WION Evening News brief, 6 December, 2017
Delhi pollution
Top Developments of the evening
While addressing a rally in Gujarat's Dhandhuka, Prime minister Narendra Modi has said that he has no objection to Kapil Sibal representing the Muslim community in Ayodhya case. However, he questioned how is the case connected to Lok Sabha elections.
The Delhi government todaytold the National Green Tribunal(NGT)that there would be no exemptionfor vehicles in the odd-even scheme when it implemented next time. The Kejriwal government submitted itsaction plan to combat pollutionin the national capital.
China said today US President Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel would lead to "possible escalation of tensions". Britain which is theprincipal ally of the United Statesexpressed "concern" and said Jerusalem should be part of the "final settlement between the Israelisand the Palestinians"
Providing a long-pending solution to the Indian Premier League (IPL) teams to retain their big players, the governing council on Wednesday announced that the franchises can retain a maximum of five players by virtue of a combination of pre-auction retention and Right To Match (RTM) cards for the upcoming 2018 edition.
Time Magazinehas designated "silence breakers"who triggered the sexual harassment revelations as "Person of the Year". Time magazine publishes the "Person of the Year" on 6th December every year. It has decided to bring theHarvey Weinstein sexual harassment case into focus this year.