The International Court of Justice also ordered Israel to open the Rafah crossing to let the humanitarian aid in through Egypt. The order was adopted by a 15 international judges bench with a majority of 13-2. The only two judges who opposed the order were from Uganda and Israel itself.
Colonel Waibhav Anil Kale was killed in Gaza's city of Rafah earlier this week by suspected Israeli tank fire, becoming the first "international casualty" in the war. His mortal remains are on their way to India as the UN and Israel are investigating the events of the incident.
According to the latest update, the consumer price inflation in India is projected to decelerate from 5.6 per cent in 2023 to 4.5 per cent in 2024, staying within the central bank’s two to six per cent medium-term target range.
The Israeli military posted a video of militants operating on a UNRWA site east of Rafah, but the time and identities of the men seen have not been disclosed. Israel has had its share of clashes with the UN, as the latter strongly opposes the war in Gaza and has repeatedly called for a ceasefire.
Colonel Waibhav Anil Kale, who took premature retirement from the Indian Army in 2022, died after the UN-marked vehicle he was travelling in was struck on the way to war-torn Rafah. The UN believed that shots fired from an Israeli tank may have resulted in Col Kale's death.
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The UN voted overwhelmingly on granting additional Palestinian rights on Friday, with 143 members in favour, nine against and 25 abstaining. Israel's act of protest was intended to show a mirror that the UN was destroying the principles inscribed in its own Charter.
India stood alongside other nations in supporting a UNGA resolution endorsing Palestine's quest for full membership in the United Nations. The resolution, titled 'Admission of new Members to the United Nations,' garnered significant support, with 143 nations voting in favour, including India.
Pakistan, which has a "dubious record" of shielding and sending terrorists across the border, has ironically accused India of 'extra-judicial' assassinations. The Pakistani government and the military seem rattled by the mysterious deaths of terrorists on their soil.
India's terse response came after Pakistan's UN envoy made remarks referencing Kashmir, the Citizenship Amendment Act and the Ram Temple in Ayodhya. India asserted that the remarks lacked decorum and sought to detract the UN from collective efforts.
This came after Netanyahu vowed to invade Rafah "with or without" a hostage deal, ignoring US warnings over such an operation. The US and other aid groups have opposed Israel's plans to attack Rafah, where over a million Palestinians have taken shelter from the war.
The Russian Federation vetoed a resolution sponsored by the United States and Japan aimed at keeping weapons out of outer space. The Security Council rejected the draft resolution, introduced by Japan and the United States, by a vote of 13 in favour to one against, with China abstaining.
The latest development came after Palestinian Civil Defence in the Gaza Strip said it had uncovered 283 bodies from a temporary burial ground inside the main hospital in the southern city of Khan Younis.
The resolution got 12 votes in its favour, with Switzerland and the UK abstaining and the US vetoing against Palestinian membership. Despite supporting a two-state solution for the Israel-Palestine conflict, the US said that it has to come from direct negotiations between both sides.
India has long sought a permanent seat on the Security Council to better represent the interests of the developing world. The nation's quest has gained momentum with support from the international community.
India secured 41 votes out of the 53 voting members of the ECOSOC, the highest amongst all winning member states. With 41 votes, Pavadia secured a convincing win in the tough election with the candidate coming in second garnering 30 votes.
India voiced its concern over the "dire" humanitarian situation in Gaza and underlined the imperative of scaling up humanitarian aid to the people in the strip immediately to avert a further deterioration in the situation.
UN General Assembly President Dennis Francis lauded India’s use of digitalisation to alleviate poverty and bring millions of people into the formal economic system “simply through the use of a handset and a digitalisation model.”
In the resolution adopted on Friday, the UNHRC condemned Israel for the war in Gaza, but, did not make any mention of Hamas or its crimes on the October 7 attack.
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