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New Delhi: Israel's parliament has passed an amendment that would make it harder for it to cede control over parts of Jerusalem in any peace deal with the Palestinians.

The legislation, sponsored by the far-right Jewish Home coalition party, raises to 80 from 61 the number of votes required in the 120-seat Knesset to approve any proposal to hand over part of the city to "a foreign party".

Last month, US President Donald Trump had angered the Palestinians, West Asia leaders and world powers by recognising Jerusalem as Israel's capital. As home to major Muslim, Jewish and Christian holy sites, Jerusalem's status is one of the most sensitive issues in the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

New Delhi: A 1981 batch IFS officer and former ambassador to China, Vijay Gokhalehas been appointed foreign secretary.
As the ambassador in Beijing, Gokhale had played a key role in defusing the Doklam military stand-off between India and China, and in the eventual disengagement of the forces in what India considers to be Bhutanese territory.

Gokhale will replace S Jaishankar on January 28, when the latter completes 3 years as India's top diplomat. He was appointed as foreign secretary in January 2015, days ahead of his retirement.

New Delhi: Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi today inaugurated an online portal NARI in New Delhi for the empowerment of women. 
The portal will provide easy access to information on government schemes and initiatives for women. To start with, the portal will provide an insight into 350 government schemes and other important information.
On the occasion, Ms Gandhi said, the portal - nari.nic.in summarises over 350 government schemes and other important information. She said, NARI elaborates how the Government is focussed to economically empower women through schemes under the Direct Benefit Transfer.

New Delhi:’s Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said the Centre has undertaken a special project to connect all the border posts along the Sino-India frontier with roads.

Singh disclosed about it while addressing the ITBP jawans and officers at a forward ITBP unit in Uttarakhand’sNelong Valley. 

He also reviewed the operational preparedness of the ITBP unit.

 Singh ringed in the New Year with the troops of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) at this border post located at a height of 11,614 feet in Uttarakhand.