Wrestler Vinesh PhogatWrestler Vinesh Phogat
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  • Jammu and Kashmir’s former Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah said the Union Territory could face the same fate as Gaza and Palestine if India does not hold talks with Pakistan. He also sought to know why India is not ready for talks when Pakistan is ready.
  • The Indian Navy has deployed three of its guided missile destroyers to the Arabian Sea after the recent hit on an Israel-linked tanker off the Gujarat coast. The Ministry of Defence said they were deployed in multiple areas of the sea for a deterrent presence. 
  • India has registered 69 cases of the Covid JN.1 variant so far, with 34 of them from Karnataka alone. Overall, fresh Covid cases in the country have risen to 4,170, with 116 fresh cases reported in the last 24 hours. Also, three covid-related in Karnataka. 
  • RBI today received a bomb threat via email, with demands for the resignation of RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das and Union FM Nirmala Sitharaman. Similar emails were sent to HDFC, ICICI, and other banks, saying bombs in 11 locations across Mumbai. The sender has claimed, “They have executed the biggest scam in the history of India.”
  • A tiger that entered a UP village, after coming out of the Tiger Reserve forest in Pilibhit, was finally tranquilized and captured by the Forest Department Officials. The tiger entered around 1 am and stayed resting on a wall for 7-8 hours, unfazed by the presence of a curious crowd of onlookers.
  • Constable Sachin Rathi, who was to get married to his colleague in a month, succumbed to injuries after he was shot in the thigh during an encounter with murder-accused Ashok Yadav and his son Abhay. The incident happened in UP’s Kannauj, where Ashok Yadav’s wife has been a pradhan.
  • 273 of the 303 air passengers detained in France over suspected human trafficking reached India in an Airbus A340. Earlier, the passengers flying a charted flight from Dubai to Nicaragua were detained at Vatry airport by French authorities based on a tip-off. 
  • Though the Sports Ministry has suspended the newly elected WFI, Wrestler Vinesh Phogat has announced that she is returning her Major Dhyanchand Khel Ratna and Arjuna Awards protesting against the election of Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh’s loyalist Sanjay Singh as WFI chief.