Thu Nov 14 13:58:01 UTC 2024: ## Global News Roundup: Trump’s Cabinet Picks, Indian Elections, and a Doctor’s Brutal Assault

**Washington, D.C. (November 14, 2024):** President-elect Donald Trump has continued to assemble his cabinet, naming former Democrat Tulsi Gabbard as his incoming Director of National Intelligence and Senator Marco Rubio as secretary of state. Trump also named right-wing Florida lawmaker Matt Gaetz as his attorney general, a move that has generated controversy. President Biden met with Trump in the Oval Office on Wednesday, marking a symbolic return to a smooth transition of power after a four-year hiatus.

**India:** The first phase of the Jharkhand Assembly polls saw a voter turnout of 65.71% as of 8 p.m., while the Wayanad Lok Sabha bypoll in Kerala recorded a polling percentage of 64.72. Meanwhile, the medical fraternity in Tamil Nadu is reeling from the brutal assault on a senior oncologist at a government hospital, leading the Tamil Nadu Government Doctors’ Association to go on a statewide indefinite strike. India also achieved a dominant victory in the third T20I against South Africa, with Tilak Varma scoring a maiden century.

**Sri Lanka:** Sri Lankan voters will elect their representatives to Parliament on Thursday, just two months after Anura Kumara Dissanayake won the presidency in a crucial election following a painful economic crisis.

**Pakistan:** A Pakistani court acquitted former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his close aides in a case involving Section 144 violations.

**Other News:** The Supreme Court advised the Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) to stand on its own legs and not rely on the influence of patriarch Sharad Pawar. The United Arab Emirates gave its top photography award to Fatima Alzahra Shbair, a Palestinian photographer from the Gaza Strip, sending a message of hope to the conflict-hit West Asian region. The Union Ministry of Home Affairs deployed 20 additional companies of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) to Manipur amid rising tensions.

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