Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann and Giorgio Parisi win Nobel Prize in Physics

Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann and Giorgio Parisi has been awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics for their “groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of complex physical systems.”

Former Milkfed chairman Harminder Singh has joined Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), leaving Congress. SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal has announced Harminder as the party’s candididate from Sultanpur Lodhi for the upcoming Punjab assembly polls in 2022. 

Angered over slow and conditional paddy procurement, farmers have blocked NH44 near Pipli in Kurukshetra district in Haryana. Police have diverted traffic on the link roads from Shahbad-Ladwa-Karnal.

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Tuesday tweeted that ‘joint opposition’ is needed for taking action against oppression by Uttar Pradesh government. In his post, he added that he is going to meet Congress leader Rahul Gandhi at 4.15 pm today.

Haryana BKU chief Gurnam S Chaduni on Tuesday said that mandis haven’t yet started paddy procurement, adding that all terms and conditions including the cap of 25 quintals should be removed. 

“Govt should start procurement from today onwards otherwise from tomorrow we request farmers to gherao the political leaders,” he added.

An FIR has been lodged against 11 people including Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Deependra Hooda and Ajay Kumar Lallu for disturbing peace, news agency ANI quoted SHO of Hargaon Police Station as saying. This came after Congress supporters continued their protest outside PAC guest house in Sitapur where party leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is detained.

Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel claimed on Tuesday that he was not being allowed to leave Lucknow airport. Baghel, who was appointed as the senior poll observer in Uttar Pradesh by Congress, took to Twitter to share an image of him sitting at the airport surrounded by cops and other security personnel.

Union minister Pashupati Kumar Paras said on Tuesday that he is in favour of the Election Commission’s (EC) allotment  of new election symbols and party names to the two feuding factions of Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), reported news agency ANI. “I welcome the Election Commission’s decision. I have been allotted the name Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party and the ‘Sewing Machine’ symbol,” he told reporters. 

“Under PM Awas Yojana, over 80% of the houses are either owned by women or they are joint onwer of these houses,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi says in Lucknow.

The Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi Government has again sent the proposal of “doorstep delivery of ration” scheme to Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal, reported news agency ANI. In June, Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal had rejected the Delhi government’s proposal for the launch of its flagship “doorstep delivery of ration” scheme, citing a lack of clearance from the Centre and an ongoing court case involving the scheme.

The IAF chief VR Chaudhari today said no two-finger test was conducted on the woman officer in Coimbatore rape case. This came after the 28-year old female Air Force officer levelled serious charges against the IAF authorities, including subjecting her to a banned finger test and also forcing her to withdraw the complaint against the accused Flight Lieutenant. 

PM Modi today handed over keys of PMAY-U houses to 75,000 beneficiaries in Uttar Pradesh. He is currently interacting with the beneficiaries of the scheme virtually.

The Election Commission (EC) today alloted the name ‘Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)’, and election symbol ‘Helicopter’ to Chirag Paswan. 

On the other hand, Pashupati Kumar Paras was allotted the name ‘Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party’ and ‘Sewing Machine’ as election symbol by the panel.

This came after the Commission barred the Chirag Paswan and the Pashupati Kumar Paras factions from using the name of Lok Janshakti Party or its symbol ‘bungalow’ till the dispute between the rival groups is settled.

Condemning the Lakhimpur Kheri incident, NCP chief Sharad Pawar said the probe in connection with the case should be conducted by a sitting supreme court judge. “The attack on farmers shows the attitude of the government. Farmers across the country will give befitting reply to the ruling party,” he added.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will today virtually handover keys of PMAY-U houses to 75,000 beneficiaries in 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh.

“Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana has sanctioned 17.3 lakh houses. 8.8 lakhs beneficiaries have been given houses so far. More will be given today by PM,” Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri says in Lucknow.

BJP workers and supporters gather to celebrate the party’s lead in Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation elections.

Congress workers break barriers, raise slogans in Sitapur as party leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra remains under detention at a city guest house. Priyanka Gandhi was detained on Monday after she attempted to visit families of victims of Lakhimpur Kheri violence.

PM Narendra Modi today inaugurated ‘[email protected] Urban India: Transforming Urban Landscape’ conference in Lucknow. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, UP Governor Anandiben Patel and UP CM Yogi Adityanath were also present.

Strongly hitting out at Pakistan for again raking up the Kashmir issue at the UN, India has said a constructive contribution cannot be expected from a country that has an established practice of hosting terrorists and is the “epicentre” of global terrorism, and the biggest destabilising force in the world.

An aircraft of a domestic air carrier (Shree Airlines) slipped off the runway at Kathmandu Airport today; No reports of immediate damage. The airport remains operational: Kathmandu Airport authorities.

Sensex falls 100 points to open session at 59,219.

India recorded 18,346 new cases of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in the last 24 hours, which pushed the nationwide tally to 33,853,048.

Petrol, diesel prices hiked again; ₹102.64/ltr (up ₹0.25) & ₹91.07/ltr (up ₹0.30) in Delhi; ₹108.67 (up ₹0.24) & ₹98.80/ltr (up ₹0.32) in Mumbai, respectively.

Facebook blames major outage on router work, reports AFP.

Earthquake of magnitude 4.5 on the Richter scale occurred at 0808 hours, 276 km north-northwest of Pangin, Arunachal Pradesh: National Center for Seismology (NCS).

Cruise ship raid case | Mumbai Narcotics Control Bureau has arrested two persons- one person who was detained during a raid on the cruise ship for the second day yesterday and a drug peddler from the Jogeshwari area; both arrested persons to be produced before court today.

The Taliban have reportedly conducted operations in Kabul’s northern suburb, killing three terrorists of the ISIS-Khorasan branch.

India Meteorological Department (IMD) says that conditions are favourable for the monsoon to start withdrawing from some parts of northwest India on Wednesday, marking its second-most delayed withdrawal in the last 41 years

Microsoft has already begun rolling out Windows 11, the latest upgrade to the popular operating system (OS), across the world.

New Zealand’s government acknowledged Monday what most other countries did long ago: It can no longer completely get rid of the coronavirus.

WhatsApp is entirely back up and running now, said CEO Will Cathcart.

An earthquake of magnitude 5.0 on the Richter Scale struck Afghanistan near Fayzabad early morning on Tuesday.

Covaxin, India’s indigenously-developed vaccine against coronavirus disease (Covid-19), has so far not received the much-coveted emergency use approval from the World Health Organization (WHO) but is likely to do so soon.

Congress supporters stage protest, demand “release of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra” outside PAC guest house in Sitapur where she is detained.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in Lucknow on Tuesday to participate in a three-day urban conclave event.

Former President Donald Trump now has a December 23 deadline to undergo questioning in a former “Apprentice” contestant’s defamation lawsuit over what he said in denying her sexual assault allegations, a court has said.

Services of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp are coming back online after several hours of disruption that impacted millions of people worldwide.