Union Cabinet approves 'one nation, one election' proposal | Top News of Sept 18, 2024

[00:00:10] [SPEAKER_00]: Hello, this is your Daily Dose of News from Onmanorama.

[00:00:14] [SPEAKER_00]: I am your host, Deepa Soman and these are the major news stories of Wednesday, September 18, 2024.

[00:00:22] [SPEAKER_00]: The Union Cabinet approved their report on one nation, one election,

[00:00:26] [SPEAKER_00]: the bill is likely to be tabled in the Parliament's Green Discession.

[00:00:31] [SPEAKER_00]: More than 50% water turnout was recorded in JNK elections for space till 3pm.

[00:00:38] [SPEAKER_00]: Trump will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi next week.

[00:00:42] [SPEAKER_00]: The PM is slated to visit the US from September 21st to 23rd.

[00:00:47] [SPEAKER_00]: The debt toll in Lebanon's major attack rose to 12, senior Lebanese official said

[00:00:52] [SPEAKER_00]: the pages were planted by Israel's spy agency Mossar.

[00:00:57] [SPEAKER_00]: Experts want of a new COVID-avidient named XCC which has emerged in several countries and said

[00:01:04] [SPEAKER_00]: it's an extremely contagious strain. Let's get into the details.

[00:01:09] [SPEAKER_00]: The Union Cabinet has approved the report of the High Level Committee on one nation-one election

[00:01:15] [SPEAKER_00]: Minister Ashwini Vaishnav said on Wednesday. The panel headed by former President Ram Nath

[00:01:22] [SPEAKER_00]: Covind had submitted the report in March ahead of the announcement of Lok Sabai elections.

[00:01:28] [SPEAKER_00]: The bill is likely to be tabled in the Parliament's Green Discession.

[00:01:31] [SPEAKER_00]: If passed, India will face assembly polls and Lok Sabai elections simultaneously in 2020-29.

[00:01:38] [SPEAKER_00]: Placing the report before the Cabinet was a part of the Lomans' race 100 day agenda.

[00:01:43] [SPEAKER_00]: The High Level Committee recommended simultaneous elections for the Lok Sabai and state assembly

[00:01:48] [SPEAKER_00]: as the first step followed by synchronized local body polls within 100 days.

[00:01:54] [SPEAKER_00]: The panel had also proposed setting up of an implementation group to look into the execution

[00:01:59] [SPEAKER_00]: of the recommendations made by the committee. A water turnout of more than 50% was recorded till

[00:02:06] [SPEAKER_00]: 3 PM in the first phase of the Jemu and Kashmir Assembly elections on Wednesday,

[00:02:11] [SPEAKER_00]: the election commission said, voting began at 7 AM amid tight security arrangements.

[00:02:18] [SPEAKER_00]: According to officials, the overall water turnout was 50.65% at 3 PM. They said the highest voting

[00:02:25] [SPEAKER_00]: percentage so far among the 24 assembly segments of the Union Territory was recorded in

[00:02:31] [SPEAKER_00]: India Wall at 72.20%. The polls are being held for the first time since the

[00:02:37] [SPEAKER_00]: Abrogation of Article 370. For my U.S. President Donald Trump has said,

[00:02:44] [SPEAKER_00]: Prime Minister Narayan Ramodhi will meet him next week during his upcoming 3-day visit to the U.S.

[00:02:50] [SPEAKER_00]: PM Modi will be visiting the U.S. from September 21st to 23rd. Meanwhile,

[00:02:54] [SPEAKER_00]: in New Delhi, when asked about Trump's comment, the Ministry of External Affairs did not respond.

[00:03:01] [SPEAKER_00]: Modi will begin his trip with the court leaders summit hosted by U.S. President Joe Biden

[00:03:06] [SPEAKER_00]: in Wilmington, Delaware. The summit will be attended by Prime Minister Anthony Albeneecy

[00:03:11] [SPEAKER_00]: of Australia and Prime Minister Humia Kashida of Japan. Modi's visit comes less than two months

[00:03:17] [SPEAKER_00]: before the U.S. heads into presidential elections with Trump and Democratic presidential

[00:03:22] [SPEAKER_00]: nominee Vice President Kamala Harris in the race for the top job.

[00:03:28] [SPEAKER_00]: Around 12 people, including two children, have been killed in the Pajab Blas across Lebanon

[00:03:33] [SPEAKER_00]: on Tuesday. Hundreds of wireless devices exploded simultaneously and the incidents also wounded

[00:03:40] [SPEAKER_00]: around 2,800 people. According to various reports, quoting senior Lebanon officials and the

[00:03:50] [SPEAKER_00]: grounds of explosives inside hundreds of pages ordered by the Lebanese group Hisbola,

[00:03:56] [SPEAKER_00]: months before Tuesday's deternations. Hisbola has accused Israel of orchestrating the attack,

[00:04:03] [SPEAKER_00]: though Israel has not commented on the same or confirmed its involvement.

[00:04:08] [SPEAKER_00]: Scientists have warned that a more contagious variant of COVID-19,

[00:04:12] [SPEAKER_00]: dubbed XEC, is spreading rapidly across Europe and could soon become the dominant strain.

[00:04:18] [SPEAKER_00]: BBC said, the new variant was first identified in Germany in June and since then it has

[00:04:25] [SPEAKER_00]: emerged in the UK, US, Denmark and several other countries. Experts have said that the new

[00:04:31] [SPEAKER_00]: variant, which is a sub-bleneage of the Omicron variant, has some new mutations that might help

[00:04:37] [SPEAKER_00]: spread this autumn, although vaccines should still help prevent severe cases.

[00:04:44] [SPEAKER_00]: That brings us to the end of this episode. Thanks for listening to Daily News Tows

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