From the Newsroom: Manipur withdraws 'no food' order on Myanmar refugees

In your evening news brief, the Manipur government withdraws an order that barred the district administration and civil society organisations from providing food and shelter to Myanmarese; Sensex rallies 1,128 points and India underlines that durable peace in Afghanistan would require peace within and around the conflict-ravaged country.

Here is the top news of March 30, 2021:

Manipur government has withdrawn its order, issued on March 26, that barred the district administration and civil society organisations from providing food and shelter to Myanmarese nationals fleeing the neighbouring country and seeking refuge in the state. H Gyan Prakash, Special Secretary (Home Department, Manipur), issued a fresh letter on Monday which conveyed to the five district administration officials about the BJP-led state government's decision to withdraw the earlier order.

Extending its gains to the second consecutive session, equity benchmark Sensex rallied 1,128 points on Tuesday, tracking gains in index majors HDFC twins, Infosys and Reliance Industries amid a positive trend in global markets.

The 30-share BSE index ended 1,128.08 points or 2.30 per cent higher at 50,136.58, and the broader NSE Nifty surged 337.80 points or 2.33 per cent to 14,845.10.

Amid speculation of the possibility of an India-Pakistan détente, New Delhi has underlined that durable peace in Afghanistan would require peace within and around the conflict-ravaged country.

Though New Delhi has, in the past, always blamed Islamabad for supporting terrorism in Afghanistan, it refrained from doing so when External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar made a statement on behalf of the Government of India at a meeting of the “Heart of Asia – Istanbul Process” in Dushanbe on Tuesday. “For a durable peace in Afghanistan, what we need is a genuine ‘double peace’, that is, peace within Afghanistan and peace around Afghanistan,” Jaishankar said.

(Inputs from DHNS/ PTI)