Ceremony of Ram Lalla Pran Pratishtha: The Union Cabinet has saluted Prime Minister Modi for presiding over the ceremonial enthronement of Shri Ram Lalla.

New Delhi: The Union Cabinet has passed a resolution praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the successful conduct of Shri Ram Lalla's 'Pran Pratishtha' at the Grand Ram Temple in Ayodhya. The newly constructed Lord Ram temple was opened to devotees across the world on January 22 and witnessed a huge influx of devotees to take 'darshan' of Lord Ram's idol in Ayodhya.

The Union Cabinet greets Prime Minister Modi

The Union Cabinet also saluted Prime Minister Modi for presiding over the ceremonial enthronement of Shri Ram Lalla at his birthplace Ayodhya. The Cabinet in its resolution affirmed that Prime Minister Modi fulfilled an age-old dream that is inextricably linked to Indian civilization.

Terming the resolution as 'historic', the Cabinet further noted that the enthronement of Ram Lalla and the grand opening of his majestic abode, both presided over by Prime Minister Modi, were 'historic' as the moment arrived after centuries of wait. The resolution further stated that although the country had achieved organic independence in 1947, its soul was freed from centuries of colonial slavery on January 22, 2024.

“You (PM Modi) said in your speech that Lord Ram is the influence, flow, policy and destiny of India. And today we can say, not from a political perspective, but from a spiritual perspective, that destiny has chosen you for the Pran Pratishtha of Maryada Purushottam Lord Ram, the pillar of India's Sanatani stream and global influence,” said the Cabinet. mentioned in its resolution. The government felt that the 'Pran Pratishtha' was not only a 'once-in-a-lifetime' but also a 'once-in-many-lifetimes' moment.

A once in a lifetime opportunity

“If we look at reality, this opportunity for the cabinet members cannot be called a one-time opportunity, but a once in a lifetime opportunity. We are all fortunate to be present on this occasion in the highest committee of the country, the Cabinet,” it added.

“The Prime Minister, through his actions, has raised the morale of this nation and strengthened cultural trust. The kind of emotional outpouring from people that we saw across the country during the Pran Pratishtha ceremony, we have never seen such an outpouring of emotions,” the resolution said. The Ram Lalla idol was unveiled during the elaborate 'Pran Pratishtha ceremony' on January 22, during which hour-long rituals took place in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who conducted the ceremony.

(With input from agencies)

Mandy Moore's family grows by four paws thanks to their new rescue dog.

“Welcome to the family, Marshmallow,” Moore, 39, wrote via Instagram on Saturday, Jan. 20, next to a photo of the dog lying on a white dog bed. “This sweet boy was found on the street, many miles away, for several days by our beloved nanny, Celina. He's about 6-7 months old, not chipped, not fixed (but scheduled for next week) and just the most unexpectedly wonderful addition to our gang.

She continued: “We weren't looking for another dog, but he was looking for us and the fact that he looks strikingly similar to our sweet Joni made it too impossible to ignore. The cats are baffled and Jackson (our 14 year old sheepdog rescue) is a little too but Marshmallow is slowly winning them over.”

Moore and husband Taylor Goldsmith are currently pet parents to dog Jackson and three cats. They previously shared pup Joni, who was euthanized in December 2020.

Moore and Goldsmith's two children, sons Gus and Ozzie, also loved having a menagerie of pets in the house. Gus, 2, even picked out Marshmallow's name.

“When we showed Gus a picture of him and asked his name, he without hesitation shouted 'Marshmallow!' With his arms in the air,” Moore added on Saturday. “Ready and ready. Can't wait for all the adventures, sir!!”

Moore has long been an animal lover.

“I feel like a cat, and a dog too – I have a dog, so not to overshadow him – but I feel like cats just have that intrinsic sense of knowing when you need that extra bit of support,” she said. Brit + Co in an interview in July 2023.” I think having that sense of camaraderie and connectivity with our cat family members was really essential as we went through the last three years of the pandemic, and how isolating that was. It was so comforting in a way.”

Moore and Goldsmith, 38, rescued cats Fig, Peanut and Olivia before they became parents, so the felines helped them start their family.

“It was a very special time to have that concentrated amount of time together under one roof,” the actress told the outlet about spending the coronavirus lockdown with her husband and pets. “I knew while we were in the middle of it, it was like, 'This is probably never going to happen again, so I'm really going to appreciate it and not take it for granted.'”

Mr Guterres said he hoped the resolution would help the UN and aid agencies deliver more food, water and medicine to people in Gaza, but said the only way to truly tackle the crisis was to end the fighting.

“A humanitarian ceasefire is the only way to meet the desperate needs of the people of Gaza and end their ongoing nightmare,” he told reporters after the vote.

Israeli Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan thanked President Biden and other US officials for “standing with Israel” during the negotiations and “maintaining defined red lines.”

“The resolution maintains the Israeli security authority to monitor and inspect aid entering Gaza,” Erdan said in a statement. He also criticized the Security Council for not condemning the October 7 attack, adding: “The UN’s focus solely on Gaza aid mechanisms is unnecessary and disconnected from reality – in any case Israel is allowing aid to come in any way. necessary scale.”

Riyad H. Mansour, the Palestinian ambassador to the UN, gave an emotional speech to the Council, choking back tears as he told the story of a Palestinian girl who lost her parents and two siblings in an Israeli airstrike on their house. She too was later killed in an attack on a hospital, he said.

“This resolution is a step in the right direction,” he said. “It must be implemented and accompanied by enormous pressure for an immediate ceasefire – I repeat, an immediate ceasefire.”

Currently, aid trucks entering Gaza for inspection must drive from Egypt to Kerem Shalom in Israel, then return to Egypt and cross the border into Gaza – a process that UN officials said was cumbersome and untenable.

The United Arab Emirates and Egypt, which control the Rafah crossing, wanted the UN to inspect aid shipments for weapons and other contraband, arguing this would streamline the process. But the United States argued that Israel must be involved in the inspection process for it to be workable.

Health officials in Gaza say about 20,000 people, many of them children and women, have been killed in Israel’s military offensive.

Israel is currently engaged in a bloody conflict with Hamas militants who control the Gaza Strip. More than 10,000 Palestinians have been killed during the Israeli army’s (IDF) counter-offensive.

Israel Hamas War Latest update: The United Nations has adopted a resolution condemning Israeli settlement activities in occupied Palestinian territory. The draft resolution, which was adopted on November 9 (Thursday), was passed by an overwhelming majority, with 145 countries, including India, voting for and against “illegal Israeli settlements”.

The resolution entitled ‘Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan’ was introduced by the UN to condemn ‘Israel’s illegal settlement activities in Palestinian lands’.

Only seven countries – the United States, Canada, Israel, Hungary, the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia and Nauru – voted against the resolution, while 18 members abstained.

India has reiterated its position on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and while it maintains cordial ties with the Jewish nation, New Delhi has maintained that it favors the two-state solution that envisions a separate Palestinian state, free from any form of Israeli influence.

Prime Minister Modi reiterates India’s position on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

On October 18 and ten days after the war broke out between Hamas fighters and Israel, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and reiterated India’s long-standing “principled position” on the Israeli-Palestinian issue.

Modi told Abbas that India remains steadfast on the two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He also said New Delhi will continue to send humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people.

In a telephone conversation, Prime Minister Modi simultaneously shared Abbas India’s “deep concerns” over terrorism, violence and the deteriorating security situation in the region, an official statement said.

“Spoke with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. I expressed my condolences for the loss of civilian lives at Al Ahli Hospital in Gaza,” Prime Minister Modi said on ‘X’.

“We will continue to send humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people. Shared our deep concern about terrorism, violence and the deteriorating security situation in the region,” he said.

“Reiterated India’s long-standing principled position on the Israeli-Palestinian issue,” the Prime Minister added.

India calls for strict compliance with international humanitarian law

Speaking in the backdrop of an attack on a hospital in the Gaza Strip that sparked global outrage, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said India is concerned about civilian casualties and the humanitarian situation.

We insist on strict compliance with international humanitarian law, he said during his weekly media briefing, answering questions about the attack on the hospital, which killed at least 500 Palestinians.

We strongly condemned the heinous attack on Israel, Bagchi said, adding that the international community must stand together in the fight against terrorism in all its forms.

On the Palestinian issue, he said India reiterated its position in favor of direct negotiations on a two-state solution.

Recently, Israeli Ambassador Naor Gilon had urged India to ban Gaza-based militant group Hamas as a terrorist organization. “It is time for India to declare Hamas as a terrorist organization in India,” Gilon had said, adding that many countries have already done so.

Israel-Hamas war

Israel is currently engaged in a bloody conflict with Hamas militants who control the Gaza Strip.
Since the start of hostilities, more than 10,000 Palestinians have been killed in the counter-offensive launched by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) in retaliation for the October 7 attacks.

According to official Israeli sources, at least 1,400 Israelis and foreigners have been murdered in Israel.

Three babies die as Gaza hospital goes ‘out of service’

On Saturday, three babies reportedly died in the neonatal ward of Al-Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza after the hospital went “out of service” amid continued Israeli fire in the area, CNN reported citing the Hamas-controlled Ministry of Health.

According to the report, in which Dr. Munir Al-Bursh, director general of the Hamas-controlled Ministry of Health, is quoted as saying that doctors in the neonatal ward are now being forced to manually perform artificial respiration on the 36 babies they are treating at the hospital. Hopital.

Bursh also said the hospital was “surrounded on all four sides,” estimating that 400 people were being treated at the hospital and about 20,000 displaced persons were seeking shelter in the hospital complex.

The spokesman for the Hamas-led Ministry of Health in Gaza, Dr. Ashraf al-Qidra, said he was being held in the al-Shifa complex.

Dr. Qidra said in a statement to CNN that the complex is currently “out of service” after being repeatedly targeted by Israeli fire.

“The intensive care unit, the pediatric ward and the oxygen equipment are no longer working,” said Dr. Qidra.

The IDF has regularly said that Hamas uses hospitals and other civilian infrastructure in Gaza as cover for its military operations. It has also warned civilians in northern Gaza to move south, CNN reported.

(With input from agencies)

The hybrid model states that four Asia Cup matches will be held in Pakistan, while Sri Lanka will host the remaining nine matches, including the final.

Islamabad: In less than 24 hours after officially ‘rejecting’ the ‘hybrid model’ for the Asia Cup following a nod from the Asian Cricket Council (ACC), Pakistan Cricket Board-emerging chairman Zaka Ashraf launched a full ‘volte -face’ by accepting the four matches awarded to the original hosts.

The hybrid model, with the Asia Cup jointly hosted by Pakistan and Sri Lanka, will see India play all of their matches, including two against the island’s arch-rivals.

The model was proposed by Ashraf’s predecessor and bete noire Najam Sethi and the banker, who will take over the reins of PCB on June 27, had “rejected” the idea at a media conference.

It has been learned that Ashraf was unaware that PCB chief Sethi had already been a signatory to ‘Hybrid Model’, which has been approved by the almighty ACC board headed by BCCI supremo Jay Shah and the decision cannot be reversed.

Pakistan Cricket Board could have faced punitive action if Ashraf caused a roadblock without full details of the event. “In my personal opinion, this whole hybrid model is not beneficial to Pakistan and I didn’t like it,” Ashraf told ESPN Cricinfo.

“As the host country, Pakistan should have negotiated better to ensure that the entire tournament would be played in Pakistan. Sri Lanka takes the largest number of games and leaves Pakistan with only four games, which is not in our country’s interest,” he added.

Ashraf then admitted he didn’t know all the details and made a full U-turn. “But I see the decision has been made, so we have to go with it. I will not block or have any intention of not complying with the decision. There’s not much I can do but keep the promise. But going forward, every decision we make will be made for and in the interest of the country.”