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British PM Keir Starmer apt to sojourn India successful October
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is “likely” to sojourn India astir the October 7-9 Global Fintech Fest successful Mumbai, high-level diplomatic sources confirmed to The Hindu connected Monday (September 22, 2025). Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Mr. Starmer volition clasp summit-level talks during the visit, which comes a small much than two months aft Mr. Modi visited the U.K. to be the signing of the U.K.-India escaped commercialized agreement. The commercialized statement is inactive moving its mode done the ratification process successful the U.K. and is expected to travel into effect lone successful 2026. The 2 sides are negotiating a bilateral concern pact and announced a Technology Security Initiative successful July past year.
Jaishankar, Rubio conscionable amid trade, visa tensions
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar met with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio successful an evident bid by some sides to repair relations ruptured by a fig of U.S. actions, including the 50% tariffs on Indian goods and an increase successful H-1B visa fees. Monday’s (September 22, 2025) talks astatine a New York edifice connected the sidelines of the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) came adjacent arsenic Indian and U.S. commercialized negotiators prepared for their adjacent circular of talks. Commerce and Industries Minister Piyush Goyal is besides successful the U.S. this week.
France recognises Palestinian statehood astatine UN gathering to revive bid efforts
French President Emmanuel Macron connected Monday (September 22, 2025) recognised a Palestinian state, starring a UN acme that already spurred different Western governments to instrumentality the landmark measurement that has infuriated Israel. “The clip for bid has come, arsenic we are conscionable moments distant from nary longer being capable to prehend it,” Mr. Macron told the summit. “The clip has travel to escaped the 48 hostages held by Hamas. The clip has travel to halt the war, the bombings of Gaza, the massacres and the displacement,” Mr. Macron said.
Building illness successful Indore: 11 radical rescued, 4 critical
A three-storey location collapsed successful Indore’s Ranipura area connected Monday (September 22, 2025) nighttime pursuing rains. Eleven radical were rescued from the debris and admitted to a authorities hospital, portion astatine slightest 2 are feared trapped, officials said .The rescued person been admitted to Maharaja Yeshwant Rao Hospital. Four of the injured are successful captious condition, portion the information of 7 others is stable, Arvind Ghanghoria, dean of Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College, told PTI. The infirmary is portion of the assemblage setup.
People getting impatient, matters tin spell retired of hand: Ladakh protestation leader
Civil nine leaders from Ladakh, who are demanding law safeguards for the region, said connected Monday (September 22, 2025) that the Union Home Ministry’s decision to telephone them for talks connected October 6 was “unilateral”. They said the Ministry should person called the gathering sooner since the hunger onslaught by residents successful Leh has entered the 13th day. Climate activistic Sonam Wangchuk and different residents are sitting connected a hunger strike, which they program to proceed for 35 days, successful Leh amid demands for Statehood for Ladakh and inclusion of the Union Territory successful the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution, giving the portion a tribal status.
Supreme Court justice says it’s precocious clip to decriminalise defamation
A Supreme Court justice voiced his exasperation astatine the expanding usage of transgression defamation law by backstage individuals and governmental parties to get even, highlighting the request “to decriminalise” slur. “I deliberation clip has travel to decriminalise this,” Justice M.M. Sundresh remarked connected Monday (September 22, 2025). Less than a decennary ago, the Supreme Court upheld the Constitutional validity of transgression defamation, saying it protected reputation, a portion of the cardinal close to life.The apex court, in Subramanian Swamy versus Union of India, successful 2016, had concluded that the transgression defamation instrumentality was a “reasonable restriction” to the close to escaped code and look enshrined successful Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution.
Assam CM orders autopsy of Garg’s remains aft adjutant is accused of ‘overworking singer’
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced connected Monday (September 22, 2025) that an autopsy volition beryllium conducted connected the body of fashionable singer-composer Zubeen Garg at the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital astatine 7.30 a.m. connected Tuesday (September 23, 2025). He has besides ordered a CID probe. Public unit had been gathering for an inquiry. He said the process volition beryllium completed up of Garg’s cremation astatine Hatimura successful Sonapur, astir 30 km eastbound of Guwahati.
Supreme Court assigns CBI plea connected Shivakumar lawsuit to Justice Kant’s Bench
The Supreme Court connected Monday (September 22, 2025) made it wide that a Bench led by Justice Surya Kant would perceive pleas challenging Karnataka’s determination to withdraw consent to analyse a disproportionate assets case against Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar. Chief Justice of India B.R. Gavai noted that the lawsuit had earlier been dealt with by a Bench led by Justice Kant.
Students motorboat protestation successful Dehradun against insubstantial leak, says anti-cheating instrumentality is nary deterrent
Following the insubstantial leak that took spot during the authorities recruitment exam, hundreds of students and members of Uttarakhand Berozgar Sangh (Unemployed Association) protested successful Dehradun connected Monday (September 22, 2025). Demanding justness for those who spent months preparing for exams and ended up losing it to insubstantial leak, students alleged that the anti-cheating instrumentality stay nary deterrent for the cheating mafias successful the State.
Plea successful Delhi High Court seeks removal of graves of Afzal Guru, Maqbool Bhatt from Tihar jailhouse premises
A plea earlier the Delhi High Court has sought directions to region the graves of terrorists Mohammad Afzal Guru and Mohammad Maqbool Bhatt, who were awarded decease punishment and executed successful Tihar jail, from the situation premises. The plea sought directions to the authorities to relocate the mortal remains, if necessary, to a concealed determination to forestall “glorification of terrorism” and misuse of jailhouse premises.
Disney says Jimmy Kimmel volition instrumentality to the aerial connected September 23
Disney said “Jimmy Kimmel Live” will instrumentality to its ABC web lineup on Tuesday (September 23, 2025), six days aft it suspended the talk-show big pursuing threats by the Federal Communications Commission president implicit comments the big had made astir the assassination of Charlie Kirk. In announcing the determination to bring Mr. Kimmel backmost to the airwaves, ABC’s genitor institution said it had suspended accumulation of the amusement “to debar further inflaming a tense concern astatine an affectional infinitesimal for our country.”
Rubio meets Syria’s person successful New York arsenic the country’s isolation eases further
Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa met connected Monday (September 22, 2025) with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio successful New York, expanding his country’s relations with the West and further easing its isolation arsenic helium becomes Syria’s archetypal person to instrumentality portion successful a high-level yearly U.N. gathering successful astir 60 years.
Ousmane Dembele, Aitana Bonmati triumph Ballon d’Or awards successful Paris
Ousmane Dembele was named the world’s champion subordinate of the play arsenic helium claimed the Ballon d’Or connected a nighttime of triumph for his Paris St. Germain club, portion Barcelona’s Aitana Bonmati, a serial trophy winner, claimed the women’s grant connected Monday (September 22, 2025). The 28-year-old France guardant Dembele, who needed clip and the guidance of PSG manager Luis Enrique to fulfil his imaginable arsenic helium inspired the superior nine to their archetypal Champions League rubric past season, became the sixth French subordinate to assistance the grant and the archetypal since Karim Benzema successful 2022.
