Morning Digest: Campaign ends for first phase of Jharkhand polls and bypolls to 31 Assembly and one Lok Sabha seats; After storm over allegations, Australia Today clarifies ban was by Meta platforms, not Canadian government, and more

The Hindu Morning Digest gives a select list of stories to start the day. Read the top news today on November 12, 2024

Campaigning ended for phase-I of Jharkhand Assembly elections as well as bypolls in 33 Assembly constituencies and the high-profile Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency of Kerala from where Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is making her electoral debut.

The Australian media portal at the centre of a storm between India and Canada clarified on Monday (November 11, 2024) that it had not been “selectively blocked” by the Canadian government as alleged earlier. In a statement responding to a denial issued by the Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the portal, which focuses on Indian diaspora issues, said it was “not aware” that Meta platforms Facebook and Instagram had decided not to broadcast all news content on its sites in Canada due to a dispute over Canada’s “Online News Act” since 2023.

Almost three months after the rape and murder of a doctor at the R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital, trial in the case began on Monday (November 11, 2024) at a court in Kolkata.

North Korea has ratified a mutual defence treaty with Russia signed by the two countries' leaders in June, which calls for each side to come to the other's aid in case of an armed attack, state media KCNA said on Tuesday (November 12, 2024).

Ten armed militants were killed in Manipur’s Jiribam in “retaliatory fire” after a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) post came under attack on Monday (November 11, 2024), police said.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in consultation with the Government of India and the Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI), on Monday (November 11, 2024) finalised rules for Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) whose investments would be reclassified as Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) the moment it breaches the 10% stake threshold in an Indian company, under the Foreign Exchange Management (Non-debt Instruments) Rules, 2019.

The Supreme Court on Monday (November 11, 2024) dismissed a plea filed by SEBI against a Securities Appellate Tribunal order which set aside the penalty imposed by the market regulator on RIL chairman Mukesh Ambani and two other entities in a case related to alleged manipulative trading in shares of the erstwhile Reliance Petroleum Ltd (RPL) in November 2007.