citizens from. 7000 blocks of 766 district across country marched to Kartavya Path singing patriotic songs .

Amrit Vatika is being created by the soil brought from across the country .

This also marks the end of ‘ Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav ‘ celebration . 

World

Israel forces expand ground assault , close in on Gaza City

Israeli troops and tanks pushed deeper into Gaza City on Monday advancing on the deeper side of the two main cities , as the UN warned that airstrike have hit closer to hospitals where tens of thousands of pakestinians have sought shelter alongside thousands of wounded .

Benjamin Netanyahu has declared it “second stage” of war .

Biden signs order to regulate AI in US , days before Sunak’s AI summit

US President Joe Biden on Monday signed a executive order to enable wife ranging regulation of AI . Mr Biden’s order comes days before UK PM Rishi Sunak’s AI safety summit in Bletchley park , as companies race to keep up with rapidly evolving AI technology .

Using this law , companies developing AI will be required to to notify the US govt to technologies that have implications for US National Security , national economic security , and national public health and share results of certain safety tests .

In July seven AI companies that include , Amazon , Google , Meta , Microsoft , OpenAI had told that they will voluntarily comply with AI safety .

During G20 summit PM Narendra Modi had said that a Global Framework on AI is essential . For this Global Partnership on AI ( GPAI ) meeting will be held in New Delhi in December .

EU earlier this year passed tough draft regulation on AI .

Hundreds storm airport in Russia in anti semintic riot over arrival of plane from Israel

Hundred of people stormed the main Airport of Dageston region of Russia . They were chanting anti Semintic slogan and we’re seeking passenger arriving from a flight from Tel Aviv . Some also checked passengers passport to find out whether they were Israelis .

Some in the crowd  had Palestinian flag in their hands .More than 20 people got injured in this .

The authorities closed the airport in Makhachalkala . Police have detained sixty people .

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu in an interview said ” Israel expects Russian law enforcement. authorities to protect all Israeli citizens and Jews ”

Chinese vessel begins research off the coarse of Srilankan vessel amid India’s concern

Chinese research vessel Shiyan 6 , which arrived in Colombo which arrived in Colombo last week amid concerns raised by India and US ,is set to begin it’s two day research set off the Srilankan coast on Monday .

The research will be pursued off the Sri Lanka’s coast and in collaboration with Sri Lanka’s National aquatic Resources Research and Development  Agency ( NARA ) and University of Ruhuna , said Srilankan Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson .He added that it is ” marine scientific research ” .

Both India and US has raised concerns over the vessels visit . 

Editorial

Lost Voice

India should have made efforts for consensus on a Gaza vote in UN

The editorial is about India’s absentation from voting on a resolution on Israel .

The resolution named ” protection of civilians and upholding legal and humanitarian obligation ” saw 120 votes in its favours . Almost all the members of BRICS voted for this .

India on the other hand cited omission of any ” explicit condemnation. ” of terrorism for the reason of not voting .

One of the paragraph however include ” condemning all acts of violence on Israeli and Palestinian citizens , including all acts of terrorism and indiscriminate attack ” .

The editorial says that rather than absenting India should have voted in favour  of this that was better .

Terror in bags

There needs to be a fair investigation of Kalamessary blasts in Kerala

The editorial is about recent blast in Kerala in a Jevoha’s convention center . 3 person have died and several injured in bomb blast .

A man named Martin Dominic had take responsibility of the attack , he did it solitarily without any other person’s help .

Martin told that he did this because he was Jevovah were propagating ” anti national sentiments ” , and he chose to punish them.

However police is still investigating whether any other party is involved otherwise it is a open and shut case .

Political slugfest just after the blast seems worrisome , like BJP attacking Kerala govt