The Maldives government on Sunday suspended three deputy ministers
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The Maldives government on Sunday suspended three deputy ministers after their social media posts made derogatory remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, local media Atoll Times reported. In an earlier statement, the government had said it will not hesitate to take action against those who make such derogatory remarks. The three suspended ministers are Mariyam Shiuna, Malsha Sharif and Mahzoom Maajid.
In a statement, the government said that The Government of Maldives is aware of derogatory remarks on social media platforms against foreign leaders and high-ranking individuals. These opinions are personal and do not represent the views of the Government of Maldives.
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Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present an interim budget for 2023-24 on February 1. The full budget will be presented after the elections, in July. Do not expect fireworks in the interim budget. Finance ministers have been known to slip minor concessions into them but mostly they have kept their ammunition dry, reserving it for the full budget in July.
An interim budget is supposed to be the most boring of budgets, providing little more than a provisional statement of anticipated revenue and spending in 2023-24. It is not supposed to have tax changes that can influence voters. Yet promises can be made about the future if the party is re-elected. The general election is due in May, and every little government promise will attract attention. The interim budget will be a major media event, regardless of predictions of being boring.
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The three-day All India Conference of Directors General and Inspectors General of Police 2023 will conclude in Jaipur today. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah are participating in all important sessions of the Conference. The National Security Advisor and senior officials are also taking part in the deliberations. A wide range of policing and internal security issues including cybercrime, counter-terrorism challenges, left-wing extremism, and prison reforms are being be discussed during the event. Another key agenda of the Conference is to deliberate on the road map for the implementation of the new criminal laws.
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This is the Samachar Agency of India. You are listening to the National Audio Bulletin of Sunday 7th January 2024 in the news series of Sai News.
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Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah will chair the National PACS Mega Conclave on the Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) as Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Jan Aushadhi Kendra at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi tomorrow. The Mega Conclave is being organised by the Ministry of Cooperation in collaboration with the National Cooperative Development Corporation.
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Union Minister of Women and Child Development and Minority Affairs Smriti Zubin Irani has reached Saudi Arabia on a two-day visit. Minister of State for External Affairs and Parliamentary Affairs V. Muraleedharan is accompanying her in the visit.
Ms Irani is leading a delegation for the signing and exchange of the bilateral Haj Agreement 2024 in Jeddah. This occasion will also feature a bilateral meeting between Minister Irani and the Minister of Haj and Umrah Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Dr. Tawfiq bin Fawzan Al Rabiah. Discussions will cover issues of mutual interests, focusing on issues related to Haj this year.
The delegation will also engage with the Indian business community and the Indian diaspora in Saudi Arabia, fostering stronger ties. Ms Irani is slated to attend the opening ceremony of the 3rd Edition of the Haj and Umrah Conference in Jeddah tomorrow.
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Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh will leave on a two-day visit to London tomorrow. He will be accompanied by a high-level Ministry of Defence delegation, comprising senior officials from DRDO, Service Headquarters, Department of Defence, and Department of Defence Production.
During his visit, Mr Singh will hold a bilateral meeting with his UK counterpart Secretary of State for Defence Grant Shapps. The Defence Ministry said, they are expected to discuss a wide range of defence, security and industrial cooperation issues.
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In a first, an Indian Air Force C-130 J aircraft recently carried out a night landing at the Kargil airstrip. The Indian Air Force said, employing terrain masking enroute, the exercise also dovetailed a training mission of the Garud Commandos.
Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal said that the nation is moving towards two important fundamentals which is women led development and making India corruption free. He was delivering the inaugural address at the Global investors meet at Chennai in Tamil Nadu today.The Minister said that the country has witnessed a 7. 7 growth and inflation has been brought down considerably. He added that under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Modi in the last ten years a fragile economy has climbed to the fifth place globally with a strong economy.
The Minister appreciated the States achievement for having 43 per cent of women work force. He said that this was a direction that over the next 30 years India will become a developed country with thirty trillion dollar economy.
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This is the Samachar Agency of India. You are listening to the National Audio Bulletin of Sunday 7th January 2024 in the news series of Sai News.
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The BJP today announced the name of Dorjee Tshering Lepcha as the party candidate for the Biennial Rajya Sabha election from Sikkim. The election will be held on the 19th of this month. Sitting Rajya Sabha member from Sikkim Hishey Lachungpa is completing his term next month.
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The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has directed domestic airlines to immediately carry out inspection of emergency exits of all Boeing 737-8 Max aircraft currently operating as part of their fleet. The directive of the Aviation regulator comes in the wake of the Alaska Airlines incident involving Boeing 737-9 Max aircraft. On Friday, the Alaska Airlines planes outer section, including a window, fell off mid-air leading to emergency landing at Portland in US.
Currently, Air India Express, SpiceJet and Akasa Air have Boeing 737-8 Max planes in their fleets. US Federal Aviation Administration has ordered immediate inspections of certain Boeing 737 MAX 9 planes before they can return to flight. The Emergency Airworthiness Directive will affect approximately 171 aeroplanes worldwide.
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Polling is under way in Bangladesh to elect members of national Paliament amid boycott and fear of violence.By and large voting is peaceful.
The national parliament of Bangladesh- called Jatiyo Sangshad- has 350 members of which 300 members are directly elected through voting. They serve for a five-year term in single-seat constituencies. The remaining 50 memberships are reserved for the women who are nominated by the government.
In the Pakistan-occupied Jammu & Kashmir (PoJK), the uproar continued at several places across the region against the removal of subsidies and a surge in wheat prices. The protest entered its 11th day and the cities in the region are showing clear signs of peoples increasing discontent.
The protestors are displaying their firm determination towards taking the struggle ahead unless the government rolled back the price hike. Reportedly, there is an increase in the number of sit-in protesters daily. Cities in the region like Skardu, Ganche, and Shigar are witnessing growing public unrest.
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In Afghanistan, two people were killed and 14 injured in a blast in Kabul yesterday. Kabul police said the explosion occurred in a bus in Dasht-e-Barchi neighbourhood, an enclave of Shia community.
The incident was being probed by the police. Last year in November, seven people were killed in a blast on a bus in Dasht-e-Barchi, that blast was claimed by ISIS.
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The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) has said that it has completed the dismantling” of Hamass command structure in the northern Gaza Strip.
Army spokesman Daniel Hagari told reporters that Palestinian militants are now operating in the area only sporadically and without commanders “. He said Israel had killed around 8,000 militants in north Gaza. The Israeli army is now focused on dismantling Hamas in south and central Gaza.
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