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The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to interfere with the Cauvery Water Management Authority’s (CWMA) direction to Karnataka to release 5,000 cusecs of water per day for 15 days to neighbouring Tamil Nadu.

Hearing a plea by Tamil Nadu, which sought more water from Karnataka, a bench of Justices B R Gavai, P S Narasimha and P K Mishra noted that the CWMA and Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC) were made up of experts and it did not want to interfere with their decision.

Justin Trudeau's efforts to put India in the dock -- ostensibly for domestic political survival -- for the unsolved murder of a Khalistani radical is backfiring spectacularly with growing global and national scrutiny of Canada's harboring of extremists on the run from India.

While the episode is also drawing attention to the Modi government's hardline approach to national security and its treatment of minorities in India, Trudeau's domestic standing and the reputation of his government, which survives on support from a pro-Khalistan Sikh leader, is taking a beating.

Brushing aside apprehensions of a delay in the implementation of the Women's Reservation Bill, Union home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said in the Lok Sabha that the next government will conduct the census and the delimitation exercise immediately after the elections and set in motion the process to make reservation for women in Lok Sabha and state Assemblies a reality.

ntervening in the debate on the Constitution (128th Amendment) Bill, Shah indicated that women's reservation will become a reality after 2029.

The first C-295 transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force landed at Air Force Station Gujarat's Vadodara on Wednesday, officials said. The aircraft was flown by Group Captain PS Negi and landed today after taking off from Bahrain, IAF officials told ANI. The aircraft had taken off from Spain on September 15 from Seville and made three stopovers in Malta, Egypt and Bahrain before reaching Vadodara today. Earlier on September 13, India's first C-295 transport aircraft was received by Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari. IAF Chief Chaudhari on receiving the delivery of the aircraft called it as a major milestone for India and said the induction of aircraft would improve IAF's tactical airlift capabilities.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Raises Kashmir Issue at UN General Assembly

"Another development that will pave the way for regional peace, stability and prosperity in South Asia will be the establishment of a just and lasting peace in Kashmir through dialogue and cooperation between India and Pakistan," stated Erdogan.

In his address, Erdogan added that Turkey would continue supporting the steps needed to ensure regional peace and stability returns in South Asia.