Breaking News HIGHLIGHTS | SBI Staff Unions To Go On Nationwide Strike On March 28-29, Services May Be Hit
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The country's largest lender State Bank of India on Tuesday said banking services may get impacted to an extent as various employees' unions have called for a two-day strike on March 28-29.
The country's largest lender State Bank of India on Tuesday said banking services may get impacted to an extent as various employees' unions have called for a two-day strike on March 28-29.
SBI said that AIBEA, BEFI and AIBOA have served notice about their decision to go on a nationwide strike.
A group of 20 eminent American lawmakers on Tuesday urged US President Joe Biden to reach out to countries like India, Brazil, Egypt and the UAE to hire pilots for the delivery of humanitarian aid to Ukraine as Russia considers them non-hostile.
They said that establishing and organising international humanitarian aid provides the US and its allies and partners with a non-escalatory method of accomplishing this while countering the Russian goal to starve the people of Ukraine. (PTI)
Two "super powerful bombs" have rocked Mariupol as Ukrainian authorities made a fresh attempt at rescuing civilians from the besieged port city which has suffered relentless shelling since Russia's invasion began almost a month ago, news agency AFP reported.
Several people were injured in the Israel stabbing attack, news agency AFP quoted emergency services as saying.
Flight operations were halted and 21 flights were cancelled at Bagdogra International Airport in West Bengal after damage was reported on the runway
The Central government on Tuesday informed Lok Sabha that Jammu & Kashmir has improved substantially and there has been a significant decline in terrorist incidents in the region.
Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai announced through a written reply that 25 out of 53 projects under PM development package 2015 pertaining to 15 different ministries have been completed or substantially changed.
Israel Prime Minister Naftali Bennett will pay his first official visit to India from April 3 to April 5, at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi: Ministry of External Affairs
The visit by Naftali Bennett Bennett would be his first to India in his capacity as Prime Minister. This visit would take place on the occasion of the commemoration of 30 years of full diplomatic relations between India and Israel and 75 years of India’s independence: MEA
The visit by the Prime Minister of Israel is expected to further strengthen our excellent bilateral cooperation in diverse areas, including in agriculture, water, trade, education and science and technology: Ministry of External Affairs (MEA)
Without naming Pakistan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison strongly condemned terrorism in all forms and the use of proxies for cross-border terrorism. In a joint statement following the India-Australia virtual summit on Monday, the two leaders stressed the need for all countries to take action to ensure that no territory under their control is used for terrorist attacks. "Recognising that terrorism remains a threat to peace and stability in our region, the leaders strongly condemned terrorism in all its forms and manifestations and the use of terrorist proxies for cross-border terrorism," the joint statement read.
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav resigned from Lok Sabha today. He tendered his resignation after winning from Karhal seat in the UP Assembly polls. SP Leader Azam Khan also resigned from the Lower House after his victory in the recently conducted UP election.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate Biplobi Bharat Gallery at Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata on 23rd March at 6 pm via video conferencing, on the occasion of Shaheed Diwas.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that the AAP Government will be opening a school to train students for armed forces. The school will be free of cost and will be named Shaheed Bhagat Singh Armed Forces Preparatory School. The school will be residential and will have separate hostels for boys and girls. The students will be taught officers-like qualities and they will be trained for NDA, Navy, Army, and Air Force. Students living in Delhi can take admission in this school and they can be admitted in class 9 and class 11 which will have 100 seats for now.
CM Bhagwant Mann Announces Public holiday in Punjab on Bhagat Singh Death Anniversary on March 23
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal to address a press conference on the issue of education at 12 noon today.
Israel Prime Minister Naftali Bennett will pay his first official visit to India from April 3 to April 5, at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi: Ministry of External Affairs
Uttarakhand CM-designate Pushkar Singh Dhami will take oath as the CM on March 23rd at 3.30pm, along with him, the cabinet will also be administered the oath. The swearing-in ceremony will be held at Parade Ground in Dehradun.
US President Joe Biden has claimed that Putin is considering using chemical, biological weapons in Ukraine.
Meanwhile, Zelenskyy has urged again for direct talks with Putin to stop the conflict.
An 18-year-old Hindu girl, Pooja Oad, was reportedly shot dead in Rohi, Sukkur, during a failed abduction attempt. The girl was said to have been shot in the middle of the street after she put up resistance to the attackers: Pakistan media
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy insists on meeting with Russia President Vladimir Putin: Reuters
The rate of petrol and diesel prices were hiked in India on Tuesday after a gap of four months. The price of both petrol and diesel was hiked by 80 paise per litre.
The rate of petrol in the country's capital Delhi is ₹96.21 per litre today while that of diesel is ₹87.47 per litre. In the country's financial capital Mumbai, the petrol and diesel prices have increased to ₹110.82/litre and ₹95.00per litre, respectively. As for Kolkata and Chennai, petrol and diesel cost ₹105.51 and ₹90.62 and ₹102.16 and ₹92.19 respectively in Chennai.
A cyclonic storm brewing over the North Andaman Sea on Monday skirted the Andaman Islands and was headed for a landfall near the port city of Thandwe in Myanmar, the India Meteorological Department said.
The weather system, which had developed as a low pressure area last week, intensified into a deep depression on Monday, prompting the weather office to sound a pre-cyclone watch for the Andaman Islands.
"It is likely to intensify further into a cyclonic storm during the next 12 hours," the IMD said in a bulletin at 9 pm on Monday.
The weather system will be named Asani, as suggested by Sri Lanka, once it turns into a cyclonic storm.
"It would continue to move nearly northwards away from Andaman Islands and cross Myanmar coast between latitude 18 Degree North & 19 Degree North around Thandwe (Myanmar) during early hours of March 23," according to a national bulletin issued by the IMD.
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Pramod Sawant will return as the Chief Minister of Goa for a second term, said Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Monday.
"Vishwajit Rane proposed the name of Pramod Sawant as the leader of the Legislative Party. Everyone unanimously elected Sawant as the leader. He will be the leader of the Legislative Party for the next 5 years," ANI quoted Tomar as saying.
On the other hand, Pushkar Singh Dhami is set to return as Uttarakhand's Chief Minister after he was elected as the leader of the state BJP legislature party. The swearing-in ceremony will be held on March 23.
Dhami's name was finalised at the BJP legislative party meeting that was attended by BJP's central observers for Uttarakhand Rajnath Singh, Meenakshi Lekhi and the party's poll in-charge for the state Pralhad Joshi.
Meanwhile, President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, conferred the Padma Awards at the Civil Investiture Ceremony-I which was held at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Monday.
Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad received Padma Bhushan Awards by President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday in the field of Public Affairs. While, daughters of former CDS General Bipin Rawat, Kritika and Tarini received his Padma Vibhushan award (posthumous) from President Kovind.
China's Plane Crash
On Monday, China's Boeing 737 aircraft, which had taken off from Kunming and was headed for Guangzhou, crashed in Tengxian County in the city of Wuzhou, causing a mountain fire. The plane was carrying 123 passengers and 9 flight crew members.
After the tragic incident, the DGCA has placed the Boeing 737 fleets of Indian carriers under "enhanced surveillance".
SpiceJet, Vistara, and Air India Express are three Indian airlines that have Boeing 737 aircraft in their fleets, news agency PTI reported.
Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) chief Arun Kumar told PTI that it was taking "a number of initiatives" in the aftermath of Monday's tragedy.
Russia-Ukraine Conflict
US President Joe Biden has added a stop in Poland for urgent talks with NATO and European allies, as Russian forces concentrate their fire upon cities and trapped civilians in a nearly month-old invasion of Ukraine.
Biden will first travel to Brussels and then to Poland on Friday to meet with leaders there, press secretary Jen Psaki informed in a statement, as reported by The Associated Press (AP).
Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine began about a month ago, an estimated 6.5 million people have been displaced within the nation, while another 3.2 million have fled owing to safety concerns.
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