Russia and China on Friday vetoed a U.S.-sponsored U.N. resolution calling for “an immediate and sustained cease-fire” in theIsrael-Hamas warin Gaza to protect civilians and enable humanitarian aid to be delivered to more than 2 millionhungry Palestinians. The vote in the 15-member Security Council was 11 members in favor, three against and one abstention. Before the vote, Russia's U.N. Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia said Moscow supports an immediate cease-fire, but he questioned the language in the resolution and accused U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who was arrested by ED in Delhi's liquor scam case, has been sent on 6-day remand by Delhi's PMLA. The ED had sought a 10-day remand. Now he will remain in the remand of ED till March 28, where the investigating agency will question him about the money transactions. The ED told the court that proceeds collected from the liquor scam, in which Kejriwal was directly involved, were used in AAP's Goa election campaign in 2022. It is to be noted that the ED arrested him last night, against which the Aam Aadmi Party protested against the central government today in

The federal Liberal government will not be forced into an election over carbon pricing at least not today. The Liberals, NDP and Bloc Québécois all voted against a Conservative motion calling for a confidence vote in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for refusing to call off a planned April increase in Canada's carbon price. The price will go up by $15 a tonne next month as scheduled, adding another 3.3 cents to the price of a litre of gasoline and 2.86 cents for a cubic metre of natural gas. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says carbon pricing makes everything more expensive. But the Libera

Former Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu has returned to the cricket world today with the commentary of the first match of IPL. When Sidhu was asked what was the special thing about this season that drew you back? So he answered it in poetry. It is to be noted that Sidhu had previously done commentary in cricket from 1999 to 2014 and had made a special identity, but after becoming a minister in the Punjab government, he left the commentary panel as well as all his TV shows. Navjot Singh Sidhu's father Sardar Bhagwant Singh was also a cricketer.

The PMLA Court of Delhi can give its decision at any time on the remand of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, arrested in the Delhi liquor scam case. After 3 hours of hearing, the court has reserved the decision. Kejriwal was produced in the court today at 2 pm. The hearing started at 2.15 pm and continued till 5.15 pm. ED has sought a 10-day remand of Kejriwal and described him as the mastermind of the case. ED claims that Kejriwal wanted funds for elections in Punjab and Goa and out of the funds obtained from this scam, Rs 45 crore was used in Goa elections. At the same time, Kejriwal's lawy

A framework for a national school food program has landed on the desk of Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, and with the federal budget just weeks away advocates hope the proposal will get the green light. The proposed plan comes as food prices continue to cause political headaches for governments across the country, said Tyler Meredith, a policy thinker and former economic adviser to Freeland and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. "A proposal has now been put forward to Minister Freeland, and it's now for us to watch whether it'll be funded in the budget," said Meredith. "I'm cautiously optimist

There has been an earthquake in politics after the arrest of Aam Aadmi Party supremo and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. Minister Harjot Singh Bains, who is protesting in Delhi, has been detained by the police. While talking to the journalists earlier, Harjot Bains said that if the assembly elections and parliament elections can be contested sitting in jail, then the government can also be run. Harjot Singh Bains said that he is also a lawyer. The constitution of this country provides that every citizen, even if he is in jail but the punishment is not severe, he can be elected as MLA a

U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey said Thursday that he will not run in the Democratic primary as he facesfederal corruption charges, but he left open the possibility that he would reenter the race as an independent later this year if he is exonerated at a trial. Menendez made the announcement in a video released Thursday afternoon. The decision comes as Menendez fights federal bribery charges, along with his wife, Nadine, and three business associates. Menendez and his spouse are charged with taking bribes of gold bars, cash and a Mercedes-Benz in return for the senator’s help with proje

Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal has also demanded an investigation into the excise policy implemented by the Bhagwant Mann government of Punjab. He said that the same excise policy was implemented in Punjab which was brought by his boss in Delhi. Sukhbir Badal said that the wires of Delhi's liquor scam are connected to Bhagwant Mann's office and his residence, which should be investigated. At the same time, while reacting to the arrest of Supremo Arvind Kejriwal, he said that Kejriwal was behaving as if he was above the law. It has also been repeated together with Therefore