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Tokyo, Japan: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Monday said the status of India-China bilateral ties is ‘not good, not normal’ during an interaction with mediapersons in Tokyo on the sidelines of the Quad foreign ministers’ meeting. “The relationship right now with China is not good, not normal. As a neighbour, we hope for a better relationship, but that can only happen if they respect the LAC and respect agreements which they have signed in the past,” Jaishankar said. “We have views on China based on our experience,” the minister said. “Our relations with China are not doing very well,…

Chennai: A judicial member of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), Chennai, on Monday recused himself from hearing a plea by Byju’s Founder Byju Raveendran against the insolvency petition against his company, Think & Learn Private Ltd. Justice Sharad Kumar Sharma, a judicial member of the Chennai bench of the NCLAT, recused himself stating that he had appeared for the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) as a senior counsel in a number of cases. “I will not venture into this. I have been a regular counsel for the BCCI in a number of cases,” he said.…

Wayanad: At least 43 people died and over 70 were injured after massive landslides hit hilly areas near Meppadi in Kerala’s Wayanad district early on Tuesday. According to government sources, 250 people have been rescued from the hilly areas so far. The landslides, occurring between 2am and 4am, primarily impacted Mundakai and Chooralmala. Rescue efforts are hampered in Mundakai due to blocked roads and unstable terrain. A total of 250 personnel from Fire and Rescue, Civil Defence, NDRF, and local teams are working in Chooralmala. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed deep concern and assured that the Central government will provide…

New Delhi: China has completed construction of a 400-metre bridge, high-resolution images of which were first published on January 2022. New images from July 22 this month show that the bridge has been black-topped with light motor vehicles plying across it. The bridge, which lies in territory held by China since 1958, is near the Line of Actual Control between India and China in Ladakh and gives Chinese forces the ability to speedily move troops between the North and South bank of the Pangong Lake. “The new bridge over Pangong Lake grants Chinese forces a direct, shorter route for rapid…

MUMBAI: “Two people were killed and 20 injured as 18 coaches of Howrah-Mumbai Mail derailed near Barabamboo. Rescue operations are on and an NDRF team is rushing to the spot,” West Singhbhum Deputy Commissioner Kuldeep Chaudhary, who is camping at the accident site, told PTI. Senior Railways official Om Prakash Charan said that a goods train had also derailed nearby, but it was not yet clear whether the two accidents occurred concurrently. Of the 18 coaches that derailed, 16 were passenger coaches, one power car and one pantry car, he said. The injured were given first aid by the Railways’…

Tokyo: India will have more contacts with Ukraine and Russia going forward as such engagements by countries talking to both sides are important to resolve their conflict, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Monday, days after it emerged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi may visit Kyiv next month. Mr Jaishankar said India’s position has been that a solution to the conflict will not emerge from the battlefield, and cautioned that it could be “fatalistic” to allow the situation to take its course and wait for events in some other parts of the world to provide some help to end…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Roll-on roll-off (Ro-Ro) ferry service will be introduced in the state by year-end, according to Minister for River Navigation Subhash Phal Dessai, who stated on Monday that there had been three instances of ferryboats breaking down in the middle of a trip with passengers on board since 2022. In response to a query posed by state legislator Jit Arolkar, Phal Dessai stated that the Ro-Ro ferryboat service will begin operating by the end of December. The minister said that a work order will be given to a private company to run two build-and-operate Ro-Ro ferries on the…