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The President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the US-India Strategic Partnership, Dr Mukesh Aghi, highlighted the urgency to drive the economic agenda under the Quad umbrella. Notably, the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue or QUAD is a strategic dialogue between the United States, India, Japan and Australia that is maintained by talks between member countries.
While speaking to news agency ANI, the head of a top India-centric American business advocacy group noted that both the countries must look at trade ties from a geopolitical perspective.

A jatha of Punjab cabinet and others, led by CM Charanjit Singh Channi, today left for paying obeisance at Gurdwara Sri Kartarpur Sahib in Pakistan.

Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra also slammed the comedian over his remarks on India at the US event. 

IAF'S Mi-17 chopper crashed in Eastern Arunachal Pradesh. Five crew members who were present in it are said to be in a safe condition. 

'More than Rs 5 Lakh Crores have been recovered out of the lakhs and crores of Rupees that were struck during the previous govts' regime,' says PM Narendra Modi. 

PM Modi addressed the "Creating Synergies for Seamless Credit Flow and Economic Growth" conference. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is also present at the event. 

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Supreme Court refuses to give interim protection to Param Bir Singh, asks lawyer to first reveal whereabouts.

Supreme Court refused to entertain a plea of ex-Maharashtra HM Anil Deshmukh, seeking direction to the investigating agencies to place the records of preliminary inquiry for court's examination.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and CDS Gen Bipin Rawat arrived In Ladakh to unveil Rezang La War Memorial.

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Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi on Friday afternoon reached Dera Baba Nanak along with other state cabinet ministers. 

Bharatiya Janata Party National President JP Nadda is likely to hold an important meeting regarding upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections here in the national capital today, said sources. As per sources, Uttar Pradesh BJP in-charge Dharmendra Pradhan, State party President Swatantra Dev Singh, State party General Secretaries Sunil Bansal and BL Santosh and state in-charge Radha Mohan Singh will be present in the meeting.

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal addressed the media on cleaning Yamuna River. 

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NIA on Thursday reached Nanded in a case of a supply of 1127 KG of Ganja which was seized by NCB. The investigating team interrogated both the accused arrested for the link related to the Naxal funding. The NCB team has raided several locations in Dhule in search of Anil Taklu, the main mastermind of the supply of drugs to Andhra Pradesh. 

J&K LG Manoj Sinha has ordered a Magisterial inquiry by an ADM-rank officer in the Hyderpora encounter. 'Govt will take suitable action as soon as report is submitted in a time-bound manner. JK admin reiterated that commitment of protecting lives of innocent civilians & it'll ensure there's no injustice,' informed J&K LG Office. 

Telangana CM K Chandrashekhar Rao along with MPs, MLAs, ministers, ZPTC leaders, and other TRS leaders staged a protest at Indira Park against Central Govt over the issue of paddy procurement.

In an update to the Kulgam encounter, IGP Kashmir informed that Top terrorist & HM’s district commander Shakir Nazar was killed along with two other terrorists.

Supreme Court sets aside the Bombay High Court judgment that held that groping a minor's breast without "skin to skin contact" can't be termed as sexual assault. 

PM Modi has approved Rs 6466 crore package for telecom services in remote areas to introduce 4G services in villages that are still not covered by the telecom sector- 7287 villages, 44 districts of 5 states to be covered.

In an exclusive conversation to Republic, former G23 leader Yoganand Shastri after joining NCP said that he does not want to say bad about anyone but there is no good work going on in Congress.

After Param Bir Singh was declared 'proclaimed offender' by a court on Wednesday, Sharad Pawar said that this was a vindication of NCP's stance on Anil Deshmukh. Addressing a gathering in Nagpur, he reiterated that the former Maharashtra Home Minister was framed at the behest of BJP. Lashing out at Param Bir Singh for not cooperating with the authorities, Pawar lamented that Deshmukh was still in jail despite the former's failure to corroborate his 'extortion' allegations. On this occasion, the NCP supremo predicted that the saffron party will have to pay a price for allegedly falsely implicating Deshmukh. 

PM Modi on Thursday morning highlighted India's technology advancement at Sydney Dialogue. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday morning addressed Sydney Dialogue on evolving technology. 

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The Punjab Government has decided to visit the Kartarpur corridor which was resumed by the Centre however Sidhu has reportedly refused to accompany Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi.

As scheduled, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and CDS Bipin Rawat on Thursday reached Ladakh where they will be inaugurating a revamped war memorial of the Rezang La battle. 

Sports Minister Anurag Thakur while responding to the press on Wednesday said that the Indian government and the Home Ministry will take a decision on whether India will tour Pakistan to participate in ICC Champions Trophy in 2025 'when the time will come'.

India-Russia '2+2' defence and foreign ministry conversation may take place alongside a summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin, which is expected to take place on December 6, according to PTI. Due to schedule constraints, the two parties are considering holding the '2+2' dialogue around the summit. At the summit, the two sides are expected to finalise several agreements in the fields of defence, trade and investment, and science and technology. The summit will also announce a joint committee on technology and science and refresh a framework for military-technical cooperation for the next decade.

Congress leader Manish Tewari differed with party leaders Rahul Gandhi and Salman Khurshid over their distinction between Hinduism and Hindutva. Taking to Twitter on Wednesday, the Lok Sabha MP asserted that there was no point in wading into this debate as religious identity is not the basis of Congress' politics. Taking his argument further, Tewari contended that it will be more appropriate for a person to join a majoritarian or minoritarian party if his politics were fundamentally linked to religion instead of Congress which believes in Nehruvian secularism. 

PDP Chief Mehbooba Mufti's remark on Jammu and Kashmir sparked controversy. 

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, November 18, will deliver a keynote address outlining India’s technology evolution and revolution, at the inaugural Sydney Dialogue. The Sydney Dialogue which is organised by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) is a world-first summit for emerging, critical and cyber technologies. The Prime Minister will be introduced by his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison MP. 

A Kolkata court on Wednesday declared that the marriage between TMC leader Nusrat Jahan and businessman Nikhil Jain is 'not legally valid'. After a year-long relationship, both had got married in June 2019 in the picturesque town of Bodrum in Turkey and had celebrated a wedding party with relatives and close friends following both Western and Indian styles and rituals of Hindu marriage.

India on Wednesday was re-elected to the executive board of the United Nations' cultural and education organisation for the 2021-25 term. India won the re-election with 164 votes. India’s election was done to Group IV of Asian and Pacific States which also includes countries like Japan, Philippines, Vietnam, Cook Islands and China.

"India gets reelected to the Executive Board of UNESCO with 164 votes for the term 2021-25,” tweeted the Paris-based Permanent Delegation of India to UNESCO. The UNESCO Executive Board is one of three constitutional organs of the UN agency with the General Conference and the Secretariat being the other two. The General Conference elects the members of the executive board.

NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Wednesday broke his silence on the Amravati violence, where he asserted that some people tried to take law into their own hands. He also alleged that some political parties are adding fuel to the fire. As far as the Amravati violence is concerned, 35 FIRs have been lodged so far.

"We saw at some places tension was created recently. Where was the matter related to? I can understand that whatever happens in one state, another state has to face the reaction. It happened in Tripura. Many of these people never actually visited Tripura and they don't even know about that place," said Pawar.

A Mumbai court on Wednesday has accepted the Proclamation application filed by the state's Crime Investigation Department (CID) which sought to declare the former Mumbai Police Commissioner as an 'absconder'. Sources informed that hard copies of the proclamation order passed by the Mumbai Court will now be pasted on all of Param Bir Singh’s properties, including that in Mumbai and Chandigarh, after which the agency will wait for 30 days. If the former Police Commissioner fails to show up in the 30 days, he will be formally declared as an 'absconder'. 

Pakistan on Thursday granted India's Kulbhushan Jadhav the right to appeal as per the decision of the International Court of Justice after passing a Bill in a joint sitting at the Pak Parliament.

Stated clearly in the Pakistan Parliament 'orders of the day', in relation to the Kulbhushan Jadhav case, Minister for Law and Justice of Pakistan Dr Muhammad Farogh Naseem moved the Right of Review and Reconsideration Bill in giving effect to the judgment of the ICJ (the International Court of Justice -Review and Reconsideration Bill, 2021), as passed by the National Assembly and not passed by the Senate within ninety days.

Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla on Wednesday, November 17, stated that vaccine hesitancy is the greatest threat in overcoming the COVID-19 pandemic. Adar Poonawalla urged all adults to get vaccinated against the coronavirus at the earliest. He further informed that over 200 million COVID vaccine doses are available with the states and so people must receive the jab as soon as possible. 

Skipper Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav produced grand knocks as India bungled towards the end before recovering in time to fashion a five-wicket win over New Zealand in the opening T20 International ushering in a new era in Indian cricket. Martin Guptill (70 off 42) and Mark Chapman (63 off 50) took New Zealand to 164 for six on a good batting surface.

ndia's chase was set up by Rohit (48 off 36), who made his full-time captaincy debut, and Suryakumar Yadav (62 off 40) who came in at number three in place of rested Virat Kohli.

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti's brother has been asked to appear before the Enforcement Directorate in the national capital on Thursday for questioning in a money laundering case, officials said on Wednesday.

Tassaduq Hussain Mufti, who was a tourism minister in his sister's cabinet, has been asked to appear before the investigating officer of the case here on Thursday and get his statement recorded under provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).