Latest news today (January 22): Presenting FE’s Breaking News today. We will keep you updated on all major news, views and much more throughout the day.
Three members of a family suffocated to death after inhaling toxic fumes from an earthen oven (angithi) in a closed room, officials said, adding that the incident took place in the Juhi area of Kanpur district.
Star Australia cricketer Glenn Maxwell was hospitalised after a fall while watching former Australia players perform with pub band ‘Six and Out’ in Adelaide, The Sydney Morning Herald reported, adding that the incident took place Friday, last week.
A female rhino was poached in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve, an official said on Monday. According to the Kaziranga park officials, forest guards on Monday recovered the carcass of the female rhino from the area of Maklung forest camp under the Agoratoli forest range in the national park.
Actor Saif Ali Khan recently underwent tricep surgery for an old injury that he sustained while performing an action sequence for his latest film.
Saudi Arabia’s top diplomat said the kingdom will not normalise relations with Israel or contribute to Gaza’s reconstruction without a credible path to a Palestinian state — a nonstarter for Israel’s government.
As per a source, the ‘Hum Tum’ star has been admitted to Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital in Mumbai. Reportedly, Saif suffered a fracture. However, an official update regarding Saif’s health is awaited.
Jindal Stainless Ltd on Monday said it has elevated Whole Time Director Tarun Khulbe as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). A decision in this regard was taken at the company’s board meeting last week, Jindal Stainless Ltd (JSL) said in a regulatory filing. (Read More)
Pakistan security forces killed seven militants in a shootout in the country’s volatile southwest near the border with Afghanistan, the military said on Monday. The military said the intelligence-based operation was conducted in Zhob district in southwestern Baluchistan province. In a brief statement, it said security forces also recovered munitions after the shootout. (AP)
The World Health Organization (WHO) has underscored the pressing need for global readiness in the face of a potential new pandemic referred to as ‘Disease X.’ WHO’s Director-General, Tedros Ghebreyesus, urged countries worldwide to unite and endorse a ‘pandemic treaty’ to address the looming threat of Disease X, which is speculated to be 20 times deadlier than COVID-19, as reported by Fox News. (Read More)
Traffic disruptions are expected in central Delhi on Tuesday due to a full dress rehearsal for the Republic Day parade, as stated in a police advisory. The public is urged to plan their journeys accordingly. The full dress rehearsal will follow the same route as the Republic Day parade, commencing at 10.30 am from Vijay Chowk. The procession will pass throaugh Kartavya Path, C-Hexagon, the roundabout with the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose statue, Tilak Marg, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, and Netaji Subhas Marg before concluding at the Red Fort.
Three buses caught fire at the Dilsukhnagar bus depot of the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) in Hyderabad on Monday morning.No casualties or injuries to anyone were reported in the incident that took place around 5:00 a.m.
The Enforcement Directorate has filed an FIR with the police against former Haryana MLA Dilbag Singh and a dozen others allegedly associated with him on charges of illegal mining and “diverting” the flow of the River Yamuna.
Several flights were delayed at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI) on Monday due to low visibility amidst fog. Visibility may likely reduce in moderate fog and then improve with shallow fog, the India Meteorological Department said.
Tamil Nadu Police on Monday removed the LED screens placed in a temple in the Kanchipuram district where Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was going to watch the live telecast of Ram Lalla’s Pran Prathistha ceremony.
Ahead of the ‘Pran Pratishtha’ ceremony of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, a dispute broke out between two communities at Mira Road near Mumbai in Maharashtra.
United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) President Dennis Francis on Monday arrived in New Delhi on a five-day visit to India to advance India-UN ties.
Japan’s Sony Group Corp has sent a termination letter to Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd , citing its plans to call off the merger between its India unit and the media network, Bloomberg News reported on Monday. Sony cited the unmet conditions of the merger agreement as the reason for the termination in a letter sent to Zee early on Monday, Bloomberg reported. (Read More)
Japan’s primary budget balance is expected to remain in the red in the fiscal year 2025/26 when policymakers had hoped to achieve a surplus, the Cabinet Office estimates showed, highlighting the stiff costs of servicing a record public debt. The primary balance – a key measure of how much Japan’s national and local governments finance policy measures without relying on debt – was estimated at a deficit of 1.1 trillion yen ($7.44 billion), versus the previous forecast of 1.3 trillion yen shortfall seen in July. (Reuters)
All eyes are on Sony India‘s response as the deadline of the $10 bn merger with Zee expired on January 21. Reports suggest that Zee has requested for second extension from Sony regarding the deal. As of now, Sony has not neither accepted nor denied the request. The Zee-Sony merger was supposed to be completed by December 21, 2023.
On Sunday night, all 11 individuals convicted in the Bilkis Bano case voluntarily surrendered at the Godhra sub-jail in Gujarat‘s Panchmahal district, meeting the deadline set by the Supreme Court. Local Crime Branch inspector NL Desai confirmed the surrender, stating that it occurred late on Sunday night. Read More