Voting for Assembly seats will take place across Maharashtra and some constituencies of Jharkhand today while the Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi will embark on a four-day visit to Nepal. Bypolls will be held in Punjab, Kerala and Uttar Pradesh today
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It is set to be a busy Wednesday with several events lined up for the day.
Firstly, voting for the Maharashtra and Jharkhand Assembly elections will take place today while Indian Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi will embark on a four-day visit to Nepal.
Bypolls will be held in 14 Assembly constituencies across Kerala, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh while a general strike has been called today across the nation over the high cost of living. Meanwhile, SpaceX will launch Starship for a sixth time today.
Here is all that is set to take place through the day.
Maharashtra, Jharkhand Assembly elections
The Maharashtra and Jharkhand Assembly elections are scheduled for today, with polling set to start at 7 am and conclude at 6 pm, according to PTI. The counting of votes will take place on Saturday (November 23).
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Voting will take place in a single phase in Maharashtra that has 288 Assembly seats while this will be the second phase in Jharkhand having 81 seats. In Maharashtra, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-Shiv Sena-NCP ‘Mahayuti’ alliance is looking forward to retaining power whereas the ‘Maha Vikas Aghadi’ bloc of Sena (UBT), Congress and NCP (SP) is seeking a comeback.
In Jharkhand, the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)-led government of the INDIA bloc is seeking a second straight term.
Indian Army Chief to visit Nepal
Indian Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi will embark on a four-day visit to Nepal starting November 20 to explore ways to expand defence and strategic ties between the two countries and review the evolving regional security situation.
Chief of the Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi during a press conference in New Delhi. File image/PTI
In Kathmandu, General Dwivedi will be conferred the honorary rank of “General of the Nepal Army” by Nepalese President Ramchandra Paudel in continuation of an age-old tradition that first started in 1950, reflecting the strong ties between the two militaries, reported news agency PTI. Nepal is important for India in the context of its overall strategic interests in the region.
Bypolls in Kerala, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh
By-polls in 14 Assembly constituencies across the three states will take place today. Earlier, it was scheduled to take place on November 13 but the Election Commission (EC) had delayed it after political parties including BJP, Congress, BSP and RLD requested a change in the polling date for certain Assembly constituencies.
The 14 constituencies affected are Palakkad in Kerala, Dera Baba Nanak, Chabbewal (SC), Gidderbaha and Barnala in Punjab and Khair (SC), Meerapur, Kundarki, Ghaziabad, Karhal, Sishamau, Phulpur, Katehari and Majhawan in Uttar Pradesh, reported India Today.
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Strikes called in Greece over the high cost of living
Greece’s leading labour unions have announced a general strike today to protest the increasing cost of living, media reports stated. They are also demanding higher wages and improved collective agreements.
Both the public and private labour unions will go on strike over the high cost of living in the country. Strike action organised by GSEE, the General Confederation of Greek Workers and ADEDY, the Federation of Public Sector Employees, will halt public transport, with rallies planned in central Athens and other major cities nationwide.
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To highlight the critical shortages of doctors at public hospitals, the Federation of Hospital Doctors of Greece (OENGE) will also join in today’s strike.
SpaceX to launch Starship for sixth time
SpaceX is gearing up for the sixth test flight of the Starship rocket system. The 30-minute launch will take place at 3:30 am IST from SpaceX’s Starbase facility in South Texas.
One of the main objectives of this mission is to replicate the successful mid-air catch of the Super Heavy booster, accomplished during the fifth test flight last month. SpaceX plans to recover the booster using the launch tower’s ‘chopstick’ arms about seven minutes after liftoff.
SpaceX gearing up for sixth launch of Starship from South Texas. X image/@SpaceX
Taking to social media platform X, SpaceX shared images of the Starship awaiting launch with the caption, “Less than 24 hours to Starship’s sixth flight test from Starbase.”
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With inputs from agencies
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