An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.4 hit southern Japan late on Wednesday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The epicentre of the earthquake was Bungo Channel, a strait separating Japanese islands of Kyushu and Shikoku, the agency said, adding that no tsunami warning had been issued.
Olympic medallist Indian wrestler Sakshi Malik has been listed among the 100 most influential people of 2024 by Time magazine. Sakshi, India's only female Olympic medallist in wresting, has been honoured for her relentless fight against alleged sexual harassment of female wrestlers by former Wrestling Federation of India president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. Sakshi along with two-time World Championships bronze medallist Vinesh Phogat and Tokyo Olympics bronze winner Bajrang Punia spearheaded the protest against Singh at the Jantar Mantar here, demanding his arrest for intimidating and allegedly sexually harassing female grapplers of the country.
Adani Group completes Ambuja Warrant subscription, infuses Rs 20,000 crore to increase stake to 70.3 per cent, says the company in a statement.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah stated today that the Narendra Modi government will eliminate Naxals from the country in a very short period of time. Shah said since the formation of a BJP government in Chhattisgarh three months ago, more than 80 Naxals have been eliminated, more than 125 arrested and more than 150 have surrendered.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested four more people in connection with the alleged illegal land grab-linked money laundering case against former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren and others, official sources stated today. Those taken into custody under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) have been identified as Antu Tirkey, Priya Ranjan Sahay, Bipin Singh and Irshad.
US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said on Tuesday that the country encourages India and Pakistan to avoid escalation and find a resolution through dialogue. Responding to questions on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh's statements that India will not hesitate to kill terrorists in their homes, Miller stated: "As I have said before, the United States is not going to get into the middle of this. But we do encourage both India and Pakistan to avoid escalation and find a resolution through dialogue." Miller also said that he will never preview any sanction actions and that the "US does not discuss sanctions openly."
Micro blogging platform X has stated that it had withheld some posts containing political speech by politicians, parties and candidates for the remainder of the election period on the orders of the Election Commission of India (ECI), though it disagreed with the orders. According to the EC’s takedown orders that X posted, the posts in question were by Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister and state BJP president Samrat Choudhary, the Aam Aadmi Party, and the YSRCP.
The United States announced on Tuesday that it would soon impose new sanctions on Iran's missile and drone program, as a result of Tehran's weekend attack on Israel. US National Security Adviser (NSA) Jake Sullivan stated that Washington would "not hesitate to continue to take action to hold the Iranian government accountable for its malicious and destabilising actions". Iran sent more than 300 missiles and drones at Israel over the weekend, in what it said was retaliation for a strike on Tehran's consulate in Damascus. Almost all the projectiles were intercepted, and there was little damage.
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