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<p>Washington, Oct 29 (PTI): Vice President Kamala Harris is focused on being as inclusive as possible and on practical results, a top Indian American adviser to President Joe Biden said on Monday, observing that she is a “tremendous” leader.</p><p>“She is focused on practical results and being as inclusive as possible,” Neera Tanden, Domestic Policy Advisor to the US President told PTI in an interview.</p><p>Tanden, a close aide of the president, has known Harris, who is now the Democratic presidential candidate since she was the Attorney General of California and the two interact quite frequently.</p><p>“We have talked about ensuring that we’re engaging Indian American leaders in the White House, that we are hearing from them about… Read More »Harris focused on practical results, being as inclusive as possible: Neera Tanden

Yemen’s Houthis said on Monday that they carried out three operations targeting vessels in the Red Sea and Arabian Sea. The attacks included strikes on the Motaro in the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab Strait with ballistic missiles. Yahya Sarea, the Houthi military spokesman, also said in a televised address, that the group targeted the Maersk Kowloon in the Arabian Sea with a missile and the SC Montreal in the Arabian Sea with two drones.

President Zelensky on Monday said that he expects 12,000 North Korean soldiers on Russian territory “soon”. Some 3,000 North Korean soldiers and officers are “already on Russian territory, and they (Russia) will use both on our territory”, the Ukrainian president said at a press conference in Iceland on Monday evening. “We think that they will have 12,000 soon” on Russian territory, he added.

Israel’s parliament on Monday approved a bill banning the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) from working in Israel, despite objections from the United States. Lawmakers passed the bill with 92 votes in favour and 10 against, after years of harsh Israeli criticism of UNRWA, which has only increased since the start of the war in Gaza following Hamas’s deadly October 7 attacks last year.

<p>Hyderabad, Oct 28 (PTI) The Telangana High Court on Monday restrained the police from taking coercive steps against Raj Pakala, brother-in-law of BRS working president K T Rama Rao, in a case registered against him following a raid at his farmhouse near here.</p> <p>After hearing the petition filed by Raj Pakala against the notice issued by police asking him to appear before them on Monday, the court directed him to appear before it within two days and cooperate with the investigation.</p> <p>”The respondents No.3 and 4 (police) are directed not to take any coercive steps against the petitioner, subject to the condition of the petitioner responding to the notice under Section 35 (3) BNSS. The… Read More »Telangana HC Restrains Coercive Action Against KTR’s Kin In Drugs Case, Directs Pakala To Appear Within 2 Days