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“Pleased that people are accepting B Sudarshan Reddy”: Gaurav Gogoi

Majuli (Assam) [India], August 28 (ANI): Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi expressed his party’s enthusiasm for the INDIA bloc’s Vice-Presidential nominee, former Supreme Court judge B. Sudershan Reddy, stating that the people of India are warmly accepting him. Speaking to ANI on Wednesday, Gogoi said, “We are very pleased that the people of India are accepting B Sudarshan Reddy, the INDIA Alliance candidate for the Vice Presidential election. He is already creating an impact, and we wish him all the best.” Gogoi made the remarks while inaugurating a passenger rest shed at Dhapakgaon Tiniali in Dakhin Kamalabari Panchayat, Majuli, using MP

CDC director Susan Monarez is fired and other agency leaders resign

NEW YORK, August 28, 2025 (AP) — The director of the nation’s top public health agency has been fired after less than one month in the job, and several top agency leaders have resigned. Susan Monarez isn’t “aligned with” President Donald Trump’s agenda and refused to resign, so the White House terminated her, spokesman Kush Desai said Wednesday night. Her lawyers said she was targeted for standing up for science. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services had announced her departure in a brief social media post late Wednesday afternoon. Her lawyers responded with a statement saying Monarez had

UN Security Council to vote on ending peacekeeping mission in Lebanon on Dec. 31, 2026

UNITED NATIONS, August 28, 2025 (AP) — The Security Council scheduled a vote Thursday on a resolution that would end the more than four-decade operation of the U.N. peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon on Dec. 31, 2026. Two council diplomats said late Wednesday that the United States, which had been demanding that the force known as UNIFIL be terminated in a year, did not object to a French draft resolution with that end date in 16 months. That signaled the resolution would be approved, but it was not clear whether the United States would vote in favor or abstain, the

Lord Ganesh brings Thackeray cousins together, Uddhav visits Raj’s home in Mumbai

Mumbai, Aug 27 (PTI) Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday visited the residence of his cousin and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) president Raj on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi, in another sign of growing bonhomie between them. Raj hosts Lord Ganesh at his residence, ‘Shivtirth’, located in the city’s Dadar area, every year. Sena (UBT) MLA Aaditya Thackeray and his mother Rashmi accompanied Uddhav during the visit, which comes nearly two months after the long estranged cousins shared a stage in Mumbai after several years. Uddhav’s visit to Raj Thackeray’s home, though on the occasion of Maharashtra’s most

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