Breaking News LIVE: US Ready To Work With Nations That Pursue Peaceful Resolution, Biden At UNGA
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Breaking News LIVE September 21, 2021: Income Tax Dept conducted searches & seizure operations at over 30 premises on Sept 17 in case of a prominent public figure in Nagpur&his family members. Group has wide business interest spanning in education, warehousing & agri-business areas, in Maharastra.
During the course of the search and seizure operation, many incriminating documents, loose sheets, and other digital evidence were found and seized. Evidence also indicated concealment of income to the extent of about Rs 17 crore. The investigation is underway informed the Finance Ministry.
BJP MP from Bahraich Akshayvar Lal Gond has termed farm leader Rakesh Tikait a "dacoit" and alleged that the farmers' agitation is receiving funds from abroad.
The farmers have been protesting at Delhi borders against the three farm laws, which they fear will do away with the minimum support price (MSP) system, leaving them at the mercy of big corporations.
Speaking to reporters in Bahraich on Sunday on the completion of BJP's four-and-half-years of being in power in the state, Gond said, "(Rakesh) Tikait is a dacoit. There is no agitation by farmers. The protestors are not farmers, they are people from political parties who are motivated by "Sikhistan" and Pakistan.”
US President Joe Biden will be delivering his maiden address at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Tuesday. Biden landed in New York, where the United Nations (UN) headquarters are located, to rally adversaries and allies alike a month after a botched US pullout from Afghanistan and a diplomatic animosity with one of its oldest ally France.
Biden met UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres right after landing in New York on Monday evening. The President offered brief remarks before the meeting started, where he endorsed the assembly's commitment to achieving “prosperity, peace and security for everyone” as an ongoing coronavirus pandemic and climate change ravage the globe.
He also drew a parallel between the vision of the UN and America, insisting that neither have “ever been short on ambition”. "The strong partnership between the United States and the UN is based on common values and principals, and at this moment, those bonds are more important than ever. America's back and we believe in the United Nations and its values," Biden said.
Those Who Commit Terrorism Against US Will Find Determined Enemy In United States, Says Biden At UNGA
We are not seeking a new cold war, where the world is divided...US is ready to work with any nation that pursues peaceful resolutions...because we have all suffered consequences of our failures: US President Joe Biden at UNGA, New York
"The US remains committed to preventing Iran from gaining nuclear weapon... We seek serious and sustained diplomacy to pursue complete demilitarisation of the Korean peninsula," Biden said.
"We know the bitter sting of terrorism. Last month, we lost 13 American heroes and many Afghan civilians in the heinous terrorist attack at Kabul airport. Those who commit acts of terrorism against us will find a determined enemy in the United States," he added.
World Has Never Been More Threatened Or Divided, We Must Wake Up: UN Chief
The world has never been more threatened or more divided, and is facing the "greatest cascade of crises, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres told global leaders on Tuesday, sounding an alarm over the COVID-19 pandemic, a climate crisis pummeling the planet and an upheaval in Afghanistan and other nations that is thwarting peace.
Guterres, in his address to the opening of the General Debate of the 76th Session of the General Assembly, said that human rights are under fire, science is under assault and economic lifelines for the most vulnerable are coming too little and too late, if they come at all, and solidarity is missing in action just when the world need it the most.
BJP Has Put J&K On Sale, Divided People On Religious Lines, Says Mehbooba Mufti
Accusing the BJP of dividing Jammu and Kashmir on religious lines, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday alleged that the Union Territory has been put on sale by the central government.
"Jammu and Kashmir has been put on sale by the government for the people from outside. They want us to become bankrupt in order to make us dependent on (people from) other states," Mufti told reporters in Jammu.
Breaking News LIVE: UK Travel Policy Is Discriminating, EAM Has Raised The Issue', Says Foreign Secy
The non-recogition of Covishield is a discriminating policy & impacts our citizens travelling to the UK. The EAM has raised the issue strongly with the new UK foreign secretary. I am told that certain assurances have been given that this issue will be resolved: Foreign Secy
Breaking News LIVE: PM Modi will leave to US tomorrow morning
PM will be leaving for US tomorrow morning & return to India on Sept 26. He'll be accompanied by a high-level delegation including the EAM, NSA. The main elements of the program will be the first in-person meeting with US Pres, QUAD Leaders meet & UNGA: Foreign Secy HV Shringla
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