12/02/2022 - TOP 3 NEWS OF INDIA

In Melbourne, the US, Australia, Japan, and India have begun talks.

On Friday, top diplomats from the United States, Australia, Japan, and India met in Melbourne to discuss strengthening its Quad alliance in order to counter China's growing clout in the Asia-Pacific region.The group's importance in establishing collaboration among democracies was highlighted by Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, who made a thinly veiled allusion to his country's tense relationship with Beijing. He told the visiting authorities, "We live in a very unstable, fractured, and contested world." He remarked, "We stand up to those who would want to coerce us."

Morrison said it was a "huge comfort" that the three other Quad members understood "the coercion and the pressure that Australia has been subjected to," without mentioning China by name. Even while the issue of Russia's danger to Ukraine is currently occupying Washington's attention, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated that the longer-term issue is China's emerging dominance.

Haryana's Appeal On Quota Stay In Private Jobs Will Be Heard By The Supreme Court

The Haryana government's appeal against the Punjab and Haryana High Court ruling suspending the state statute guaranteeing 75 percent reservation in private sector jobs to local candidates was stayed until February 14 by the Supreme Court on Friday.

Similar legislation established by Andhra Pradesh and Jharkhand have been challenged in High Courts, and a bench led by Justice L Nageswara Rao questioned if all of those cases might be referred to the Supreme Court to address the bigger issue. As Justice Rao put it, "We've been told that similar policies exist in Jharkhand and Andhra Pradesh, and that they're being challenged in High Courts. They were mentioned in an editorial today."

Nirmala Sitharaman, the Finance Minister, met with Dan Tehan, Australia's Minister of Trade and Tourism, Investment.

Nirmala Sitharaman, the Union Finance Minister, met with Dan Tehan, the Australian Minister of Trade, Tourism and Investment, on Friday and advocated for an early resolution of the taxation challenges that Indian companies face in Australia. The two leaders "acknowledged the notable progress in India-Australia ties, which have seen an upward trajectory over the previous few years" during their meeting. "Both India and Australia place a high value on the two countries' broad engagements," the Finance Ministry said. (ANI)