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"Enough time to debate on candidate": CPI's Annie Raja on contesting Wayanad poll
The seat has fallen vacant as Rahul Gandhi has decided to retain his Rae Bareli seat. In the recent Lok Sabha elections, Annie Raja was the runner-up from Wayanad. Communist Party of India (CPI) leader Annie Raja, who came second to Rahul Gandhi in the Wayanad seat in the Lok Sabha in the recent general elections, on Monday said there is "enough time" to vote for a candidate. For the upcoming by-election in Wayanad, lawmakers from the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) in Kerala, where the CPI is affiliated, have announced that they will retain Rae Bareli and leave Wayanad. It will be my party's decision whether I will contest again. "No elections have been announced so far... so we have ample time to discuss candidates within the party and within the LDF," Raja told ANI.
On the old party's decision to nominate Rahul Gandhi's sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for the Wayanad by-election (which will be her electoral debut), Raja stressed that the Congress needs "more and more" women lawmakers.
"I am happy that the UDF has announced a woman candidate for the constituency," she said. The Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) is the main opposition alliance in Kerala. According to the Election Commission of India (ECI), Rahul Gandhi, who won the Wayanad seat for the first time in the last national elections in 2019, retained the seat with 647,445 votes, while CPI's Raja came second with 283,023 votes. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Kerala leader K. Surendran came third with 141,045 votes.
Faulty signal, speeding freight train: What caused West Bengal train crash
A combination of a signalling fault on the tracks before the New Jalpaiguri station and human error by the driver of the freight train are likely to have led to a deadly collision in West Bengal that killed nine people and injured dozens, said railway officials, adding that the commissioner of railway safety (CRS) has launched a probe into the accident.
“The actual cause of the accident will be clear after the CRS report,” railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said after an inspection at the spot around 4pm. Railway Board chairperson Jaya Varma Sinha confirmed that human error may have played a role in the crash, the worst train accident in India since the Balasore accident in June last year that killed 296 people.
“Prima facie, it appears to be human error but we will know more after the inquiry… let me assure you that safety is our priority,” said Sinha.
The nine people killed include the driver of the goods train as well as the guard and seven passengers of the Kanchanjunga Express, which was headed from Sabroom in Tripura to Kolkata in West Bengal., carrying 1,300 people.
"Unfortunately, the (goods train) driver also died in the accident... Whatever one concludes from the circumstances, it appears that signals were ignored," she said.
At 8.55 am, the goods train rammed into the rear of the Kanchanjunga Express, about 10 km from New Jalpaiguri station, just before Rangapani town.
According to internal documents seen , the automatic signalling system between Ranipatra railway station and Chatarhat Junction, XX station head of New Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, had not been functioning since 5.50 am on Monday, prompting the station master of New Jalpaiguri to instruct (check) that a warning marked "T/A912" would now be sent to all drivers passing through that section.
Can you tell us anything about why the signal system did not work and why this is a recurring problem on Indian routes?
The T/A912 authorisation allows pilots to ignore red signals on the affected sections, subject to certain key provisions. One of them stipulates that pilots must drive at less than 15km/h in clear weather and less than 10km/h in rain (as was the case on the Monday morning circuit).
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NSA's Ajit Doval and Jake Sullivan speak on Advanced Materials and Technology at iCET Dialogue
NSA's Jake Sullivan also met today with Secretary of State Dr. Ajit Doval. S. Jaishankar. The Prime Minister is also scheduled to visit.
US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, who is in New Delhi on a two-day official visit, today met with Indian National Security Advisor Ajit Doval. Jake Sullivan is accompanied by a delegation of senior US government officials and industry leaders.
The two NSAs regularly hold consultations on bilateral, regional and global issues. The visit continues the high-level commitment to the strong and multifaceted agenda of India-US global strategic partnership.
Following the launch of the India-US Critical Advanced Technology Initiative (iCET) by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Joseph Biden on the sidelines of the Quad Summit to be held in Tokyo on May 24, 2022, the two NSAs have addressed areas of collaboration across various areas of emerging technologies such as semiconductors, AI, quantum computing, defense innovations, space and advanced telecommunications.
In subsequent meetings, both sides included new areas such as biotechnology, critical minerals and rare earth processing technologies, digital connectivity and digital public infrastructure, advanced materials in the iCET framework. The continued visit provides the NSAs an opportunity to review progress and establish new priorities and deliverables for iCET. During the day, the NSAs will discuss bilateral issues and review the India-US partnership on regional and global issues of mutual interest. They will also lead the first annual review of iCET with cross-sectoral delegations from both countries. Tomorrow (June 18), the NSAs will address participants at the India-US iCET Roundtable of Industry CEOs, organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry. NSA's Sullivan also met Secretary of State Dr. S. Jaishankar today, who is also due to call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
His visit marks the resumption of bilateral ties between India and the United States after Narendra Modi became India's prime minister for the third time.
Israeli television stations eventually quoted Netanyahu as criticising the military’s plan to start ’tactical pause’ in Rafah. ‘We have a country with an army, not an army with a country,’ he was quoted saying
Just hours after the Israel Defence Force (IDF) announced a “tactical pause” in its ongoing operation in Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly expressed his displeasure with the plan.
On Sunday, the Israeli military announced a daily “tactical pause” that would begin in the Rafah area at 8 am (local time) and remain in effect until 7 pm (local time) along the main Salah al-Din road. The main aim of the pause is to allow aid trucks to transit between the Kerem Shalom crossing from Israel.
However, a source close to the Prime Minister’s office said that the Israeli premier was not happy with the plan. “When the prime minister heard the reports of an 11-hour humanitarian pause in the morning, he turned to his military secretary and made it clear that this was unacceptable to him,” an unnamed Israeli official told media late on Sunday, The Guardian reported.
The official maintained that the Israeli Prime Minister received assurances that “there will be no change” in the military’s policy and fighting will continue in Rafah “as planned”. Interestingly, Israeli television stations eventually quoted Netanyahu as criticising the military. “We have a country with an army, not an army with a country," he was quoted saying.
Netanyahu’s reaction underlines the political tensions
The decision for a tactical pause came after the IDF stated that eight Israeli soldiers were killed during a military operation on Saturday. However, the reaction from Netanyahu underlined political tensions over the issue of aid coming into Gaza.
National security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, who leads one of the nationalist religious parties in Netanyahu’s ruling coalition also denounced the idea of a “tactical pause”. He went on to say that whoever spearheaded the idea was a “fool” and should lose their job.
The spat is the latest in the series of clashes within Israel’s controversial war cabinet. Earlier this month, centrist former general Benny Gantz announced his resignation from the cabinet, accusing Netanyahu of having “no effective strategy in Gaza”. Interestingly, the limited pause was announced after talks with Egypt and pressure from the US to increase the flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza. The IDF notified that the pause was being coordinated with the UN and international aid agencies.
“We welcome this announcement,” said Jens Laerke, a spokesperson for the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). “This has yet to translate into more aid reaching people in need," he added.
