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Morning Digest | India, France to hold strategic dialogue today; Cabinet panel clears scheme to upgrade Prasar Bharati, and more

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National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval. | Photo Credit: ANI India, France to hold strategic dialogue on Thursday India and France are expected to take stock of their overall security cooperation during a high-level dialogue on Thursday, January 5, 2022. BJP to attend Election Commission demonstration on remote voting EVMs The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) … Read more

Morning Digest | U.K.’s King Charles III holds rare phone conversation with PM Modi; NIA team visits attack site in Rajouri, and more

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People gather to attend the last rites of 6 civilians who were killed in the recent terror attack, at Dangri village, in Rajouri on Tuesday, January 3, 2022. | Photo Credit: ANI King Charles III holds rare phone conversation with Prime Minister Modi In a rare gesture, King Charles III of the United Kingdom on … Read more

Morning Digest | RBI’s Central Board was ‘very much in the loop’ before demonetisation, says SC; Centre proposes policy on online gaming, and more

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A five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court amid pronouncement of its judgment on a batch of pleas challenging the Central Government’s 2016 decision to demonetise, in New Delhi on January 2, 2023 | Photo Credit: PTI RBI had found demonetisation proposal a ‘big opportunity’ to further financial inclusion by incentivising e-payments: Supreme Court The majority … Read more

Morning Digest | Four civilians killed in militant attack in Rajouri; India, Austria to sign migration and mobility agreement today, and more

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A J&K policeman conducts a search operation after at least four people were gunned down by militants in Dhangri area of Rajouri, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Militants shoot dead 3 civilians in Rajouri At least two civilians were killed and four others injured in a firing incident in the Pir Panjal … Read more

Morning Digest | Birth certificates to be made mandatory for jobs, voter list; two CRPF jawans on Gujarat poll duty killed by colleague, and more

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Though registration of birth and death is already compulsory under the Registration of Birth and Death Act, 1969, the government intends to improve compliance by making the registration mandatory to avail basic services. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Birth certificates to be made mandatory for jobs, driving licence, passport, voter list The Central government proposes … Read more

Morning Digest | SC Collegium lists 7 HC judges for transfer; India slams U.S. comments comparing PM Modi to Saudi’s MbS, and more

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File picture of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Saudi Arabia’s Prince Mohammed bin Salman Bin Abdulaziz-Al-Saud. India said the U.S. comments comparing PM Modi with the Saudi PM were not “relevant, necessary or contextual”. | Photo Credit: Sandeep Saxena U.S. remark comparing PM Modi with Saudi PM Mohammed bin Salman was unnecessary, says India Criticizing … Read more

Morning Digest | Assam opts for CBI probe into clash with Meghalaya villagers; Japan stuns Germany in FIFA World Cup, and more

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Japan’s Ritsu Doan celebrates after scoring his side’s opening goal during the World Cup group E match against Germany, at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, on November 23, 2022. | Photo Credit: AP Boundary violence | Assam opts for CBI probe into clash with Meghalaya villagers In the backdrop of violent clashes with … Read more

Morning Digest | SC asks why minorities cannot be determined State-wise; Religious freedom in India under threat, says USCIRF, and more

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned a petitioner’s argument that minority status for religious communities should be granted district-wise. Image for representational purpose. | Photo Credit: AP Why can’t minorities be determined State-wise, Supreme Court asks petitioner The Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned a petitioner’s argument that minority status for religious communities should be granted … Read more

Morning Digest | Agitating lawyers meet CJI over proposed transfers of HC judges; no more Air Suvidha form for international arrivals, and more

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Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud met Gujarat and Telangana lawyers on Monday over the Collegium’s proposed transfers of their High Court judges. File picture. | Photo Credit: PTI Chief Justice of India, Collegium judges meet protesting Gujarat, Telangana High Courts’ lawyers over proposed transfers of their HC judges Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud, … Read more