Union Minister for Labour and Employment Mansukh Mandaviya meets union members to debate the proposed Employment Linked Incentive (ELI) scheme on Wednesday, August 28, 2024. | Photograph Credit score: ANI
Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov charged and banned from leaving France
On Wednesday (28 August 2024), France charged Pavel Durov, the founder and head of Telegram, with a litany of violations associated to the messaging app and banned him from leaving the nation, though it allowed the billionaire to stroll free after 4 days in custody.
The Centre agrees to proceed dialogue with unions on Labour Codes
Union Labour Minister Mansukh Mandaviya has agreed to carry additional talks on the implementation of the 4 Labour Codes with central commerce unions, union leaders introduced on Wednesday. The minister’s promise got here throughout a roundtable dialogue with central commerce unions, the place ten unions claimed that the Codes favour huge firms.
Bengal camp disrupts lives of nation’s individuals as Trinamool takes on BJP
Regular life got here to a standstill in numerous components of West Bengal on Wednesday (28 August 2024) as a result of a 12-hour strike known as by the Bharatiya Janata Occasion (BJP) in protest towards alleged police excesses towards protesters throughout the march to the State Secretariat on Tuesday (27 August 2024).
Investigation into sexual abuse in Kerala movie trade positive factors momentum
The exhaustive probe into allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse within the Malayalam movie trade gained momentum on Wednesday. The particular investigation workforce (SIT) probing the allegations recorded the assertion of the artiste who had publicly accused veteran actor and former common secretary of the Malayalam Movie Artists Affiliation, Siddique, of raping her at a resort in Thiruvananthapuram on the pretext of auditioning her for a movie mission.
Jharkhand police spying on Champai Soren, says BJP
Two Jharkhand cops suspected of spying on former Chief Minister Champai Soren within the nationwide capital have been questioned by the Delhi Police, officers mentioned on Wednesday. In accordance with Delhi Police sources, the 2 sub-inspectors had been staying at a five-star resort within the metropolis for the previous few days and have been taken to the Chanakyapuri police station for questioning.
India, Russia signal work plan to handle emergencies
On Wednesday, August 28, 2024, India and Russia signed the work plan of the Russian-Indian Joint Fee for cooperation within the discipline of emergency administration for 2025-2026. The settlement was signed in Moscow by Union Minister of State for Residence Affairs Nityanand Rai and Minister of Civil Defence, Emergencies and Elimination of Penalties of Pure Disasters of the Russian Federation Aleksandr Vyacheslavovich Kurenkov.
India indicators new order for 73,000 SIG716 assault rifles, to be delivered by finish of 2025
The Defence Ministry has signed a contemporary order for 73,000 SIG716 rifles from US-based Sig Sauer and deliveries are anticipated to be accomplished by the tip of 2025. “The contract was signed in June 2024 and supply might be made inside 18 months of the contract,” a defence official mentioned. The Military had already procured and inducted 72,400 SIG-716 rifles from US-based Sig Sauer via fast-track procurement below a Rs 700 crore contract signed in February 2019.
Cupboard approves Rs 6,456 crore for 3 railway tasks
The Cupboard Committee on Financial Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has accepted three tasks of the Ministry of Railways with a complete estimated value of round Rs 6,456 crore. The three tasks, overlaying seven districts in 4 states (Odisha, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Chhattisgarh), will increase the present community of Indian Railways by round 300 kilometres.
With the most recent elections, the NDA surpasses the bulk mark within the Rajya Sabha
With the most recent spherical of elections to the Rajya Sabha, the BJP-led Nationwide Democratic Alliance has secured a majority within the Home, after including 12 extra members to its ranks. The BJP, which has been the one largest occasion within the Higher Home for a while, has elevated its power to 96 and together with allies, six nominated members and two independents, the NDA now has the assist of 119 members.
EC points discover to BJP for utilizing little one in Saini marketing campaign video
The Election Fee of India has taken significantly the truth that the BJP unit in Haryana used a toddler in a marketing campaign video on social media and has issued a discover to the occasion’s state president. The submit on X, which reveals Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini interacting with kids at numerous social occasions, begins with a toddler saying, “What’s Saini Sarkar? (This time the Saini authorities)”.
BJP MP Brij Bhushan asks Delhi Excessive Courtroom to not attempt him in native courtroom
Bharatiya Janata Occasion chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh has filed a petition within the Delhi Excessive Courtroom difficult the continuing trial earlier than an area courtroom in reference to allegations of sexual harassment leveled towards him by feminine wrestlers.
On Ukraine’s shock incursion into Kursk
The assault took Moscow without warning and raised questions on a failure by the intelligence providers. In accordance with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the intention of the operation is to “create a buffer zone” that might stop additional assaults from Russia throughout the border.
The Paris 2024 Paralympic Video games open within the Metropolis of Lights
The opening ceremony of the Paris Paralympic Video games started on Wednesday (28 August 2024) within the centre of the French capital, kicking off 11 days of intense competitors. Just like the Olympic Video games opening ceremony on the River Seine in July, it was held outdoors the primary stadium for the primary time at a Paralympic Video games.
Gunman who tried to assassinate Trump noticed rally as ‘goal of alternative,’ FBI official says
The gunman within the tried assassination of former President Donald Trump searched on-line for occasions involving each Mr. Trump and President Joe Biden, regarded up details about explosives over the previous 5 years and seen the Pennsylvania marketing campaign rally the place he opened hearth final month as a “goal of alternative,” a senior FBI official mentioned Wednesday (Aug. 28, 2024). Investigators who’ve performed almost 1,000 interviews nonetheless wouldn’t have a motive for why 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks shot Mr. Trump throughout a marketing campaign rally in July, however they consider he performed “in depth planning for the assault,” together with looking for out marketing campaign occasions that concerned each the present and former president, significantly in western Pennsylvania.
