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NEW DELHI: India has called on the international community to work collectively to safeguard critical sea lanes and maritime infrastructure, saying secure and predictable shipping routes are essential to ensure the uninterrupted movement of food, fertilisers, fuel and other vital commodities amid conflicts and growing disruptions to global supply chains.Speaking at a UN Security Council high-level open debate on Tuesday on the theme ‘Food Under Fire: The Security Council’s Role in Mitigating Global and Local Food Crises’, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Harish Parvathaneni, said regional conflicts were increasingly producing consequences far beyond the immediate theatres of hostilities.“Secure and predictable maritime trade routes are indispensable for the uninterrupted movement of food, fertilisers, fuel and other essential commodities,” Parvathaneni said, underscoring the need to preserve the safety and freedom of navigation for commercial shipping in accordance with international law.The call comes as conflicts and attacks on key maritime routes continue to threaten global food and energy supplies. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the Council that the Strait of Hormuz carries around a fifth of global oil supplies and a third of global fertiliser trade.“Restrictions and closures have driven up commodity prices, and made availability plummet. And attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea are further threatening supply chains for food and other commodities,” Guterres said.Parvathaneni warned that disruptions to commercial shipping during conflicts could have cascading effects well beyond the affected region, with food-importing developing countries and humanitarian operations bearing a disproportionate burden.“The international community must therefore work collectively to safeguard critical sea lanes and maritime infrastructure, while ensuring that legitimate commercial trade and humanitarian shipments are able to proceed without undue impediment,” he said.India said the immediate priority for the Security Council should be to reduce the humanitarian consequences of conflicts by facilitating safe, rapid and unimpeded humanitarian access, supporting de-confliction arrangements where appropriate and ensuring that Council measures, including sanctions regimes, do not inadvertently obstruct humanitarian assistance or legitimate food and agricultural trade.Parvathaneni also called for timely assessments of disruptions to critical supply chains covering food, fertiliser, fuel and humanitarian logistics, drawing on the expertise of the Food and Agriculture Organisation, the World Food Programme and other relevant agencies.“Such assessments must remain objective, evidence-based and free from politicisation,” he said.The Indian envoy said food insecurity was fundamentally a consequence of conflict, political instability and underdevelopment, rather than their root cause. He called for greater cooperation among member states, international financial institutions, regional organisations and development partners to strengthen domestic agricultural production, diversify supply chains and improve storage and logistics infrastructure.“Predictable and affordable access to fertilisers, quality seeds, technology and concessional finance remains indispensable, particularly for developing countries. Open, transparent and rules-based trade in food and agricultural inputs also remains critical to global food security,” he said.India also cautioned against “over-reliance ” on any single model of production, arguing that such dependence could leave food systems vulnerable to geopolitical disruptions, economic coercion and weaponisation.Join conversationView All Comments →Share your thoughts in the commentsInsightfulAgreeDisagreeSkepticalConcerningPromisingWorth ReadingBig DevelopmentPost CommentBe respectful · TOI community guidelines“We must encourage small and marginal farmers to enhance their productivity and contribute to ensuring food security in developing countries of the Global South. We must also encourage climate-resilient crops such as millets rather than limit conceptions of food security to the biggest staple, grain crops such as rice, wheat and corn,” Parvathaneni said.Guterres said 2025 saw the highest number of armed conflicts since World War II alongside some of the highest levels of global acute hunger on record, with at least 266 million people facing acute food insecurity.He described the simultaneous confirmation of famine in Sudan and Gaza in 2025 as a “shameful milestone”, adding that conflict and violence were the primary drivers of hunger in 12 of the 13 hunger hotspots of greatest concern identified in the UN’s latest Hunger Hotspots report.Get the latest India News and Live updates. Download the TOI app.End of ArticleFollow Us On Social MediaVideosPakistan Tried Chinese Satellites For Op Sindoor Evidence But Failed, Says Ex-CDS Anil ChauhanPak’s Nuke Storage Area Kirana Hills Hit In Op Sindoor? 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The bench was hearing a plea filed by senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee, challenging the delay in deciding the petitions seeking the disqualification of the rebels.Responding to the submission, the bench said, “It is not a question of issuing notices, it is a question of concluding the proceedings within a time frame.”During the hearing, the bench indicated that it was inclined to issue notices to the respondents on Abhishek Banerjee’s writ petition. Mehta, however, submitted that there was no need to issue notices to the Speaker or his office, stating that he would appear on behalf of Birla.The TMC has accused the 20 MPs of “abandoning” the party and subsequently joining the NCPI. Abhishek Banerjee has contended that their conduct attracts disqualification under the anti-defection provisions of the Constitution.Join conversationView All Comments →Share your thoughts in the commentsInsightfulAgreeDisagreeSkepticalConcerningPromisingWorth ReadingBig DevelopmentPost CommentBe respectful · TOI community guidelinesThe petition names the Lok Sabha Speaker and the Secretary General of the House as the principal respondents and also impleads the MPs whose disqualification is being sought.The respondents are Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, Sudip Bandyopadhyay, Satabdi Roy, Prasun Banerjee, Rachana Banerjee, Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia, Partha Bhowmick, Arup Chakraborty, Adhikari Deepak Dev, Sayani Ghosh, Bapi Haldar, Md Abu Taher Khan, Kalipada Saren Kherwal, Asit Kumar Mal, June Maliah, Mitali Bag, Khalilur Rahaman, Mala Roy, Sharmila Sarkar and Yusuf Pathan.(With ANI inputs)Get the latest India News and Live updates. Download the TOI app.About the AuthorKaran ManralKaran Manral is a journalist at the Times of India. He covers politics, social issues, and international affairs, exploring stories that affect people’s everyday lives. He also writes explainers to make these stories easier for readers to follow.Read MoreEnd of ArticleFollow Us On Social MediaVideosPakistan Tried Chinese Satellites For Op Sindoor Evidence But Failed, Says Ex-CDS Anil ChauhanPak’s Nuke Storage Area Kirana Hills Hit In Op Sindoor? Ex-cds Anil Chauhan Reveals Shocking DetailsBihar BPSC Protest Explodes In Patna As Students Break Barricades, Police Use Water Cannons | WatchIndia Opens DRDO Missile Technologies To Defence Firms In Major Push For Indigenous ProductionXi-Modi Meeting In Delhi? 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Was PoK’s Skardu airbase next after Sargodha? Ex-CDS Chauhan reveals why India switched targets Singapore sends 70 tonnes of unwanted clothes to Malaysia every week in major textile recycling partnership | World News File photo: Former CDS Anil Chauhan NEW DELHI: Former director of naval operations and intelligence commodore Ranjit Rai (Retd.) on Tuesday said former Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan’s remarks on Pakistan’s Kirana Hills indicated that Operation Sindoor was a “total success”, particularly highlighting India’s use of loitering munitions during the 87-hour military operation.Speaking to news agency ANI, Rai was reacting to Chauhan’s remarks that an Indian loitering munition deployed to search for radars in and around Sargodha in Pakistan “must have” hit an area in the Kirana Hills after failing to locate its intended target.”He made it absolutely clear that it was a total success (Operation Sindoor),” Rai told ANI. He said Chauhan had made it clear that during the 87-hour operation, loitering munitions were deployed and operated around Sargodha.Rai also pointed to the significance of Kirana Hills, located around 10 kilometres north of Sargodha.”He disclosed that during the operation, loitering munitions, which are drones, were used. They were loitering 10 miles from Sargodha; they had gone towards Sargodha, but 10 miles from Sargodha is the Khirana Hills. Pakistan has carried out some critical nuclear tests at the Khirana Hills. Underground in Kirana, they have got some nuclear facility. I mean, this is a revolution, telling the world about Operation Sindoor,” he said.Chauhan, speaking at the Vivekananda Centre in New Delhi on Tuesday, said India had sent loitering munitions towards Sargodha to search for radars in and around the area. He explained that the weapons had a flight time of around two hours and, if they failed to locate a target during that period, would eventually come down and hit an area.”I think I’ll clarify this…at occasions, it’s been asked whether Kirana Hills were hit or not, which is where their (Pakistan’s) nuclear facilities are… Before those strikes, we had sent in a lot of loitering munitions at Sargodha and Kirana Hills is about 10 kilometres north of Sargodha. So the loitering ammunition is looking for radars which are in and around Sargodha, and it has a lifetime, which means it will loiter for about two hours and once it does not find a target, it comes down and hits somewhere,” Chauhan said.”It must have come and hit one of those hills. So that could be one of the reasons as to what people asked, because Pakistani media also showed some kind of images in which there was smoke coming out from Kirana Hills,” he added.What Chauhan said about Kirana HillsChauhan’s remarks clarified that Kirana Hills was not deliberately selected as a target during Operation Sindoor. Rather, according to his account, a loitering munition searching for radars around Sargodha may have struck one of the hills after failing to find its intended target.The comments also put his remarks in the context of an earlier statement by Air Marshal AK Bharti, who was director general of air operations during Operation Sindoor.On May 12, 2025, Bharti had rejected speculation that Indian forces had deliberately targeted Kirana Hills.”Thank you for telling us that Kirana Hills houses some nuclear installations. We did not know about it. We have not hit Kirana Hills. I did not brief in my briefing yesterday,” Bharti had said.Chauhan similarly referred to the earlier statement and explained that the possible impact on Kirana Hills was linked to the operation of loitering munitions sent towards Sargodha.Operation Sindoor was launched by India following the Pahalgam terror attack in which 26 people were killed.Join conversationView All Comments →Share your thoughts in the commentsInsightfulAgreeDisagreeSkepticalConcerningPromisingWorth ReadingBig DevelopmentPost CommentBe respectful · TOI community guidelinesThe Indian Armed Forces targeted terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoK). As Pakistan sought to escalate the conflict, India also struck Pakistani airbases before Pakistan sought a ceasefire.Chauhan also said Prime Minister Narendra Modi had given the military “complete freedom of action” before Operation Sindoor and told the armed forces to decide the timing of the operation while ensuring there was no scope for failure.The ex-CDS had said the Prime Minister told the military to act at its own time, ensure there was no reason for failure, maintain evidence of the actions taken and exercise “complete freedom of action.”Get the latest India News and Live updates. Download the TOI app.End of ArticleFollow Us On Social MediaVideosPakistan Tried Chinese Satellites For Op Sindoor Evidence But Failed, Says Ex-CDS Anil ChauhanPak’s Nuke Storage Area Kirana Hills Hit In Op Sindoor? 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The post featured an image of the Congress leader asking a woman to “smash the patriarchy”, to which she replied, “Bro, wait. Bharat Mata ki jai shuru karte hain.”The exchange continues with “Rahul Gandhi” repeatedly urging the woman to “smash the patriarchy”, while she responds by raising issues such as the Women’s Reservation Bill, triple talaq, the Shah Bano case, and the fact that Karnataka, a Congress-ruled state, has no woman minister.The controversy stems from Rahul Gandhi’s remarks at his “Chhatron Ki Goonj” event in Pune on August 22. Calling women “the biggest asset of India”, he claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi experienced a “cultural shock” when some female protesters at the recent student demonstrations at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar allegedly used abusive language against the prime minister.Join conversationView All Comments →Share your thoughts in the commentsInsightfulAgreeDisagreeSkepticalConcerningPromisingWorth ReadingBig DevelopmentPost CommentBe respectful · TOI community guidelinesPM Modi “forgave” the women but had no issue with male protesters using the same language, he added.“Our fight is against such a mindset. We do not want a country which gives all the freedom to men, while women continue to live in a controlled environment. We will work together to end the patriarchal system in India,” the Raebareli MP said at the student outreach event.Get the latest India News and Live updates. Download the TOI app.About the AuthorKaran ManralKaran Manral is a journalist at the Times of India. He covers politics, social issues, and international affairs, exploring stories that affect people’s everyday lives. He also writes explainers to make these stories easier for readers to follow.Read MoreEnd of ArticleFollow Us On Social MediaVideosPakistan Tried Chinese Satellites For Op Sindoor Evidence But Failed, Says Ex-CDS Anil ChauhanPak’s Nuke Storage Area Kirana Hills Hit In Op Sindoor? Ex-cds Anil Chauhan Reveals Shocking DetailsBihar BPSC Protest Explodes In Patna As Students Break Barricades, Police Use Water Cannons | WatchIndia Opens DRDO Missile Technologies To Defence Firms In Major Push For Indigenous ProductionXi-Modi Meeting In Delhi? 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NEW DELHI: The National Medical Commission (NMC) has directed medical colleges to maintain updated records of student suicides and unnatural deaths and submit a certified Action Taken Report (ATR) every month, following Supreme Court directions on student mental health and safety. It has also asked institutions to fill vacant faculty and key administrative posts within four months.The commission has marked the compliance exercise “MOST URGENT” and asked institutions to accord it top priority.The move comes amid a rise in student suicides. An IHBAS presentation by Dr Om Prakash, Professor of Psychiatry and Head, Department of Geriatric Mental Health, citing NCRB data, said 14,488 student deaths by suicide were recorded in 2024, up 4.3% from 13,892 in 2023. The number rose from 8,068 in 2014 to 14,488 in 2024, an increase of around 80% over the decade. More than 1.15 lakh student deaths by suicide were recorded during 2015-24.For each suicide or unnatural death, colleges have to report the student’s course/year, date and place of occurrence, police intimation, FIR status, institutional inquiry and corrective measures.The NMC has also sought department-wise details of sanctioned, filled and vacant faculty posts, non-teaching vacancies and key administrative positions, including dean/director, medical superintendent, registrar, wardens and counsellors. Colleges have been given four months to fill vacant faculty and key administrative posts, with special recruitment drives for reserved posts. The compliance format also requires 24×7 access to qualified medical assistance on campus or within 1 km.Join conversationView All Comments →Share your thoughts in the commentsInsightfulAgreeDisagreeSkepticalConcerningPromisingWorth ReadingBig DevelopmentPost CommentBe respectful · TOI community guidelinesThe IHBAS presentation highlights the role of faculty as “gatekeepers”, who can often notice changes in attendance, academic performance, withdrawal or behaviour. Faculty are advised to recognise warning signs, approach distressed students, ask directly about suicidal thoughts, facilitate referral and follow up, without taking on the role of therapists.It also cautions against attributing suicide to a single trigger such as examination failure, relationship problems or social media. Academic pressure, fear of failure, bullying, ragging or harassment, discrimination, social isolation and financial difficulties are among the factors identified as contributing to vulnerability.The NMC said information submitted by institutions will be consolidated to monitor compliance with the Supreme Court’s directions and submitted to the Ministry of Education as required.Get the latest India News and Live updates. Download the TOI app.About the AuthorAnuja JaiswalAnuja Jaiswal is a Senior Assistant Editor at The Times of India, with an impressive 18-year career in narrative journalism. She specializes in health and heritage reporting, expertly simplifying complex health information to make it engaging and understandable for readers. Her deep dives into heritage topics are well-researched, resulting in captivating narratives that resonate with her audience. Over the years, she has worked in Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh and West UP, gaining diverse on-ground experience that shapes her storytelling.Read MoreEnd of ArticleFollow Us On Social MediaVideosPakistan Tried Chinese Satellites For Op Sindoor Evidence But Failed, Says Ex-CDS Anil ChauhanPak’s Nuke Storage Area Kirana Hills Hit In Op Sindoor? Ex-cds Anil Chauhan Reveals Shocking DetailsBihar BPSC Protest Explodes In Patna As Students Break Barricades, Police Use Water Cannons | WatchIndia Opens DRDO Missile Technologies To Defence Firms In Major Push For Indigenous ProductionXi-Modi Meeting In Delhi? 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