Mumbai News Live Updates (August 11): The Bombay High Court had previously rejected a plea by NCP leader Nawab Malik seeking bail on health grounds in a money laundering case lodged by the Enforcement Directorate (ED)
Mumbai News Live Updates (August 11) : The Supreme Court on Friday granted interim bail for two months to former Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik on medical grounds in a money laundering case. Opposition NCP, led by Sharad Pawar welcomed bail granted to party MLA Nawab Malik by the Supreme Court. The Bombay High Court had previously rejected a plea by Malik seeking bail on health grounds in a money laundering case lodged by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). Malik had sought relief from the HC, claiming he was suffering from a chronic kidney disease apart from various other ailments.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted one or two spells of rain in the city and its suburbs. Maximum and minimum temperatures today are likely to be around 31 degree Celsius and 26 degree Celsius respectively. With no favourable condition for heavy rains, Mumbai has been receiving light rains over the last few days. The weather bureau has issued no warning for Mumbai and its adjoining districts till today.
In other news, ITS Francesco Morosini, Italian Navy’s Multipurpose Offshore Patrol Vessel, arrived in Mumbai yesterday for a port-call as part of a world tour that will see the patrolling vessel engage in a five-month-long deployment in the Indo-Pacific area. According to the officers on board the vessel, the patrolling vessel is slated to be stationed at Mumbai Port Trust until September. This is the first Italian vessel to arrive in India since the 2012 incident wherein two Italian marines on board oil tanker Enrica Lexie gunned down two Indian fishermen returning from a fishing expedition near Lakshadweep islands on board fishing vessel St Antony on February 15, 2012.
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Mumbai News Live Updates (August 11): The HC refused immediate relief in pleas by Rashesh Shah, the chairman of Edelweiss Financial Services, and Raj Kumar Bansal, the CEO of Edelweiss Asset Reconstruction Company Limited, others in Nitin Desai death case.
Vincenzo De Luca: ‘A perfect example of new phase of partnership’
Italian Navy’s multipurpose offshore patrol vessel ITS Francesco Morosini made a port-call to Mumbai Thursday. Speaking to The Indian Express about the importance of the port-call, H E Vincenzo De Luca, Ambassador of Italy to India, told Sandeep Singh that this is a reflection of the new phase of relations between the two countries which have now elevated from bilateral to strategic partnership. He also said that with the rising importance of India in the global scene, it has emerged as one of the priority areas of investment. Edited excerpts:
What does the arrival of the vessel to Mumbai signify for India-Italy relationship?
It is a historical visit. This represents a very important step in further enhancement of the relations between Italy and India especially after the summit we had in March between the two prime ministers when Italian PM Giorgia Meloni came to India. On that occasion we elevated the bilateral relations to a strategic partnership for the first time in the history of relations between the two countries. So the visit of our Naval patrol vessel to Mumbai is a perfect example of this new phase of relations. Strategic partnership means we will now collaborate more in very sensitive sectors like Defence, Space and cyber, and further promote bilateral trade.
It is also very important because during the last summit we had almost finalised the agreement on the Defence sector. This means we have an opportunity for participation of Italian companies in the programme of Make-in-India and self reliant India.
Also, this is not the only visit. In Italy we received the visit of two Indian vessels – Indian frigate Tabar in July 2021 at the port of Naples and the visit of the training ship INS Tarangini in Syracuse in September 2022. So there was an exchange of visits and Italy also participated in the joint exercise between the European Union and India.
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First published on: 11-08-2023 at 11:10 IST