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External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar announced an agreement with Afghanistan for building the Shatoot dam which would provide safe drinking water to 20 lakh residents of Kabul city. Meanwhile, India and the United States have extended the Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation on nuclear energy for 10 more years. In addition, the Union Government has invited farmer unions from Punjab for the second round of ministerial talks on December 3 to resolve differences over the new agriculture laws. These and more, get to know the top national stories at a glance.

Top 10 News @ 9 PM
Top 10 News @ 9 PM
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Published : Nov 24, 2020, 9:09 PM IST

1. India to construct Shahtoot Dam in Afghanistan: MEA

External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar announced an agreement with Afghanistan for building the Shatoot dam which would provide safe drinking water to 20 lakh residents of Kabul city.

2. India, US extend nuclear partnership by 10 more years

India and the United States have extended the Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation on nuclear energy for 10 more years.

3. Centre invites farmers for second round of talks, Agri unions undecided

The Union Government has invited farmer unions from Punjab for the second round of ministerial talks on December 3 to resolve differences over the new agriculture laws.

4. 'Home isolation could have spiked serious COVID19 cases in Delhi,' Expert

Amid a huge spike in the number of serious positive cases and deaths of Covid19 patients in Delhi, Dr Vinay Aggarwal, a senior health expert and past president of the Confederation of Medical Association in Asia and Oceania told ETV Bharat on Tuesday that home isolation could be a major reason for such an increase.

5. French envoy to meet UP CM Yogi Adityanath

French Ambassador to India Emmanuel Lenain will meet Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on the second day of his two-day visit to the state on Wednesday.

6. Forest dept building, 4 vehicles torched in Gilgit-Baltistan

Pakistan Peoples Party's information secretary for Gilgit-Baltistan, Saadia Danish, said that the party workers had arranged a peaceful protest against alleged rigging in polls but the police used force to stop them.

7. Russia sappers demine road in Nagorno-Karabakh

According to the Russian peacekeeping forces, operations to find and remove mines are conducted every day in and around the territory where Russian checkpoints are located.

8. Samir Singh or Premchand Mishra might be made new Bihar Cong chief

According to sources, current Bihar MLCs Samir Kumar Singh and Premchand Mishra are being seen as the front-runners for the post of the state party president.

9. Taiwan begins construction of first home-built submarine

Taiwan has begun the construction of its first indigenously-made submarine in Kaohsiung in an effort to boost the island's defence strategy at a time of elevated tensions with China.

10. Florida man rescues puppy from alligator's jaws

A man has rescued his pet dog after it was attacked by an alligator in Florida. Richard Wilbanks, 74, was walking his dog by a pond in Estero, Florida when the alligator got hold of the puppy.

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