Headlines at 10:30 am on 15th June 2022

It was not immediately clear if he would come back and resume the session, or the questioning was over for the day.

Gandhi arrived at the Enforcement Directorate (ED) headquarters on APJ Abdul Kalam Road in central Delhi around 11:05 am, accompanied by his sister and Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, and his statement was recorded under the criminal sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA)..”
“In other news: Unveiling Agnipath, a “major defence policy reform” for recruitment of soldiers, sailors and airmen into the Indian Army, Indian Navy and Indian Air Force, the government has announced that personnel recruited under the scheme on short-term contractual basis will be called Agniveers.

The scheme, the government said, comes into effect immediately and will create “a much more youthful and technically adept war fighting force by ensuring a fine balance between youthful and experienced personnel” in the armed forces.

The Agnipath scheme — it had earlier been proposed as Tour of Duty — is expected to make the permanent force levels leaner in the over 13-lakh strong armed forces.”
After the Central government announced the Agnipath Recruitment Scheme for people to join the Armed Forces for 4 years, Chief of Army Staff General Manoj Pande said that the scheme aims to make the Army a future-ready fighting force capable of meeting multiple challenges across full spectrum of conflict.
And now let us look at the latest update in Sidu Moose Wala murder case is that the Delhi Court granted transit remand of Lawrence Bishnoi to Punjab Police on condition that they will be responsible for the gangster’s life. This is what Bishnoi’s Lawyer Vishal Chopra had to say to the media
“Meanwhile, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has fined the Tata Group-owned Air India Rs 10 lakh for violating the regulator’s norms on denying boarding to passengers holding valid tickets.

The aviation safety regulator has said that the matter is “of serious concern and unacceptable”.

DGCA said in a media release: “”A series of checks were carried out by DGCA and during our surveillance at Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Delhi, there were specific instances, in the case of Air India, where the regulation (regarding compensation to passengers) is not being followed, and therefore, a show cause notice was issued to the airline and also a personal hearing was afforded,” ”
“With the youth unemployment rate in cities hovering above 20 per cent, the government has announced it would recruit 10 lakh people in “mission mode” over the next one-and-a-half years.

In a statement, the Prime Minister’s Office said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi “reviewed the status of Human Resources in all departments and ministries.”

PMO said: “PM Modi also instructed that recruitment of 10 lakh people be done by the Government in mission mode in next 1.5 years”””
“Lastly, US President Joe Biden will host a virtual summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Israel Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan during his visit to West Asia from July 13 to 16.

A senior US administration official told reporters in a background call Tuesday that the new grouping will be called “I2U2” — “I” for India and Israel and “U” for the US and UAE. In October 2021, a meeting of the foreign ministers of the four countries took place when External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar was visiting Israel. At that time, it was called the ‘International Forum for Economic Cooperation’. This time, the meeting will take place at the level of heads of government/state — an upgrade.

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