Nita Ambani visits Gujarat temple
Industrialist Mukesh Ambani's wife Nita and mother Kokilaben visited Ambaji temple in North Gujarat. They offered the wedding invite of Isha Ambani to the Goddess Ambaji.
Pope charmed by hearing impaired child
Pope Francis and Archbishop George Gaenswein share a laugh as a child plays with a Swiss guard after getting up to the area where the pontiff was sitting during his weekly general audience, in the Paul VI Hall, at the Vatican on November 28, 2018.
Pope Francis has praised the freedom albeit undisciplined of a hearing-impaired child who climbed onto the stage to play during the pontiff’s general audience. The Swiss Guards and Vatican gendarmes stood by and gamely let the young boy run around Pope Francis as monsignors read out his catechism lesson in various languages in the Vatican audience hall.
When Pope Francis took the microphone, he explained in Spanish to the crowd that the child was hearing and speech impaired. “But he knows how to communicate, to express himself.”
As the crowd applauded, Pope Francis ended by praying for the boy.
Congress, TDP joint rally in Khammam
For the first time, Congress president Rahul Gandhi and TDP chief Chandra Babu Naidu attended an election campaign together, in Khammam. Both the parties have forged an alliance against the TRS in poll-bound Telangana.
Congress president Rahul Gandhi and TDP chief Chandra Babu Naidu at a public meeting in Khammam on Wednesday.
Yeddyurappa meets Shivakumar
BJP State president B. S. Yeddyurappa with Water Resources Minister D.K. Shivakumar at the latter's official residence in Bengaluru.
BJP's Karnataka president B. S. Yeddyurappa met Congress leader and Water Resources Minister D. K. Shivakumar at his official residence in Bengaluru on Wednesday to discuss issues related to development of a few tanks in his Assembly constituency of Shikaripura.
His son and MP B. Y. Raghavendra too accompanied him.
Playing Ranji match with mask
Gurkreerat Mann of Punjab wears a mask during Ranji trophy match against Delhi at Feroz Shah Kotla stadium.
Delhiites woke up to a thick haze hanging over the city as the air quality was recorded in the ‘very poor’ category.
The overall air quality index (AQI) of Delhi was recorded at 316, according to Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data.
ANOC meet in Tokyo
IOC President Thomas Bach (1st left) attends the XXIII ANOC General Assembly Tokyo 2018 on November 28, 2018 in Tokyo, Japan.
The Association of National Olympic Committees postponed their presidential election amid farcical scenes on Wednesday in the wake of Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah's decision to temporarily step down from the post because of an ongoing legal case.
The Kuwaiti has denied any wrongdoing and, without giving any further details, said the allegations made against him in a Swiss court were politically motivated.
Sheikh Ahmad has stood down from two Olympic roles because of the case and on Monday said he would be stepping aside from the presidency of ANOC, the umbrella body for National Olympic Committees which he has run since 2012.
Traffic on Chennai-Tirupati highway disrupted
Traffic on the Tirupati-Chennai came to a standstill at Gajulamandyam, A.P. due to a tanker lorry capsize, on Wednesday.
Authorisied removed the gas tanker, which got capsized, with the help of cranes at Gajulamandyam junction on the outskirts of Tirupati on Wednesday. Due to this there was disruption in the traffic on the Chennai-Tirupati highway.
Blast outside chemical plant in northern China
Firefighters try to extinguish burning vehicles in the aftermath of an explosion at a plant operated by the Hebei Shenghua Chemical Industry Co. Ltd that destroyed dozens of vehicles nearby on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018 in Zhangjiakou city, northeastern China's Hebei province
An explosion early Wednesday outside a chemical plant in northeastern China has killed at least 22 people and destroyed scores of vehicles.
M.P., Mizoram vote for new Assembly
Bru voters assemble at Kahnmun's Young Mizo Association (YMA) playground where 15 special booths for Bru refugees of 9 Assembly seats in Mizoram have been set up.
Polling began in Madhya Pradesh and Mizoram after closely-fought campaigns. In MP, the Congress is seeking to oust the BJP which has been in power in for the last 15 years, while in Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla is seeking a third consecutive term as the BJP looks to uproot the Congress in its last bastion in the Northeast.
The counting is scheduled for December 11.
Lion Air needs 'improved' safety culture: crash report
Indonesia’s National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) head for air accidents, Nurcahyo Utomo, speaks during a news conference on its investigation into a Lion Air plane crash last month, in Jakarta, Indonesia November 28, 2018.
Lion Air needs to improve its safety culture and better document repair work on its planes, Indonesia's transport safety agency said Wednesday, in preliminary findings into a fatal crash last month.
Lion Air must take steps “to improve the safety culture and to enable the pilot to make (a) proper decision to continue the flight,” it said in a statement, adding that the carrier must ensure “all the operation documents are properly filled and documented”.
(With inputs from Agencies)
