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Venezuela’s Machado meets Trump, presents Nobel Peace Prize to him
Venezuelan absorption person María Corina Machado said she presented her Nobel Peace Prize medal to U.S. President Donald Trump connected Thursday (January 15, 2026), “as a designation for his unsocial committedness with our freedom.” Machado elaborate having fixed her prize to Trump successful comments to a radical of reporters aft the meeting, but did not supply further details. The White House did not instantly accidental if Trump accepted the medal.
Iran’s nationwide protests look smothered aft crackdown, net outage
The nationwide protests challenging Iran’s theocracy appeared progressively smothered connected Thursday, a week aft authorities shut the state disconnected from the world and escalated a bloody crackdown that activists accidental has killed astatine slightest 2,637 people.
India readying evacuation of nationals from Iran: Official sources
India is preparing to evacuate its citizens from Iran successful presumption of the ongoing protests, authoritative sources said connected Thursday (January 15, 2026). MEA sources person told The Hindu that the Embassy of India successful Tehran person started reaching retired to Indian citizens to fig retired the standard of the logistical workout that would beryllium required to alert aggregate airlift sorties betwixt India and Iran.
Drones sighted on India-Pakistan borderline successful J&K’s Poonch, Samba
Pakistani drones were spotted hovering on the Indo-Pak borderline successful the duplicate districts of Poonch and Samba successful Jammu and Kashmir, prompting information forces to activate their anti-unmanned aerial strategy to respond efficaciously connected Thursday (January 15, 2026) night.
Can’t we presume that voters who survived aggregate rotation revisions are citizens, Supreme Court poses petitioners’ query to ECI
The Supreme Court connected Thursday (January 15, 2026) asked the Election Commission of India (ECI) a basal question which petitioners person repeatedly posed successful their situation to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls — “Can we not safely presume that voters who person survived aggregate rotation revisions are citizens?”
Maharashtra civic polls: In conflict for Mumbai, exit polls foretell wide triumph for BJP-Shiv Sena alliance
All exit polls predicted a clear expanse for the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance successful Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) polls, which took spot connected Thursday (January 15, 2026), and a decision of the Shiv Sena (UBT)-Maharashtra Navnirman Sena.
Govt offices attacked during SIR hearings successful West Bengal
Locals enraged implicit the ongoing Special Investigating Agency (SIR) successful West Bengal person attacked 2 offices of Block Development Officers (BDO) successful the State implicit the past 2 days. While locals led by a Trinamool Congress MLA attacked a BDO bureau astatine Farakka connected Wednesday connected Thursday a mob vandalised the BDO bureau astatine Chakulia successful Uttar Dinajpur district.
Japan FM Motegi, EAM Jaishankar to clasp Strategic dialog connected Indo-Pacific, AI cooperation
With increasing concerns implicit tensions with China and small anticipation of the Quad Summit successful the adjacent future, Japan’s Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi is expected to sermon strengthening India-Japan ties successful the Indo-Pacific during talks with External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar successful Delhi connected Friday (January 16, 2026).
India issues advisory for citizens successful Israel successful presumption of determination tensions
Amid an uncertain information concern successful the region, the embassies of India, the U.S. and U.K. have issued advisories for their nationals urging them to beryllium vigilant and debar unnecessary travel. “In presumption of the prevailing concern successful the region, each Indian nationals presently successful Israel are advised to stay vigilant and strictly adhere to the information guidelines and protocols issued by the Israeli authorities and the Home Front Command,” the Indian ngo posted connected assorted societal media platforms and its authoritative website connected Thursday.
Vijay Hazare Trophy: Vidarbha defeats holder Karnataka by 6 wickets to scope final
Opener Aman Mokhade scored his 5th period of the 2025-26 Vijay Hazare Trophy (138, 122b, 12x4, 2x6) arsenic Vidarbha outclassed defending champion Karnataka by six wickets to participate its 2nd consecutive final, astatine the BCCI Centre of Excellence adjacent present connected Thursday. In Sunday’s acme clash, Vidarbha volition play the victor of Friday’s Punjab-Saurashtra semifinal.
India Open 2026: Lakshya remains India’s lone hope
Lakshya Sen remained the lone Indian successful the singles gully of the India Open Super 750 badminton lawsuit connected Thursday (January 15, 2026), advancing to the quarterfinals with the remaining section hopefuls faltering successful the 2nd circular to a operation of erratic play, misjudgement and mediocre performance.
