News highlights: BJP doesn't have time to think about people in Goa, slams Priyanka Gandhi

BJP has exploited all resources in Goa for their own good. The water supply is only available for 20 minutes a day. They don't have time to think about people in the state, their only focus is on winning elections: Priyanka Gandhi, Congress' General Secretary. Two police personnel- SgCT Mohd Sultan and Ct Fayaz Ahmad succumbed to injuries after terrorists fired upon at a police party in Gulshan Chowk area of Bandipora Area, today. Area cordoned off. Further details shall follow: J&K Police

. The Indian story has one clear message to the world that democracy can deliver, has delivered and will continue to deliver. Democracy is just not of, by or for the people but also with the people and within the people: PM Modi at 'Summit for Democracy', via videoconferencing

. CDS General Bipin Rawat cremated with full military honours. His last rites were performed along with his wife Madhulika Rawat, who too lost her life in Tamil Nadu Chopper Crash. Their daughters Kritika and Tarini performed their last rites.

. When the nuns of Maredret Abbey in Belgium were struggling to scrape together the funds for badly needed renovation works, they turned to an occupation that for hundreds of years had been the preserve of monks: beer-brewing.

The 20-strong Benedictine community, founded in 1893, decided about five years ago it was time to team up with a brewer with the aim of to producing beer infused with some of their history and values while helping repair their convent's leaking roofs and cracked walls.

After nearly three years of collaboration with brewer and importer John Martin, Maredret Altus, a 6.8% amber beer using cloves and juniper berries, and Maredret Triplus, an 8% blond incorporating coriander and sage, went on sale in summer.

. A special charter flight from Kabul carrying over 100 people including Afghan Sikhs and Indians is expected to arrive in Delhi on Friday evening, people familiar with the development said.

The flight is also likely to fly back over 90 Afghan nationals stranded in India along with some medical supplies, they said.

The group is also expected to bring three Guru Granth Sahibs and Hindu religious texts from the ancient Asamai Mandir in Kabul.

The people cited above said both the Indian government and the Afghan embassy in Delhi coordinated to arrange for the flight.

. State politics heated up again with Nationalist Congress Party Minister Dr Jitendra Awhad declaring that the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) would return to power and NCP president Sharad Pawar was keen to continue Uddhav Thackeray as the Chief Minister after 2024 Assembly polls.

. PCB chairman Ramiz Raja said empowering skipper Babar Azam and instilling a fearless approach has helped Pakistan cap off a successful two-month tour of the United Arab Emirates and Bangladesh.

Pakistan won eight of their nine T20Is, which included victories in all the group matches at the ICC T20 World Cup, and two Tests in Bangladesh.

"...I want to emphasis on the fact that leadership matters. When you empower a leader and give him confidence then he starts to own everything; from decisions, team, performances to disasters. He becomes brave! His position is stable and he gets clarity," Raja told PCB digital.

. A vehicle overturned in Rajasthan's Jaisalmer district, leaving a BSF jawan dead and two others injured, police said on Friday.

The incident occurred in Ramgarh area on Thursday night, SHO, Ramgarh, Chunnilal said.

The deceased has been identified as 38-year-old Virendra Singh, he said, adding the injured are being treated at the Jaisalmer district hospital.

The body will be handed over to family members after postmortem.

. Post the playing of the Last Post and Rouse by tri-services buglers, the funeral pyre will be lit by family members. (ANI)

. Mysuru-Chamarajanaga local constituency recorded 37.40% voters turnout.

Of 6787 voters, 2,538 cast their vote from Mysuru and Chamarajanagar.

. The Dakshina Kannada-Udupi local authorities constituency registered 45.98% polling between 8 am and 10 am. The election is held for two seats in the constituency.

Byndoor taluk registered - 50.39 %, Kundapura- 47.23%, Brahmavara- 29.74%, Udupi- 23.31%, Kaup-24.31%, Hebri-71.31%, Karkala-72.60%, Moodbidri- 40.54%, Mangaluru-56.57 %, Bantwal-51.38%, Belthangady-37.17%, Puttur-51.73%, Sullia-46.53%, and Kadaba taluk- 35.44%.

In Adyar Gram Panchayat polling booth number 198, out of 31 voters, 30 had exercised their franchise by 10 am. This includes 16 women. While in Neermarga booth, out of 29 voters, 28 had cast their vote by 10 am.

. According to sources, Pappu Yadav's wife Ranjeet Ranjan-- Congress in charge of Rajasthan-- has played a crucial role in the amalgamation.

. The Economic Offences Wing of Delhi Police has arrested a former Group CEO of Religare Enterprises Limited in connection with siphoning off public money of over Rs 2,300 crore, officials said.

The accused has been identified as Krishnan Subramanian, a resident of Rohini in north west Delhi, they said.

According to police, Manpreet Singh Suri, AR of Religare Finvest Ltd (RFL), filed a complaint against Malvinder Mohan Singh, Shivinder Mohan Singh, Sunil Godhwani and others holding key managerial posts, alleging that these people having absolute control on Religare Enterprises Limited (REL) and its subsidiaries put RFL in poor financial condition by way of disbursing loans to companies having no financial standings.

. The United States and United Nations condemned the Myanmar junta over what Washington described as "credible and sickening" reports of the killing of 11 villagers, including children, in a restive central region.

The State Department and the UN secretary general's statements came as local media and residents said that soldiers seized 11 people from Dontaw village in Sagaing region following mine and bomb attacks on a military convoy a day earlier.

"We are outraged by credible and sickening reports that the Burmese military bound 11 villagers -- including children -- in northwest Burma and burned them alive," US State Department spokesman Ned Price said on Thursday, using the country's former name.

. New Caledonia is pushing ahead with a referendum on independence from France this weekend, despite concerns that a boycott by pro-independence parties who oppose holding the poll amid the coronavirus pandemic risks an outbreak of violence.

France's decision to hold the last of a series of three votes on Sunday, against the wishes of indigenous Kanaks, has drawn condemnation in neighbouring Pacific islands where sensitivities over colonization are high.

. The Special team constituted by the Defence Ministry to conduct an investigation of the helicopter crash at the Kattari park area near Coonoor in Nilgiris, which claimed the lives of Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, his wife, and 11 other armed forces personnel, is continuing its investigation.

. Hillary Clinton has for the first time publicly read the victory speech she would have given had she won the presidential election against former USPresident Donald Trump in 2016.

The former USSecretary of State and first lady read chunks of the speech as part of a MasterClass she is giving on the power of resilience, the streaming platform said in a press release on Thursday.

"In this lesson, I am going to face one of my most public defeats head-on by sharing with you the speech I had hoped to deliver if I had won the 2016 election," said Clinton in a voiceover in the video on the NBC Today talkshow website.

. Twin member Belgaum Local Authorities Constituency recorded 7.10 % polling in the first two hours for the election for Legislative Council from Belgaum Local Authorities Constituency on Friday.

A total of 628 voter's had cast their votes.

. "Special flight chartered by GoI is likely to arrive at Delhi today. Flight is repatriating stranded Indian citizens & distressed Afghan citizens belonging to Hindu & Sikh community along with spouses of Indian citizens in coordination with IWF", saidPS Chandhok, pres, Indian World Forum. (ANI)

. The Beijing Winter Olympics will mainly rely on temporary and chartered flights from cities such as Tokyo and Singapore to bring in athletes for the Games due to China's tight travel curbs and amid concerns over Covid-19, an official said on Friday.

"The Omicron variant has already spread to over 50 countries, according to WHO data," said Zhang Liang, an official with the Beijing Olympics organising committee, at a briefing.

"The epidemic prevention situation is still severe and complicated."

The Beijing Olympics, which are due to begin on February 4, will rely on chartered and temporary flights to bring in athletes and other Games attendees, with commercial flights as a supplement, said Zhang.

. It's been three decades in the making: the largest and most powerful telescope ever to be launched into space is finally ready to take up its orbit and beam back new clues to the origins of the Universe and Earth-like planets beyond our solar system.

. The medicines have dulled the pain of the bullet wounds, but the pain of losing near and dear ones' remains.

. Men cornered most of the employment gains in post-liberalization India, where households that managed to move into higher income brackets took on more conservative values, forcing women to leave their jobs and return to the home full time.

. Acclaimed Indian architect Balkrishna Doshi will receive the Royal Gold Medal 2022, one of the world’s highest honours for architecture, the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) announced.

RIBA said on Thursday that with a 70 year career and over 100 built projects, 94-year-old Doshi has influenced the direction of architecture in India and its adjacent regions through both his practice and his teaching.

Given in recognition of a lifetime’s work, the Royal Gold Medal is approved personally by Queen Elizebth II and is given to a person or group of people who have had a significant influence on the advancement of architecture.

. French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes new German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to Paris for an inaugural working meeting on Friday, when the two most powerful EU leaders will begin the search for common ground to tackle crises within the bloc and beyond.

Heading the agenda, French officials say, will be tensions over Ukraine, which U.S. officials believe could face a Russian invasion early next year, and Macron's priorities for France's six-month European Union presidency, which starts on Jan1

. Nearly one lakh elected representatives in the state will voteon Friday to pick 25 members to the LegislativeCouncilin an election that is widely expected to set the political tone in the state.

. Asian shares slipped and the dollar held firm on Friday as traders edged away from riskier assets amid renewed concerns about Covid-19 and ahead of key USinflation data that could set direction on Federal Reserve rates.

. Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio on Thursday said the killing of civilians in Mon district by the security forces was a "clear case of abuse" of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act and said the incident, which took place five days ago was not the first instance of the people having to bear the brunt of the draconian law.

Speaking at the 'In Memorium' programme organised by the government in memory of the 13 civilians, he said innocent lives have been cut short by the "most unfortunate and careless act of the Indian security forces".

AFSPA, he said, is law that has colonial genesis and is violative of human rights as it legitimises killing on mere suspicion and the people of Nagaland will continue to demand its repeal.

News highlights: BJP doesn't have time to think about people in Goa, slams Priyanka Gandhi

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