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FirstUp: PM Modi to meet Yunus, Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment verdict... The headlines today
Fp Explainers •PM Narendra Modi is set to hold bilateral talks with Bangladesh's Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus in Thailand today. Meanwhile, South Korea's Constitutional Court will deliver its verdict regarding the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol. The 'Coalition of the Willing' is set to take place today in Ukraine where military heads from several nations will be present
Mamata Banerjee heckled by protesters during Oxford event, holds up 1990s photo of attack in response | WATCH
Fp Staff •West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's speech at Oxford University's Kellogg College was disrupted by protests, with audience members raising slogans and questioning her government. In response, Banerjee held up an old photo of herself from the 1990s, claiming it as proof of an attack against her in the past.
FirstUp: Japan-China-South Korea foreign ministers' meet, UNSC to discuss Gaza... The news today
Fp Explainers •The foreign ministers of Japan, China and South Korea are set to meet in Tokyo to discuss domestic policy and geopolitical uncertainties. Meanwhile, the UNSC will hold a meeting to discuss the situation in the Gaza Strip
FirstUp: Deadline to arrest South Korea’s Yoon, France’s Sarkozy’s corruption trial and other big news today
Fp Explainers •Today is the deadline for the arrest warrant of South Korea’s impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol. Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy will go on trial on charges of corruption. US NSA Jake Sullivan will visit India to take stock of India-US Initiative on iCET
Amid rising India-Bangladesh tension, Bengal CM Mamata says BSF allowing infiltration; BJP counters
Fp Staff •The Trinamool Congress supremo further said that she has directed DGP Rajeev Kumar to identify where these infiltrators are staying and that she would write a "strong-worded" letter to the BJP-led central government
'She would be alive if Mamata had taken action against Sandip Ghosh in 2021': Kolkata rape-murder victim's father
Fp Staff •The victims' parents have expressed dissatisfaction with Mamata's work in solving the case of their daughter. They, however, have faith in the Central Bureau of Investigation's probe
Mamata Banerjee meets protesting doctors' demand, sacks Vineet Goyal as Kolkata Police Commissioner
Fp Staff •Vineet Kumar Goyal, who was the Police Commissioner of Kolkata, has now been transferred as additional director general (ADG), Special Task Force
No punitive action will be taken against protesting doctors: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee
•A delegation of 35 junior doctors arrived at Banerjee’s Kalighat residence at 6:20 p.m. for the crucial talks, which began around 6:50 pm. The meeting ended around 9 pm.
After 4 failed attempts, talks between WB govt, junior doctors begin at Mamata Banerjee's house
•Previous attempts to resolve the issue failed as the state government rejected the doctors' demand for live-streaming and video recordings of the meeting
Kolkata rape-murder: In Mamata vs protesters, junior doctors say ‘don’t feel safe anymore’
Ayndrila Banerjee •While justice for Abhaya remains the top priority of their campaign, junior doctors have a five-point demand from the Mamata Banerjee-led government before they commit to resuming work. They want safer conditions and an assurance that the plight that Abhaya met does not befall anyone else