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White House releases Joint Statement connected India-U.S. interim commercialized deal
The White House connected Friday (February 6, 2026) released a Joint Statement by the U.S. and India connected a model for an interim commercialized statement betwixt the 2 countries that they said affirms their committedness to negotiations towards a broader bilateral commercialized woody launched by President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi connected February 13, 2025. “India volition destruct oregon trim tariffs connected each U.S. concern goods and a wide scope of U.S. nutrient and cultivation products, including dried distillers’ grains (DDGs), reddish sorghum for carnal feed, histrion nuts, caller and processed fruit, soybean oil, vino and spirits, and further products,” the connection said.
India trashes Pakistan’s allegations of Indian nexus to Islamabad bombing
India connected Friday (February 7, 2026) categorically rejected Pakistan’s allegations of an Indian nexus to the bombing astatine a mosque successful Islamabad that killed astatine slightest 31 people. The Ministry of External Affairs said: “The bombing astatine an Islamabad mosque earlier contiguous is condemnable and India condoles the nonaccomplishment of beingness it has caused. It is unfortunate that, alternatively of earnestly addressing the problems plaguing its societal fabric, Pakistan should take to delude itself by blaming others for its home-grown ills. India rejects immoderate and each specified allegation, which is arsenic baseless arsenic it is pointless.”
Meghalaya excavation blast toll touches 25; 2 owners arrested, rescue operations continue
The decease toll successful Thursday’s (February 5, 2026) explosion successful an amerciable rat-hole ember excavation successful Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills territory roseate to 25 connected Friday (February 6, 2026). Police and unit of catastrophe effect forces had recovered 18 bodies from the catastrophe tract successful the Mynsyngat Thangsko country connected Thursday. The spot is astir 25 km from the territory headquarters, Khliehriat, and takes astir 3 hours to scope successful a four-wheel-drive vehicle.
Bihar MP Pappu Yadav arrested successful 1995 forgery lawsuit aft late-night drama
Independent Bihar MP Rajesh Ranjan, popularly known arsenic Pappu Yadav, was arrested by Patna Police precocious Friday (February 6, 2026) from his residence successful Patna successful transportation with a lawsuit dating backmost to 1995, officials said. High play unfolded astatine Mr. Yadav’s location successful Mandiri locality erstwhile a constabulary squad arrived to execute a warrant issued by an MP/MLA tribunal successful the lawsuit registered nether conception 467 (forgery of documents) of the Indian Penal Code.
Election Commission directives ignored, disabled radical made to hold successful queue for SIR hearings successful Bengal
Thirty-nine-year-old Arpita Banerjee, a nonmigratory of Baranagar successful West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district, has been battling aggregate wellness problems since childhood, exacerbated by neurological disorders. Born successful November 1987, Ms. Banerjee had been connected the earlier 2025 elector database and was included successful the post-Special Intensive Revision (SIR) draught electoral rolls published successful December past year. Soon after, however, she received a notice to be a hearing implicit a “logical discrepancy” arising from a mismatch successful the spelling of the surname “Banerjee” successful her and her father’s records.
$120 cardinal committed to Chabahar larboard successful Iran wholly paid: India
The authorities connected Friday (February 6, 2026) told Parliament that it has completely paid up its committedness of $120 cardinal for Chabahar port, good earlier the U.S. sanctions waiver runs retired successful April 2026. Iran’s Ambassador to India, however, said that the authorities has not truthful acold conveyed its plans for the aboriginal of the port, adjacent arsenic Opposition MP Manish Tewari accused the authorities of acting prematurely to “opt out” of the larboard deal.
Top Maoist person Prabhakar, six others killed successful Gadchiroli operations
In the anti-Maoist operations going connected for the past 3 days, apical Maoist person Prabhakar was killed on with six different Maoists, including 3 women cadres, successful Gadchiroli’s Abujmad region, constabulary said connected Friday (February 6, 2026). Prabhakar alias Loketi Chandar Rao carried a currency reward of ₹25 Lakh connected his head, and was in-charge of the Maoists’ Gadchiroli Division Committee, West Sub-Zonal Bureau and ‘Company No 10’. One constabulary jawan died successful the operation, portion 1 was injured.
Bystanders cannot beryllium ‘picked up’ arsenic portion of mob: Delhi HC connected Turkman Gate violence
The Delhi High Court connected Friday orally observed that bystanders cannot beryllium “picked up” for being portion of the mob that indulged successful chromatic pelting during a demolition workout adjacent the Faiz-e-Elahi mosque successful Turkman Gate past month. Justice Prateek Jalan made the reflection portion dealing with a plea for anticipatory bail by a idiosyncratic accused of instigating the crowd.
Supreme Court allows termination of 30-week gestation of a minor, upholds close to reproductive autonomy
The Supreme Court connected Friday (February 6, 2026) allowed the aesculapian termination of a 30-week-old gestation of a minor, portion noting that a idiosyncratic cannot beryllium compelled to transportation her gestation to its afloat term. “What has to beryllium considered successful the instant lawsuit is the close of the insignificant kid to proceed a gestation which is ex facie illegitimate successful arsenic overmuch arsenic she is simply a insignificant and has to look this unfortunate concern of having the gestation owing to a narration that she had,” a Bench of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan remarked successful court.
CPI(M) MP moves Right to Disconnect Bill successful Rajya Sabha
In a bid to code the worsening work-life equilibrium and rising intelligence wellness concerns, CPI(M) Rajya Sabha MP A.A. Rahim connected Friday introduced the Right to Disconnect Bill, which seeks to warrant employees the close to disengage from work-related connection extracurricular authoritative moving hours.
At slightest 31 killed, 169 injured successful termination onslaught astatine Shia spiritual centre successful Pakistan
At slightest 31 radical were killed and 169 were injured erstwhile a suicide bomber blew himself up astatine a Shia mosque during Friday prayers successful Pakistan’s capital, constabulary sources said. The almighty detonation occurred astatine Tarlai Imambargah successful the Shehzad Town country of the national capital. The termination bomber was stopped astatine the gross of the Imambargah, but helium blew himself up, they said.
Bangladesh elections: BNP promises to extremity ‘border killings’ by BSF, seeks just stock of transverse borderline rivers
A week earlier the predetermination and referendum successful Bangladesh, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) launched its manifesto announcing that its overseas argumentation volition beryllium based connected ‘Bangladesh Before All’ and said, that the enactment volition found affable narration with each but volition not judge immoderate state arsenic its “master”. The manifesto declared that if elected to power, BNP volition prioritise to extremity “border killings” by the Border Security Force (BSF) of India and instrumentality steps to assertion a “fair share” of communal rivers with India similar Teesta and Padma. The manifesto besides called for gathering “strategic partnership” betwixt Bangladesh and the Gulf countries and announced that the BNP “will not tolerate” immoderate violent enactment connected Bangladesh’s soil.
Iran FM Araghchi says agreed with U.S. to ‘proceed with negotiations’
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi connected Friday (February 6, 2026) described the ambiance of talks with the United States arsenic positive, with the 2 sides agreeing to proceed with negotiations. The talks took spot pursuing threats from Washington and aft it precocious deployed an craft bearer radical to the Middle East pursuing Iran’s deadly effect to anti-government protests.
Trump signs bid threatening tariffs connected nations doing concern with Iran
U.S. President Donald Trump signed an enforcement bid connected Friday (February 6, 2026) that whitethorn impose a 25% tariff connected countries that bash concern with Iran. The bid comes arsenic tensions betwixt Iran and U.S. proceed to simmer adjacent arsenic the 2 countries engaged successful talks this week.
Iran rules retired U.S. request to extremity uranium enrichment during Oman talks, diplomat says
Iran has rejected U.S. calls to halt uranium enrichment on its territory during talks successful Oman connected Friday (February 6, 2026), a determination diplomat briefed by Tehran told Reuters, but said it was consenting to sermon the “level and purity” of enrichment oregon a determination consortium. The diplomat added that Tehran believed the U.S. negotiators “seemed to understand Iran’s stance connected the enrichment ... and they showed flexibility astir Tehran’s demands”.
RBI MPC keeps repo complaint unchanged astatine 5.25%
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Sanjay Malhotra announced that the cardinal bank’s policy complaint volition stay unchanged astatine 5.25%. The determination was announced connected Friday (February 6, 2026), pursuing the RBI monetary argumentation committee (MPC) meeting, wherever the unchanged complaint was decided unanimously. Mr. Malhotra said that the MPC maintained a neutral stance, arriving astatine the determination aft a elaborate appraisal of evolving macroeconomic conditions and the wide economical outlook.
ICC U-19 WC final: Sooryavanshi blitz leads India to historical sixth U-19 World Cup win
Batting prodigy Vaibhav Sooryavanshi lit up the expansive stage with a jaw-dropping 175 to powerfulness India to a record-extending sixth ICC Under-19 World Cup rubric with a 100-run triumph implicit England successful the last connected Friday (February 6, 2026). The triumph adds to India’s erstwhile titles successful 2000, 2008, 2012, 2018 and 2022, underlining their dominance successful the tournament’s history.
T20 World Cup: The clip has travel for cricket’s rapid-fire round
Under the skies implicit Colombo, Kolkata and Mumbai, a championship volition measurement into its 10th edition connected Saturday (February 7, 2026). The ICC T20 World Cup’s latest section volition find its opening pages done 3 contests being staged astatine far-flung cities. Pakistan volition instrumentality connected Netherlands astatine Colombo, West Indies volition fastener horns with Scotland astatine Kolkata, and from 7 p.m., India volition look disconnected against the United States of America astatine Mumbai. Over a month, 20 teams volition criss-cross India and to immoderate grade Sri Lanka, arsenic 55 games volition beryllium held, including the last connected March 8.
