July 09,2022:Russia has vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that would have extended cross-border aid to Syria by one year without Damascus’s backing.
The authorisation for aid deliveries across the Syria-Turkey border at Bab al-Hawa, which has been in effect since 2014, is set to expire on Sunday. The aid is a lifeline for more than 2.4 million people in the northwestern Idlib region of Syria, under the control of rebels.
Thirteen of the 15 council members voted in favour of the text.
China, which often votes the same way as Russia, chose to abstain, while Russia’s preferred option of a six-month extension with the option of another six months is opposed by other states.
The opposing members believe Russia’s proposal creates significant organisational challenges for NGOs on the front line. The vote had been set for Thursday but was scrapped following disagreement between Russia and the West.
New Delhi , July 7 ,2022: After a ban on exports of wheat grain, the Centre has now put restrictions on the exports of wheat flour (atta) exports and other related products like maida, semolina (rava / sirgi), wholemeal atta and resultant atta.
According to a notification from India’s top body for foreign trade regulation body, the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), export of wheat flour remains free but will be subject to the recommendation of inter-ministerial committee on the export of Wheat. The decision will come into effect from July 12.
July 03,2022:The new ruling alliance partner Bharatiya Janata Party’s MLA, Advocate Rahul Narwekar was elected the new Speaker of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, here on Sunday.
Narwekar secured 164 votes and defeated his sole rival — the Maha Vikas Aghadi-backed Shiv Sena candidate Rajan Salvi — who secured 107 votes, in the 288-member House. Three members abstained from voting, including AIMIM’s Shah Farukh Anwar and SP’s two MLAs, while one AIMIM MLA was absent.
July 03,2022:Argentina’s Economy Minister Martin Guzman, the architect of a recent debt deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has resigned.
Guzman’s announcement on Saturday came amid deep splits in the ruling coalition about how to handle Argentina’s mounting economic crisis.
A minister since late 2019 and close ally of President Alberto Fernandez, the 39-year-old Guzman did not say why he resigned.
But in a seven-page letter posted on Twitter, he suggested the internal battles were at least part of his reason for leaving, calling on Fernandez to mend the divisions so that the “next minister does not suffer” the same difficulties he did.
Guzman, who had clashed with Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, a powerful two-term former president, said he maintained “confidence in my vision of the path Argentina should follow”.
The former minister was the driving force in sealing a new $44bn deal with the IMF earlier this year to replace a failed programme from 2018.
But legislators allied with the vice president, who has called for greater spending to alleviate poverty levels, voted against the agreement with the IMF and the deal only passed Congress thanks to support from the centre-right opposition.
July 02,2022:Five bodies were found under the debris at the landslide-hit railway construction site in Manipur’s Noney district on Saturday, taking the toll to 25, officials said.
Thirty-eight people were missing and more teams were brought in to augment the search and rescue operations, they said.
“The situation in the landslide affected area of Tupul is still serious. Due to rainfall in the morning, we are expecting the bad weather to persist. So far, 18 injured person and 25 deceased have been recovered. 38 persons are still missing,” Chief Minister N Biren Singh tweeted, sharing the video of a landslide.
The situation in the landslide affected area of Tupul is still serious due to rainfall and bad weather.
MUMBAI,June 30,2022: Maharashtra Assembly Secretary Rajendra Bhagwat has informed all state MLAs that as per the Governor’s orders the special session that was scheduled on Thursday will now not be convened.
The special Assembly was scheduled today with the only agenda of a Trust Vote against the Maha Vikas Aghadi government led by Uddhav Thackeray Minister who resigned as chief minister late Wednesday evening.
In a circular, Rajendra Bhagwat, Principal Secretary, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, informed all state MLAs that as per the Governor’s orders, there’s no need for a floor test now, so today’s special session will not be convened.
The Floor Test that was convened by Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari was challenged in the Supreme Court by the Shiv Sena. The apex court, however, declined to stay the Floor Test and in its observation said that the floor of the House was the only way to settle these issues of democracy.
Minutes after the order by the top court, Thackeray addressed the people of the state via social media in which he announced his decision to step down as chief minister and as a Member of the Legislative Council.