The UK has provided food for 275,000 people in Gaza as Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron called for "sustained humanitarian access" to the territory's besieged population. More than 2,000 tonnes of food aid distributed by the UK has crossed the border and will be distributed by the World Food Programme (WFP). …...Read More
Largest UK aid package to feed 275,000 people in Gaza amid warnings of 'imminent famine'
The Hindu Morning Digest, March 20, 2024
March 20, 2024 06:33 am | Updated 06:33 am IST Lokpal orders CBI probe into charges against Mahua Moitra The Lokpal has directed the Central Bureau of Investigation to further probe the allegations made against former Lok Sabha member Mahua Moitra and submit a report on its findings within six …...Read More
Annual global climate-finance needs to go beyond $10 trillion by 2050, says CAG
March 20, 2024 06:31 am | Updated 06:31 am IST - NEW DELHI The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India, Girish Chandra Murmu, on March 19 said the annual global climate-finance needs were estimated to increase substantially, reaching well beyond $10 trillion by 2050. Failing to meet those financial …...Read More
Madhya Pradesh woman kidnapped in Kota
March 20, 2024 06:29 am | Updated 06:29 am IST - Bhopal A 20-year-old woman student from Madhya Pradesh’s Shivpuri was allegedly kidnapped in Kota, Rajasthan, where she was preparing for competitive examinations, the police said on March 19. According to the police, the woman’s father received her pictures and …...Read More
BJP MLA claims Nitish Kumar dropped her name from list for Bihar Cabinet expansion
March 20, 2024 05:56 am | Updated 05:56 am IST - RANCHI Four-time Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Aruna Devi has levelled serious charges alleging that her name was dropped as a Minister in the Bihar Cabinet on the behest of Chief Minister and Janata Dal (United) president Nitish Kumar. …...Read More
Health emergency funds of CMRF exempted from model code of conduct
March 20, 2024 05:41 am | Updated 05:41 am IST - GUNTUR There is no restriction on releasing funds from the Chief Minister Relief Fund (CMRF) and Prime Minister Relief Fund (PMRF) to deserving people for emergency diseases like heart stroke, kidney-related ailments and cancer, even when the Model Code …...Read More
Army must 'prepare genuinely for war', ex-defence and security chiefs warn
The army must "prepare genuinely for war" to credibly deter threats, a group of former defence and security chiefs have signalled. Offering advice to whoever is prime minister and defence secretary after the election, a report by the New Bletchley Network - which drew on ideas from a discussion between …...Read More
Microsoft, Google Challenge High Court Order On Removal Of Intimate Images
The companies have said implementing the directives is not technologically feasible. Tech giants Microsoft and Google have moved the Delhi High Court against its single-judge bench's order directing search engines to proactively remove non-consensual intimate images (NCII) from the internet without requiring specific URLs. The companies argue that implementing such …...Read More
Not feasible to hold Civil Services Exams in hill districts, Manipur govt. tells Delhi HC
March 20, 2024 05:26 am | Updated 05:26 am IST - NEW DELHI The Manipur government on March 19 informed the Delhi High Court that it was not in favour of setting up examination centres for the 2024 Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination (CSE) in Churachandpur and Kangpokpi districts of the …...Read More
Gajjela Kantham says its homecoming from BRS for Congress leaders
March 20, 2024 04:37 am | Updated 04:38 am IST - HYDERABAD Countering the criticism by BRS leaders over the defection of their MLAs to Congress party, Gajjela Kantham, a Congress leader, has asserted that neither Huzurabad MLA P. Kaushik Reddy nor any other BRS leader holds moral right to …...Read More
