Author: Editor's Desk, Tattva News

The Assembly polls in Maharashtra will be held in a single phase on November 20, while the Jharkhand polls will be held in two phases on November 13 and 20, the Election Commission of India announced on Tuesday. The votes for the two states will be counted on November 23. “There are 9.63 crore eligible voters in Maharashtra, while the number of eligible voters in Jharkhand is 2.6 crore,” Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said at a press conference. He said 1,86,00 polling stations will be set up in Maharashtra, while over 29,000 polling stations will be set up in Jharkhand. Announcing…

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French business leaders visiting India have reaffirmed their commitment to enhancing local investments, employment, and production under the ‘Make in India’ initiative. French Ambassador Mr. Thierry Mathou highlighted the deep integration of Indian firms into global supply chains and the strengthening of industrial cooperation across key sectors. Emphasizing the significance of the aerospace industry in Indo-French relations, he noted that France had been a strategic partner for over 25 years, with defence and aerospace collaborations dating back to India’s independence. He recalled the early technology transfer for the Cheetah/Chetak helicopter in 1962, stating, ‘Make in India’ has been a reality…

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In a sharp escalation of the row between the two countries, India on Monday ordered the expulsion of six Canadian diplomats, while also announcing its decision to withdraw the Indian High Commissioner to Canada and “other targeted diplomats”, citing security concerns after Ottawa identified them as “persons of interest” in its investigation into the killing of Khalistan separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar. Meanwhile, according to a Canadian government source, Canada had “expelled six Indian diplomats”, India said the diplomats were being withdrawn due to security concerns. In a seemingly tit-for-tat response late on Monday evening, India announced its decision to expel six…

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US-based academics Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James Robinson won the 2024 Nobel economics prize “for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity”, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said on Monday. The prestigious award, formally known as the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, is the final prize to be given out this year and is worth 11 million Swedish crowns ($1.1 million). “Reducing the vast differences in income between countries is one of our time’s greatest challenges. The laureates have demonstrated the importance of societal institutions for achieving this,” said Jakob…

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Ahead of the annual meetings of the main international financial institutions (IFIs), the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), the World Bank and the IMF were established to create a stable global economic system, but the statement finds that the: “international financial architecture … has left countries indebted and underdeveloped.” ITUC General Secretary Luc Triangle commented: “Just a few years after the Covid-19 pandemic exposed deep flaws in the global economic system, the IMF and the World Bank continue to promote austerity measures and deregulation that undermine workers’ rights, democracy, exacerbate inequality and destabilise economies. “In the year in which four billion people…

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The Indian electric vehicle (EV) market is poised for “strong and steady” growth through 2030 as companies increasingly shift focus to this segment, supported by robust government leadership, according to Mr. Unsoo Kim, managing director of Hyundai Motor India (HMIL). Despite a recent 8% YoY decline in electric car sales, with only 5,874 units sold in September, HMIL’s chief operating officer, Mr. Tarun Garg, announced the upcoming launch of their first high-volume EV, the Creta EV, in the last quarter of the current financial year. He described it as a “big game changer” to boost consumer confidence in EV adoption.…

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Less than a week into the Israel-Gaza war, at 6:02 p.m. on October 13, 2023, the Israeli military fired two tank shells 37 seconds apart into south Lebanon. The military’s target? Seven journalists standing on a hilltop around a mile from the closest hostilities, wearing clearly marked “Press” vests and reporting next to a car marked “TV.” The Israeli attack instantly killed Reuters’ Issam Abdallah, a veteran video journalist with extensive experience covering conflict in his native Lebanon, as well as in Syria, Iraq, and Ukraine. Agence France-Presse (AFP) photojournalist Christina Assi, also from Lebanon, sustained injuries resulting in the amputation of her…

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Mumbai Police on Sunday arrested a ‘co-conspirator’ who along with his brother ‘enlisted’ two of the three alleged shooters in the Baba Siddique murder case. The accused, identified as 28-year-old Pravin Lonkar, was arrested from Pune. Lonkar is the brother of Subu Lonkar, who, through a Facebook post, had claimed responsibility for the killing of the NCP on Saturday, police said. The Mumbai Crime Branch has named Subu Lonkar as an accused in the Baba Siddiqui murder case. Subu, currently on the run, had reportedly posted on social media claiming that the Bishnoi gang was behind the murder. He, along…

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By Nava Thakuria The All Assam Engineers’ Association (AAEA), a forum of graduate engineers in northeast India, appreciates Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Sarsanghchalak Dr Mohan Bhagwat for making an fervent appeal for caring the nature and protect Mother Earth. The RSS chief, while delivering his annual address on the occasion of Vijayadashami, urged everyone to conserve water, avoid single-use plastic, plant tree-saplings and finally save the planet for all living beings. Sarsanghchalak Bhagwat, who leads the 99 years old largest socio-cultural organisation in the world, observed in his address from Nagpur on 12 October 2024 that the ongoing material developmental…

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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has called a meeting of its newly-elected MLAs to elect their legislature party leader here on October 16 Nayab Singh Saini, the CM face of the saffron party in the Assembly poll, is expected to be chosen as the leader of the legislature party ahead of the swearing-in ceremony. For the second time in 10 years, Panchkula township in Chandigarh’s periphery, will witness VVIP-studded swearing-in ceremony of the BJP government in Haryana on October 17.Home Minister Amit Shah and Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav to be central observers for the Haryana BJP legislature party meeting. Prime…

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