India And The United States Announced Their Next 2+2 Dialogue On April 11

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India and the United States announced their next 2+2 dialogue on April 11, Ketanji Brown Jackson: the first Black woman to be justice of the United States (US) Supreme Court, Shah Rukh Khan was spotted shooting for an upcoming project in Mumbai and other top news in this bulletin.
Pakistan’s Imran Khan’s fate hung in the balance after the Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the restoration of the dissolved parliament and the convening of a session on April 9 to conduct a trust vote against the premier. In a landmark ruling, a five-judge bench led by Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial unanimously set aside deputy speaker Qasim Suri’s ruling to dismiss a no-confidence motion against Khan and the subsequent dissolution of the National Assembly by President Arif Alvi on the premier’s advice on April 3. India and the United States formally announced on Thursday that they will hold their next 2+2 dialogue on April 11, when defence minister Rajnath Singh and external affairs minister S Jaishankar will travel to Washington DC to meet their counterparts, secretary of defense Lloyd Austin and secretary of state Antony J Blinken. In Delhi, an external affairs ministry statement said: “The dialogue would enable both sides to undertake a comprehensive review of cross-cutting issues in the India-US bilateral agenda related to foreign policy, defence and security with the objective of providing strategic guidance and a vision for further consolidating the relationship”. Dodging tax by passing off earnings as agricultural income is set to get tougher as robust checks are being introduced, the government has told Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee, which pointed to several lapses in granting blanket exemptions. Super-rich farmers will face stricter scrutiny by tax authorities, who will comb through details of agricultural income — tax-free under the law — in jurisdictions where farm income exceeds a threshold of ₹10 lakh a year, the finance ministry said in a response to questions to the parliamentary committee. With a historic Senate confirmation on Thursday, Ketanji Brown Jackson has become the first Black woman to rise up to become justice of the United States (US) Supreme Court. Jackson, nominated by President Joe Biden, served as a judge in the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (DC) circuit, and had earlier served as a district court judge in DC between 2013 and 2021. Shah Rukh Khan was spotted shooting for an upcoming project in Mumbai on Thursday evening. As soon as pictures of the actor from the shoot surfaced on social media, fans began speculating as to which project the actor was working on. Many are convinced that the actor has resumed shooting for Tamil filmmaker Atlee’s next, rumoured to be titled Lion. However, there is no confirmation on that development. A fine 80 off 52 balls by opener Quinton de Kock after a good bowling performance helped Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) down Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League game played at the DY Patil Stadium on Thursday. Capitals were always going to find it difficult to defend a total of 149. de Kock extinguished whatever little hope they had by taking the score to 122, hitting nine fours and two sixes. When the left-handed opener fell, LSG needed 28 off 24 balls with seven wickets in hand. Krunal Pandya took 14 runs from the 19th over bowled by Mustafizur Rahman to make it five runs off six balls and seal the contest.