Morning Digest | LeT, JeM shifting base to Afghanistan, claims former Security chief; face can be used as boarding pass in Delhi, Bengaluru, Varanasi airports, and more

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Taliban is allowing LeT and JeM to shift base to Afghanistan, claims former Afghan Security chief

Despite its engagement with the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, India must not let its guard down, said former Afghanistan intelligence chief Rahmatullah Nabil, warning that Pakistani terror groups targeting India like Jaish e Mohammad and Lashkar e Toiba have shifted bases to Afghanistan with help from the Taliban, and have access to more technology and territory.

G-20 of ‘extraordinary importance’, unparalleled in our history: Jaishankar

India on December 1, 2022 took over as the President of the G-20 for next year’s summit that is scheduled to be held in New Delhi. The occasion was marked by a range of public events and announcements including the lighting of one hundred monuments and landmarks across the country. Marking the occasion, External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar said the occasion bestows India with a great responsibility.

T.N. counters argument that animals, like persons, were protected by Constitution

The Tamil Nadu government on December 1, 2022, argued before the Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court hearing the Jallikattu case that a duty to ensure the well-being of an animal does not give a concomitant right to the animal to demand well-being.

“Rights are given by law made by human beings. Rights are of two kinds — against the State or fellow human beings and against nature. There is no concept of the rights of animals… There is only the concept of making sure that in the course of relationships with animals, we follow certain moral norms… and the underlining moral norm is not to cause any pain or suffering,” senior advocate Kapil Sibal, for Tamil Nadu, submitted before the five-judge Bench led by Justice K.M. Joseph.