According to former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan, India must focus on its most valuable resource—its human capital—while simultaneously addressing issues like malnutrition if it hopes to become a developed country. Asking how the nation could become developed while malnutrition is so common, he was speaking during an interactive session at the Indian School of Business (ISB) on a book he co-authored.
After entering office on Sunday, panchayat raj minister D. Anasuya (Seethakka) made his first visit to the Mulugu district. "My responsibilities have increased tremendously since I became a minister, and I should be more accountable to the people," Anasuya stated. The leaders of the local Congress party welcomed her with great pomp and circumstance, and they organized a rally that started at Mohammad Gousepally and ended at the Gattamma temple, where she gave prayers.
Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has prioritized the development of minorities and offered them opportunities within the administration and YSR Congress party, according to Deputy Chief Minister S.B. Amzath Basha. At the All-India Milli Council Conference on Minority Rights and Responsibilities, which attracted a sizable number of minority leaders and the general public on Sunday in Vijayawada, he was giving a speech.
D. Purandeswari, the state president of the Bharatiya Janata Party, declared that only her party can offer sound governance and open the door for the state and the nation's overall development. Speaking to the media in the West Godavari district of Palakollu following a meeting with party cadres, Purandeswari emphasized that the union government has allotted hundreds of crores for the development of Andhra Pradesh.
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of running away from a debate on the security breach issue.
PM Modi asserted that if the 140 crore countrymen take a resolve to make the nation developed, then by 2047 India will surely become 'Viksit'.
On social media, Mumbai Indians (MI) supporters expressed their dissatisfaction at the selection of Hardik Pandya to skipper the team in lieu of Rohit Sharma. Arriving with MI before the 2011 IPL, Rohit was chosen captain of the team in 2013 and guided them to five IPL titles in the previous ten years. He continues to be the most successful skipper, tied with MS Dhoni of the Chennai Super Kings.
Similar high-risk warnings for Apple products were released on Friday by the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) in response to Samsung, noting a number of flaws that might seriously jeopardize user data and device security.
Jaskirat Singh Sidhu, the truck driver of Indian descent who was responsible for the fatal Humboldt Broncos bus accident, lost the Canadian legal battle to prevent his deportation to India. The truck driver entered a guilty plea to the accusations of reckless driving on Thursday, but the judge denied his request. Sidhu's attempt to remain in Canada was unsuccessful. Thirteen individuals were injured and sixteen people died in the collision.
After it was allegedly hijacked in the Arabian Sea, the Indian Navy stepped in to save a commercial Malta ship. As soon as the Indian Navy received a Mayday alert, it swiftly ordered one of its warships to aid the MV Ruen while it was on an anti-piracy operation in the Gulf of Aden. "On December 14, PM, on the UKMTO portal, the ship, carrying eighteen crew members, sent out a Mayday message indicating that approximately six unidentified individuals had boarded."