Daily Briefing: In reshuffle in Rajasthan, Congress eyes 2023 state elections; No reduction in pollution, Delhi schools will remain closed

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there were fifteen new ministers Included in the cabinet of Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot On Sunday, which included four Dalits, three Adivasis and three women, one from the minority community. The party’s message throughout the day was to form a united front for the 2023 assembly elections in Rajasthan and to keep the House in order.

Cabinet expansion is yet another example of decisive intervention The reshuffle by the Congress high command, through which the party has tried to forge a new leadership, has several messages for all stakeholders. For Gehlot, it is that running a government cannot be a one-man show. On the other hand, the detail isn’t pilot-focused either.

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India is in close contact with the leaders of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) countries. Invite them for the Republic Day celebrations next year. Sources said the leaders of Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Nepal and Bhutan have been sent the ideologues through “appropriate channels”, after which the guest list will be finalised.

In an idea exchange, Conversation with former Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh Concerning his “legacy” of fulfilling the promises of his 2017 manifesto, he devises plans for his new party, and states that he believes Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi Has grown into his Congress role, and reiterates his fear for the security of Punjab.

With a view to ensure better coordination between the Center and the States social security schemes for informal sector workers, The e-shram portal, a worker database launched this year, will be linked to Unnati, a proposed labor-matching platform. An official said that with more than 8.43 crore workers already registered on e-shram, the work is about to start in 6-8 weeks.

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As the Center prepares to repeal agricultural laws, Farmers unions wrote an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, They said they would continue the protest till their demands, especially the legal mandate for the MSP, were accepted. Samyukta Kisan Morcha will hold a mahapanchayat in Lucknow today, in which many leaders are involved. Rakesh Tikait will be present.

In a clear reference to China, the Union Defense Minister Rajnath Singh Said That “Some Irresponsible Countries” Coming up with a “new and inappropriate interpretation” of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), due to its “hegemonic tendency”, and this was creating barriers to a stable maritime order based on rules.

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Schools will remain closed in Delhi, and officials working in state governments and corporations will continue to work from home The air quality in the city remained in the ‘very poor’ category. Over the next few days, the air quality in Delhi is expected to remain in the ‘poor’ category, and again in the ‘very poor’ category later this week.

There is a heated exchange between Trinamool Congress and BJP Before the civic elections in Tripura. The latest flashpoint came on Sunday after the actor and TMC leader Sayoni Ghosh arrested On charges of promoting enmity between people, attempt to murder, criminal intimidation and criminal conspiracy. An FIR was also registered against Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb for allegedly disrupting a municipal election rally on Saturday.

NS Newly Opened Chipi Airport Sindhudurg has an unforeseen problem – 25 to 30 golden jackals are regularly wandering the runway. Unable to keep them away, local forest office and airport officials are seeking permission to capture the animals and move them to a new habitat. A flight from Mumbai had to be delayed when animals were spotted on the runway.

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After his arrival as a diplomatic gift to Indian President Shankar from Zimbabwe in 1998 – a 27 year old African elephant – The only one of its kind in Delhi Zoo. It has spent more than two decades in an enclosure in a zoo alone, far from its natural home of the savannah grasslands of Africa. Delhi Zoo is now exploring options – either finding a mate for the animal or asking the Zimbabwean government if they want to take the elephant back – to end its prolonged isolation.

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NS Political mercury in Delhi Set to rise with the arrival of West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee, Ahead of Banerjee’s flight, several party MPs have been directed to reach the national capital to start a sit-in against the arrest of its leader Sayoni Ghosh in Tripura, where civic polls are due later this week.

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Feather This episode of the ‘3 Things’ podcast, Journalists Rakhi Jagga and Amil Bhatnagar, who are covering the farmers’ movement that began a year ago, discuss how the laws will be repealed, key highlights from the protest, the role of women in it, and their own experiences as journalists. Are included. This kind of mass protest.

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