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Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav on Wednesday said developed countries should take the lead in climate action and provide financial and technological support to help developing nations combat climate change. He said that India has led global climate action over the past decade under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership, with other countries also making contributions. “Addressing climate change is a collective responsibility, but developed nations must take the lead and provide financial and technological support,” Yadav said at an event organised by Times Now.

The Union Cabinet has given the nod for a new rail-cum-road bridge over the Ganga river in Varanasi. The bridge in Varanasi will feature four railway lines and a six-lane highway. It is being designed to last for 150 years and will span over one kilometre in length. The construction cost for the project is estimated at Rs 2,642 crore. Read here for more details.

The Congress on Wednesday accused the Mahayuti government of presiding over the “wholesale surrender” of Maharashtra’s interests and claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has decided that the state does not deserve new projects or central support.

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said soon enough, the people of Maharashtra will take their revenge on those who have betrayed the state.

The Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) chairman K Marigowda quit on Wednesday, amid a row over irregularities in allotment of sites to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s wife Parvathi B M. He submitted his resignation from the post to the Urban Development Department Secretary. “I have resigned following directions from the CM. Also, as I had health issues, I have resigned…there was no pressure on me, as I had health issues I have resigned,” Marigowda, who is considered close to Siddaramaiah, said.

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said that to avoid inconvenience to the people, there will be no ‘green corridor’ for him while he moves by road.The National Conference leader was sworn in as the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, the first elected government in the Union territory since 2019 when Article 370 was abrogated. Less than three hours after taking charge, Abdullah posted on X: “I have spoken to the DG @JmuKmrPolice that there is to be no ‘green corridor’ or traffic stoppage when I move anywhere by road. I have instructed him to minimise public inconvenience & the use of sirens is to be minimal.” 

The Canadian Air Force aircraft is ferrying 191 stranded passengers of an Air India flight from Iqaluit airport has landed in Chicago. In a statement on Wednesday, Air India said passengers of flight AI127, which was diverted to Iqaluit in Canada on October 15, are on their way to their destination — Chicago. The flight that was diverted on Tuesday had 211 people, including 20 crew members, onboard.

 BJP leader Nayab Singh Saini met Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatreya at the Raj Bhavan here on Wednesday and staked claim to form the next government in the state, party sources said. This comes hours after Saini was unanimously elected as the leader of the BJP legislature party in Haryana at a meeting in Panchkula which was also attended by Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav as central observers of the party. Saini’s name was proposed by MLAs-elect Krishan Kumar Bedi and Anil Vij.

Protecting lives, properties of citizens basic duty of state; Bengal govt failed, particularly in RG Kar case, Governor CV Ananda Bose stated today.

Gujarat Congress MLA Jignesh Mevani has sought action against senior IPS officer Rajkumar Pandian for “breach of privilege”, claiming that the latter behaved in a “rude and arrogant manner” when he went to the cop’s office for a meeting. Mevani, in a letter handed over to Gujarat assembly speaker Shankar Chaudhary on Tuesday, alleged that Pandian, Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) of the state SC/ST Cell, insulted him when he went to meet the IPS officer in his office in Gandhinagar earlier that day over some issues concerning Dalits in the state.

Former Karnataka Minister B Nagendra, who walked out of the jail on Wednesday, alleged that he was pressurised by the ED to name Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy D K Shivakumar in the multi-crore scam in Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation. He also charged the ED (Directorate of Enforcement) with arresting him under pressure from the BJP as part of a conspiracy to destabilise the Congress government. A special court here on Monday granted bail to the Congress MLA, who was arrested by the ED in connection with the scam.