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Several Indians instrumentality from protest-hit Iran successful commercialized flights
Several Indians, including students, person arrived successful New Delhi successful commercialized flights from Iran amid wide protests successful the Islamic federation and Tehran’s crackdown that has truthful acold killed much than 2,500 people. The flights arrived astatine the Delhi airdrome precocious connected Friday (January 16, 2026) night. It was not instantly known however galore Indians had arrived successful these commercialized flights.
All elected Shiv Sena corporators taken to Mumbai edifice for meeting, time aft Maharashtra civic canvass results
A time aft the BJP-Shiv Sena Mahayuti confederation swept the municipal corp elections successful Maharashtra, each the elected corporators of the Eknath Shinde-led enactment have been called astatine a 5 prima edifice successful Mumbai’s Bandra for a gathering connected Saturday (January 17, 2026). They volition apt beryllium kept determination till the Mayoral prime is finalised, sources from the enactment told to The Hindu. The BJP-led Mahayuti confederation swept the polls crossed the 29 municipal corp elections with Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis claiming triumph successful 25 of the 29 bodies.
PM Modi astatine Malda rally: People of India, particularly Gen Z, person reposed religion successful BJP’s improvement model
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, addressing a rally successful Malda, connected Saturday (January 17, 2026) said, “People of India, particularly Gen Z, person reposed religion successful BJP’s improvement model.” He besides mounted a crisp onslaught connected the Trinamool Congress (TMC) Government successful West Bengal, alleging that large-scale infiltration altered the State’s demography, triggered riots successful districts similar Malda and Murshidabad, and thrived owed to the ruling party’s “patronage and syndicate raj”.
India skips South Africa-led naval workout arsenic it’s not ‘institutionalised’ BRICS activity
India connected Saturday (January 17, 2026) said it skipped a South Africa-initiated multilateral naval wargame featuring a fig of BRICS countries arsenic the workout was not an organization enactment nether the grouping. The workout held successful South African waters comprised the navies of China, Russia Iran, Egypt, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) among others. The week-long subject wargame took spot amid expanding tensions successful Iran implicit imaginable subject strikes connected the state implicit its crackdown connected anti-government protesters.
The Hindu Lit for Life 2026 Day 1: No country of the Constitution should beryllium immune from judicial review, says erstwhile CJI D.Y. Chandrachud
There shouldn’t beryllium an country of the Constitution wherever immoderate signifier of powerfulness is immune from judicial review, said erstwhile Chief Justice of India, Justice (Retired) D.Y. Chandrachud during The Hindu Lit for Life 2026 in Chennai connected Saturday (January 17, 2026). He said “The occupation with galore nationalist information laws contiguous is that they person turned the basal principles of bail connected their head. Our instrumentality is governed by a cardinal presumption of innocence, which means that each undertrial is presumed to beryllium guiltless until determination is simply a judgement of conviction,” helium said.
Fresh unrest successful Murshidabad, constabulary edifice to baton complaint to disperse mobs
Fresh unrest was reported astatine Beldanga successful Murshidabad territory connected Saturday (January 17, 2026) arsenic locals blocked National Highway 12. Hundreds of locals gathered connected the road astatine Barua More successful Beldanga, bringing postulation connected NH-12 to a standstill and triggering agelong queues of stranded vehicles. Protesters besides damaged a railway gross and attempted to disrupt bid services along the Sealdah Lalgola railway conception of Eastern Railway.
Torrential rains, flooding successful confederate Africa termination much than 100 people; Mozambique, Zimbabwe among hardest hit
“Army helicopters rescued radical stranded connected rooftops and hundreds of tourists and workers were evacuated from 1 of the world’s biggest crippled reserves, as torrential rains and flooding successful 3 countries successful confederate Africa killed much than 100 people,” authorities said connected Friday (January 16, 2026). The decease toll across South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe is an accumulation aft weeks of dense rains. Weather services issued warnings that much rainfall was connected the way, perchance bringing much destructive flooding.
Donald Trump claims Pakistan PM said helium saved lives of 10 cardinal by stopping India-Pakistan conflict
U.S. President Donald Trump has again claimed that helium stopped the warring betwixt India and Pakistan and saved millions of lives, describing it arsenic an “honour”. Addressing an lawsuit successful Florida connected Friday (January 16, 2026), Mr. Trump claimed the U.S. had brokered aggregate bid deals successful little than a twelvemonth and Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has credited him with redeeming astatine slightest 10 cardinal lives by stopping the Indo-Pak conflict.
U.S. lawmakers impulse Trump to question little Indian tariffs connected pulse crops successful commercialized talks
Two U.S. lawmakers person urged President Donald Trump to push for favourable provisions for pulse crops in immoderate aboriginal commercialized woody with India, saying American producers look a “significant competitory disadvantage” owed to what they described arsenic “unfair” tariffs imposed by New Delhi. In a missive dated Jan 16 addressed to Mr. Trump, Republican Senators Steve Daines of Montana and Kevin Cramer of North Dakota said their states are the apical 2 producers of pulse crops, including peas, portion India is the world’s largest consumer, accounting for astir 27% of planetary consumption.
PM Modi flags disconnected India’s archetypal Vande Bharat sleeper bid from West Bengal’s Malda
Prime Minister Narendra Modi connected Saturday (January 17, 2026) flagged disconnected the country’s archetypal Vande Bharat sleeper train betwixt Howrah and Guwahati (Kamakhya) from Malda Town presumption successful northbound Bengal. He besides virtually flagged disconnected the instrumentality Guwahati–Howrah Vande Bharat sleeper bid from Malda.
ECI indispensable people close to regain mislaid credibility: Congress person Anand Sharma
Senior Congress person Anand Sharma claimed connected Saturday (January 17, 2026) that the Election Commission of India (ECI) is losing credibility and people’s trust, portion asserting that the issues raised by the Leader of Opposition successful the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, indispensable beryllium addressed. Mr. Sharma besides said the canvass assemblage has to bash “course correction” to regain its mislaid credibility.
