TODAY NEWS ON November 16, 2024

News Headlines for CAT, CLAT and IPM aspirants

Source: The Hindu

National News

• Climate finance are not ‘investment goals’ says India at COP29 summit in Baku
• ICC puts Champions Trophy tour on hold after BCCI’s strong objection
• At least 10 children die, 16 battle for life in Jhansi medical college fire
• Supreme Court seeks reasons for denying maternity leave to woman if adopted child aged above three-months
• No need for Central law to tackle crimes against health workers: National Task Force files report in Supreme Court
• Delhi govt. enforces stricter curbs on vehicles, staggered office timings to battle air pollution
• CM Atishi announces staggered timings for Govt. offices to tackle traffic congestion
• Sex with minor wife amounts to rape, says Bombay High Court
• Omar meets Sitharaman, seeks Centre’s support for J&K
• Sexual harassment case against Brij Bhushan: Court to record wrestler’s statement on November 26
• Insider trading: ABB India gets SEBI warning for breach of norms by employees
  
   

International News

• President Dissanayake’s NPP gets two-thirds majority in Sri Lanka parliamentary poll
• Trump names Interior-designee Doug Burgum to head new White House council on energy
• Zelenskyy says Ukraine war will end ‘sooner’ with Trump in office
• Xi, Biden attend Asia-Pacific summit, prepare to meet
• New Zealand lawmakers stage Maori protest in Parliament during fraught race relations debate

Headlines in detail

Climate finance are not ‘investment goals’ says India at COP29 summit in Baku

India has voiced its disapproval of “protectionist” measures that link trade barriers and carbon emissions, at the ongoing climate talks in Baku, Azerbaijan.

At the ongoing COP29 negotiations in Baku, India stated that climate finance — the money that’s necessary to incentivise and facilitate developing countries’ adoption of renewable energy sources over fossil fuels — should not be seen as “investment goals” by developed countries. “Climate finance cannot be changed into an investment goal when it is a unidirectional provision and mobilisation goal from the developed to the developing countries. The Paris Agreement is clear on who is to provide and mobilise the climate finance — it is the developed countries,” said a statement by India’s lead negotiator, Naresh Pal Gangwar.

President Dissanayake’s NPP gets two-thirds majority in Sri Lanka parliamentary poll

Sri Lanka’s National People’s Power of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake swept the parliamentary elections by winning a two-thirds majority in the parliament, the Election Commission result said. The NPP, which contested under the Malimawa (compass) symbol secured 159 out of the 225 seats in the parliament, according to the results on the Election Commission website. Samagi Jana Balawegaya headed by Sajith Premadasa was a distant second with 40 seats in poll which saw the lowest turnout since 2010.

ICC puts Champions Trophy tour on hold after BCCI’s strong objection

The BCCI has strongly objected to Pakistan Cricket Board's purported move to take the Champions Trophy for a tour of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), prompting the International Cricket Council to put the promotional event on hold. The PCB in return, as of now, has rejected the proposed 'Hybrid Model' with India playing its matches in Dubai. The schedule has also been put on hold and the new controversy could only make things ugly.

At least 10 children die, 16 battle for life in Jhansi medical college fire

At least 10 children died in a fire that engulfed the children’s ward of a medical college in Uttar Pradesh’s Jhansi district, officials said, as 16 others injured battled for life on Saturday (November 16, 2024).

Supreme Court seeks reasons for denying maternity leave to woman if adopted child aged above three-months

The Supreme Court of India has asked the Centre to explain the rationale behind a provision which entitles only those women, who adopt a child below the age of three months, to seek maternity leave benefits. The apex court was hearing a plea challenging the Constitutional validity of a provision of the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 which entitles only those women who are adopting a child below the age of three months to seek benefits of maternity leave for a period of 12 weeks.

Trump names Interior-designee Doug Burgum to head new White House council on energy

President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday (November 15, 2024) that North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum, his choice to head the Interior Department, will also lead a newly created National Energy Council that will seek to establish U.S. “energy dominance” around the world.

Zelenskyy says Ukraine war will end ‘sooner’ with Trump in office

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday (November 15, 2024) that Russia’s war against his country will “end sooner” than it otherwise would have done once Donald Trump becomes U.S. president next year.

No need for Central law to tackle crimes against health workers: National Task Force files report in Supreme Court

The National Task Force (NTF) report filed in the Supreme Court in the suo motu case concerning the R.G. Kar rape and murder case has said there was no need to enact a “separate Central law” to protect healthcare professionals.

Delhi govt. enforces stricter curbs on vehicles, staggered office timings to battle air pollution

A day after the Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR and Adjoining Areas announced stricter anti-pollution curbs, the Delhi government introduced several measures, including a ban on private BS-III petrol and BS-IV diesel vehicles, prohibiting the entry of inter-State non-electric and non-CNG buses, certain categories of construction work, and staggered government office timings.

CM Atishi announces staggered timings for Govt. offices to tackle traffic congestion

Delhi Chief Minister Atishi announced staggered timings for Government offices in the city in a bid to tackle traffic congestion and reduce pollution levels in the national capital. “Under the new schedule, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) offices will operate from 8.30 a.m. to 5.00 p.m., Central Government offices from 9.00 a.m. to 5.30 p.m., and Delhi Government offices from 10.00 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.,” CM Atishi said in a post on X.

Xi, Biden attend Asia-Pacific summit, prepare to meet

U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping will attend the first day of an Asia-Pacific leaders’ summit Friday (November 15, 2024) ahead of a face-to-face meeting under a cloud of diplomatic uncertainty cast by Donald Trump’s election victory.

Sex with minor wife amounts to rape, says Bombay High Court

In a significant ruling, the Bombay High Court has affirmed that sexual intercourse with a minor wife aged below 18, whether consensual or not, amounts to the offence of rape.

Omar meets Sitharaman, seeks Centre’s support for J&K

J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday (November 15, 2024) held a meeting with Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in New Delhi and discussed governance and development issues faced by the Union Territory (UT).

Sexual harassment case against Brij Bhushan: Court to record wrestler’s statement on November 26

A Delhi court will resume on November 26 recording the statement of one of the six female wrestlers who have accused former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh of sexual harassment.

New Zealand lawmakers stage Maori protest in Parliament during fraught race relations debate

A vote in New Zealand’s parliament was suspended and two lawmakers ejected when dramatic political theatre erupted over a controversial proposed law redefining the country’s founding agreement between Indigenous Maori and the British Crown. Under the principles laid out in the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi, which guided the relationship between the government and Maori, tribes were promised broad rights to retain their lands and protect their interests in return for ceding governance to the British.

Insider trading: ABB India gets SEBI warning for breach of norms by employees

ABB India said it has received a warning letter from the stock markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for violation of insider trading rules by two of its employees. “The warning letter dated November 8, 2024 has been received on November 14, 2024,” ABB India said in an exchange filing.

Ind vs SA 4th T20I | Bullied in ‘Bullring’: Samson, Tilak deflate South Africa with series-winning tons

Sanju Samson’s breathtakingly beautiful stroke play was matched by Tilak Varma’s understated brilliance as India, riding on their record-breaking twin tons, bullied a listless South Africa with a series-winning 135-run victory in the fourth and final T20 International in Johannesburg on Friday (November 15, 2024).