Breaking News, November 16 | Highlights

In a major decision, Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government has decided to reopen the Kartarpur Sahib Corridor from Wednesday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Tuesday.

Taking to Twitter the Union Home Minister said, "In a major decision, that will benefit large numbers of Sikh pilgrims, PM Narendra Modi government has decided to re-open the Kartarpur Sahib Corridor from tomorrow, November 17. This decision reflects the immense reverence of the Modi government towards Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji and our Sikh community."

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday granted interim relief to petitioners, operating bars and restaurants in the national capital and allowed them to sell and serve herbal flavoured hookahs subject to an undertaking that they will follow COVID-19 guidelines. Justice Rekha Palli made it clear that bars and restaurants would give an undertaking that they will serve only herbal hookah following strict COVID-19 protocols.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Purvanchal Expressway at Karwal Kheri in Sultanpur district on Tuesday. The Prime Minister landed in a C-130 Hercules plane on the airstrip constructed on the Expressway.

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In a major crackdown, CBI is today conducting searches at around 76 locations across India in 14 States/UTs. CBI has registered 23 separate cases on 14th November  2021 against a total of 83 accused on the allegations related to Online Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation.
 

Tamil Nadu: Two cases of Swine Flu reported in Coimbatore, both patients are undergoing treatment at a private hospital.

Delhi: Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya cycles to inaugurate the Health Pavilion at India International Trade Fair 2021, Pragati Maidan.

Lucknow - In a high level meeting on air pollution, CM Yogi Adityanath instructed officials on the need to have planned efforts to curb pollution in NCR; encourage people to use public transport instead of private vehicles. Farmers should be contacted not to burn stubble

The Income Tax Department raided Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) MLA Manpreet Singh Ayali's residence today. Income Tax officials reached the MLA's residence at 6 am and the raid is still underway.

Delhi: PM Narendra Modi inaugurates a statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel at CAG office. He is here to take part in the programme to mark the first Audit Diwas.

Delhi: PM Narendra Modi arrives at the CAG office to take part in the programme to mark the first Audit Diwas.

Bihar: 6 dead after their vehicle collides with LPG cylinder-laden truck in Jamui. The deceased were returning from a funeral in Patna 

Delhi's air quality remained in the 'very poor' category for the third consecutive day on Tuesday, with the air quality index being recorded at 396. The air quality index in neighbouring cities stood as follows -- Ghaziabad (349), Greater Noida (359), Gurgaon (363) and Noida (382) -- in the morning.

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has extended the ban imposed on Islamic Research Foundation (IRF), an NGO headed by Islamic evangelist and India-born preacher Zakir Naik for a further five years.

In a notification, the Ministry mentioned if the activities of the "unlawful association" were not curbed, it would continue its subversive activities and reorganize its absconding activists to create communal disharmony, propagate anti-national sentiments and support militancy.

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India reports 8,865 new cases (lowest in 287 days), 11,971 recoveries & 197 deaths in last 24 hrs.

Active caseload 1,30,793 - lowest in 525 days. Daily positivity rate (0.80%) less than 2% for last 43 days, Weekly Positivity Rate (0.97%) less than 2% for last 53 days.

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Attempts were made by some unidentified persons to decapitate a life-sized bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi that was unveiled on November 12 by Prime Minister Scott Morrison at the Australian Indian Community Center in the Melbourne suburb of Rowville. The incident was reported on November 12-13, after which the Victoria police appealed for witnesses or anyone with CCTV or dash cam or anyone with information to contact the investigating authority.

The global coronavirus caseload has topped 253.8 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.10 million and vaccinations to over 7.49 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

In its latest update on Tuesday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload, death toll and the total number number of vaccine doses administered stood at 253,807,313, 5,106,530 and 7,492,843,205, respectively.

The Special Operations Team (SOT) of Rachakonda police have seized 1,240 kg ganja (marijuana) at Boduppal on the outskirts of Hyderabad. The banned substance was being transported from Sileru in Andhra Pradesh to Mumbai via Hyderabad. Acting on a specific input, the SOT in a joint operation with Medipally police seized the ganja and arrested three peddlers.

Ahead of the upcoming Gurpurab, the birth anniversary of first Sikh guru Guru Nanak, the government is set reopen the Kartarpur Corridor with Pakistan soon. The decision came following a meeting of BJP MPs from Punjab with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday. However, the Sikh pilgrims have already been allowed to travel to the Kartarpur gurudwara via the Attari-Wagah border.

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has appointed Shombi Sharp of the United States as the UN Resident Coordinator in India with the host government's approval. Sharp has "devoted more than 25 years of his career to promoting inclusive and sustainable development internationally, bringing experience he has acquired at the United Nations and externally to this new position", the UN said in the statement issued on Monday.

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday (local time) expressed his readiness to work with US President Joe Biden to build consensus to move China-US relations forward, adding that both the countries are at critical stages of development and the "global village" of humanity faces multiple challenges.

Xi made these remarks during his highly-anticipated virtual meeting with Biden, where the latter is expected to "raise concerns" over Beijing's actions and "insist the communist regime play by the rules of the road".

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Customs Department seized two wrist watches worth Rs 5 crores of cricketer Hardik Pandya, on Sunday night (November 14) when he was returning from Dubai

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Purvanchal Expressway at Karwal Kheri in Sultanpur district today. The inauguration will be held at around 1:30 PM. After the inauguration, PM Modi will also witness an airshow by the Indian Air Force on the 3.2 km long airstrip constructed on the Expressway in Sultanpur district to enable landing and take-off of Indian Air Force fighter planes in case of emergency.

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