Hello reade🅰rs! In today’s news wrap, we bring you the key developments of the day.
Here is a quick rundown of the events where a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on Monday cleared the hyped Waqf Amendment Bill with 14 changes. Next is Delhi election news where AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Monday released the party's manifesto with 15 guarantees for the Delhi residents 🥀ahead of the Assembly polls there.
In International, Colombian President Gustavo Petro ordered an increase of import tariffs on U.S. goods in retaliation to a s♒imilar order announced hours earlier by President Donald Trump.
Waqf Amendment Bill Cleared By JPC With 14 Changes; Opposition's Defeated In Committee Voting
A Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on Monday cleared the hyped Waqf Amendment Bill with 14 changes to the draft that was tabled in the Lok Sabha during the monsoon session last year.
All the 44 amendments proposed by the oppos𓆉ition MPs were rejected by the committee, led by BJP's Jagadambika Pal.
Delhi Election 2025: Kejriwal Announces 15 Guarantees For Delhi Residents | What Are They?
AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Monday released the party's manifesto with 15 guarantees for t🤪he Delhi residents ahead of the Assembly polls there. Kejriwal and other AAP leaders addressing the crowd stated that the term 'guarantee' was used by their party in 2020 for the first time in Indian elections.
Among ꦗthe key promises AAP guaranteed include jobs, financial support for women, cleaning polluted Yamuna River, scholarships 𒈔for SC and ST students to study abroad.
FS Misri China Visit: Chinese Foreign Minister Says Both Countries Should 'Commit To Mutual Understanding'
India and China should meet each other halfway and commit themselves to 🌌mꦦutual understanding rather than mutual suspicion, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Monday as he met Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri here.
Misri is here on a two-day visit for talks wi𝄹th Chinese officials to improve India-China relations, in the second such high-profile visit from India to China in less than one-and-a-half months.
Columbian President Orders Increase Of Import Tariffs On US Goods, Offers Planes For Migrants Amid Trump Threats
Colombian Presiden😼t Gustavo Petro on Sunday ordered an increase of import tariffs on U.S. goods in retaliation to a similar order annou⭕nced hours earlier by President Donald Trump.
The♑ tariffs fight follows Petro's decision to reject two U.S. military flights carrying migrants to Colombia. Trump,൩ in a social media post, said the rejection “jeopardized” national security in the U.S.
Jasprit Bumrah Crowned ICC Men's Test Cricketer Of The Year After Stellar 2024
Every﷽one’s favorite, Jassi Bhai, the game-changing plওayer (aka Jasprit Bumrah), has been named the ICC Men’s Test Cricketer of the Year on Monday.
The Indian pacer has bꦓeen outstanding in both home and away conditions, taking 71 wickets in 13 matches with an astonishing average of just 14.92.