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Prime Minister: India gives highest priority to Afghanistan

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has affirmed of India’s highest priority to its ties with Afghanistan and reiterated for New Delhi’s strong support in fighting terrorism and extend humanitarian and development assistance to that country.
According to a press read-out issued by Ministry of External Affairs, this was conveyed to the visiting Afghan foreign minister Salahuddin Rabbani when he called on Prime Minister Monday afternoon. Rabbani briefed PM on situation in his country. Both agreed that the Afghan peace process has to be Afghan-led, Afghan-owned and Afghan-controlled.
Earlier in the day, Afghanistan had joined India in blaming Pakistan based terror outfits like Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad for unleashing violence killing innocent people and destroying infrastructure in that country.
The two countries have also agreed to launch a New Development Partnership involving 116 new “high impact” development projects to be jointly implemented in the suburban and rural communities in 31 out of 34 provinces in Afghanistan.
Foreign Ministers of the two countries participated in the Second India-Afghan Strategic Partnership Council meeting held on Monday in New Delhi. Afghan foreign minister is here on a three day official visit.
While addressing joint press conference Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj asserted that relationship with Afghanistan is an “article of faith” for India. She announced plans to provide the war torn country with more assistance to strengthen its security forces as well as deepen development partnership cooperation.
Swaraj said New Delhi will continue to work with Afghans in their efforts “to build a secure, stable, peaceful, prosperous, united and inclusive Afghanistan.”
The two countries have signed four agreements in the areas of medicine, satellite and New Development Partnership.
Salahuddin Rabbani thanked India for its unflinching support for peace and stability in Afghanistan. He said that Afghanistan’s friendship with India or any other country does not mean hostility with others in the neighborhood.
However, he said, “Both countries suffer from terrorism and violent extremism that threatens the regional stability. The terrorist groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad, which have been launching attacks against India and indiscriminately killing civilians of this country, are engaged in similar activities along with Taliban, Al-Qaeda and Daesh (IS) in Afghanistan. Together they are killing our people in Afghanistan and destroying infrastructure,” he said
Salahuddin Rabbani said, “India has further agreed to provide assistance to Afghan national defence forces.” Kabul has been pressing for greater Indian assistance in defence supplies and capacity building.
India has so far extended $3 billion aid to Afghanistan since the fall of Taliban government in 2001. It is one of the biggest donors in the region to that country.
A joint statement released after the Monday talks said both countries agreed to “strengthen security cooperation” and India “agreed to extend further assistance for Afghan national defence and security forces in fighting the scourge of terrorism, organized crime, trafficking of narcotics and money laundering.”
US President Donald Trump had recently asked India to play more important role in stabilizing and development of Afghanistan.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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Dust storm, light rain expected in Delhi-NCR today, heatwave conditions to abate
IMD claimed in a tweet that Thunderstorm dust with light to moderate intensity rain and gusty winds with speed of 30-50 km/hr would occur over and adjoining areas of many places of Delhi, North Delhi, North East Delhi, North west Delhi, West Delhi, Central Delhi, East delhi and NCR( Loni Dehat, Hindon AF station, Ghaziabad, Indrapuram, Chapraula) Sonipat, Rohtak, Kharkhoda (Haryana) Baraut, Bagpat, Meerut, Khekra, Modinagar, Kithor , Garhmukhteshwar, Pilakhua, Hapur ,Gulaoti ,Siyana ,Sikandrabad , Bulandshahr , Jahangirabad (UP)

On Wednesday, a dust storm with light to moderate rain is expected in numerous locations in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR). The India Meteorogical Department (IMD) stated the city’s maximum and minimum temperatures are predicted to be in the range of 40 and 25, respectively.
The IMD tweeted an advisory that thunderstorms, dust with light to moderate intensity rain and gusty winds with speed of 30-50 km/hr would occur over and adjoining areas of many places of Delhi, North Delhi, North East Delhi, North West Delhi, West Delhi, Central Delhi, East Delhi and NCR (Loni Dehat, Hindon AF station, Ghaziabad, Indirapuram, Chapraula) Sonipat, Rohtak, Kharkhoda (Haryana), Baraut, Bagpat, Meerut, Khekra, Modinagar, Kithor, Garhmukhteshwar, Pilakhua, Hapur, Gulaoti, Siyana, Sikandrabad, Bulandshahr, Jahangirabad (UP).
For the next two hours, light to moderate intermittent rain is expected over and near Adampur, Hissar, Hansi, and Meham (Haryana).
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On Thursday, May 18, light rain is predicted for in Delhi based on the seven-day prediction for the city. The sky will mainly be cloudy, with the potential of a light rain or drizzle, according to the weather office.
The air quality will continue to be deteriorated in the city after strong winds with dust swept across the Delhi-NCR on Tuesday. Following this, visibility had reduced to 1000 metres. Kuldeep Srivastava, the head of regional forecasting centre, said the dry atmosphere is one of the reasons for the dust storms.
Following Tuesday’s severe winds and dust storm that blasted across the Delhi-NCR, the city’s air quality had taken an alarming dip.
The monsoons, which are awaited across India, are likely to make landfall in Kerala on June 4. Usually, the monsoon arrives on May 31 or June 1 but the delay will be made up as the phenomenon progresses on its south-west to north-east arc. With extreme temperatures right from a cold sytart to May to dust-laden winds in mid-May, the weather in the country is paying the price for accelerating climate change.
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Security lapse at Navjot Singh Sidhu’s Patiala home, says it will not deter him from raising his voice against Punjab
After his release from jail, he slammed the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government for its law and order in the state.

Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu has filed a complaint with the Punjab Police after he spotted a suspicious person wrapped in a grey blanket on his terrace. He alleged a security lapse at his Patiala home. He couldn’t catch him as he fled after his servant raised an alarm.
Taking to Twitter, Sidhu said, Today on the terrace of his residence an unknown suspicious character wrapped in a grey blanket was noticed around 7:00 pm, the moment his servant went out raised the alarm, and called for help, he immediately ran and escaped.
The 59-year-old further said that he has spoken to DGP Punjab Police and has also informed SSP Patiala. He said the security lapse will not deter him from raising his voice for Punjab.
Punjab Police registered a case in this matter. According to the reports, the Patiala Senior Superintendent of Police Varun Sharma visited his residence after the complaint and is currently investigating the matter. The CCTV footage of the area is also being scanned, reports state.
Cricketer-turned-politician came out of the Patiala Central Jail on April 1 after serving nearly 10 months in a 1988 road rage case. After his release from jail, he slammed the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government for its law and order in the state.
He said Democracy is in chains. Punjab is the shield of this country. When dictatorship came in this country, a revolution also came, led by Rahul Gandhi.
Sidhu also slammed the Mann government over the pruning of security of slain singer Sidhu Moosewala and also making it public.
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Air India Delhi-San Francisco flight suffers tech glitch before take-off, returns to stand
The airline has not given any official statement in this matter.

Air India flight which was en route to San Francisco from Delhi on Monday had to be returned to the stand because of a technical glitch. The San Francisco-bound flight suffered a tech issue before take off.
According to the reports, the aircraft which was carrying over 200 passengers from Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI) had to be replaced with another aircraft. Later, the passengers were accommodated in another aircraft.
The airline has not given any official statement in this matter.
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Earlier today, another Air India incident occurred where a London-bound flight returned to Delhi’s IGI airport after a mid-air brawl between an unruly passenger and the flight’s cabin crew.
A brawl ensued between a passenger and the crew members shortly after it departed from the airport at around 6:35 am. The onboard ruckus forced the plane to turn around and return to Delhi again where the raucous passenger was deboarded and handed over to the police at the airport.
Air India apologized to the passengers on the affected Delhi-London flight for the delay and inconvenience caused to them due to the incident and assured them that efforts will be made to ensure such incidents do not occur in the future.
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