Top news of the day: October 22, 2023
The HinduIsrael-Hamas war | Israel expands evacuations as Lebanon border clashes escalate Israel expanded planned evacuations of communities on its northern front with Lebanon on October 22 as cross-border clashes with fighters from Lebanese group Hezbollah have intensified since the war in Gaza erupted more than two weeks ago. We had concerns about continuous interference by Canadian personnel, says Jaishankar India invoked the provision of parity in Canada’s diplomatic presence in the country in view of concerns over interference in New Delhi’s affairs by Canadian personnel, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on October 22. Withdraw circulars to use bureaucrats as ‘pracharaks‘ of the Union government: Kharge Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 22, objecting to a recent decision taken by the Centre to depute senior bureaucrats to all districts in the country as ‘Rath Prabharis’ to propagate the Union government’s development initiatives. In the incident on October 22 morning, China’s coast guard said there had been a “slight collision” between one of its ships and the Philippine boat while the coast guard was “lawfully” blocking the boat from transporting “illegal construction materials” to the warship. Mr. Albanese also said China agreed late on October 21 to review the crippling tariffs it levied on Australian wine that have effectively blocked trade with the winemakers’ biggest export market since 2020.