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Salwan Momika, known for burning the Quran in Sweden, has been shot dead at his home. His actions incited global outrage and legal troubles. Salwan Momika, the Iraqi man infamous for burning the Quran in Sweden, has reportedly been shot dead. The Stockholm district court postponed Thursday’s verdict in a case where he was a defendant. Swedish state media reported on Thursday that Salwan Momika died from gunshot wounds after being found at his home in Hovsjo, Sodertalje, late Wednesday night. In 2023, Salwan Momika, 38, carried out multiple Quran burnings and desecrations in Sweden. His actions gained global attention,…

The US and China are India’s top trading partners. India hopes to resolve the tariff issue when PM Modi meets Trump at the White House in February. US President Donald Trump has referred to India, China and Brazil as “tremendous tariff-makers” and warned of higher tariffs on goods imported from these countries. He said his administration will put America first. Any increase in tariffs will make India’s exports to the US less competitive. It is apprehended that the US might impose higher tariffs on Indian exports such as textiles and pharmaceuticals. In 2018 during its first term, the Trump administration…

Congress MP Rakesh Rathore was arrested in Sitapur on rape charges after evading police for two weeks. His anticipatory bail was denied prior to his arrest. Congress MP Rakesh Rathore was arrested on rape charge in Uttar Pradesh’s Sitapur during a press briefing on Thursday. The arrest of Rakesh Rathore, who is accused of raping a 45-year-old woman by promising to marry and build her political career for the past four, was made after nearly a chase of two weeks, confirmed Sitapur superintendent of police (SP) Chakresh Mishra told said over phone. Earlier on January 17, the FIR was lodged…

Arvind Kejriwal alleged that CEC was indulging in politics by issuing a notice over his claim that the Haryana government was “mixing poison” in the Yamuna. Arvind Kejriwal of the Aam Aadmi Party on Thursday accused Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar of “destroying” the credibility of the Election Commission of India and alleged that he was indulging in politics by issuing a notice over his claim that the Haryana government was “mixing poison” in the Yamuna river. Addressing a press conference, Arvind Kejriwal claimed that Rajiv Kumar was eyeing a post-retirement role. “No one has damaged the Election Commission the…

Washington DC’s Ronald Reagan Airport has suspended all aircraft take-offs and landings in response to the incident at the airfield. Eighteen bodies have been recovered by search crews and no survivors have been found yet. The Federal Aviation Administration said the collision occurred around 9 pm ET when the regional jet, that had departed from Wichita, Kansas, smashed into the military Blackhawk helicopter while it was approaching the airport runway. Sixty passengers and four crew members were on the American Airlines flight 5342. Three US Army soldiers were onboard the Black Hawk Sikorsky H-60. The flight suffered a rapid loss…

BJP New Delhi assembly constituency candidate Parvesh Verma took a boat ride in the Yamuna River, carrying a life-size cut-out of Arvind Kejriwal. With the Yamuna river at the centre of their Delhi assembly election campaign, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) launched a fresh attack on former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and got rather creative with it. On early Saturday, BJP New Delhi assembly constituency candidate Parvesh Verma took a boat ride in the Yamuna River, carrying a life-size cut-out of Kejriwal. He was accompanied by his party colleagues. In the cut-out, Kejriwal can be seen holding his ear in…

Tahawwur Rana extradition: Rana is known to be associated with Pakistani-American Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist David Coleman Headley. US Supreme Court on Saturday cleared 2008 Mumbai terror attack convict Tahawwur Rana’s extradition to India. India has long sought the extradition of Rana, a Canadian national of Pakistani origin, as he is wanted in the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks case. This comes weeks after Rana approached the US Supreme Court against his extradition to India after losing the legal battle in lower courts. Rana had last reached out to the US Court of Appeals for the North Circuit in San Francisco after…

The United States, world’s biggest donor, has not frozen emergency food and military funding for Israel and Egypt. In a sweeping order, the newly sworn in Donald Trump administration in US on Friday reportedly froze all foreign aid, including that to Ukraine, with exceptions only for Israel and Egypt. The United States, world’s biggest donor, has not frozen emergency food and military funding for Israel and Egypt. In an internal memo, cited in the report, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, “No new funds shall be obligated for new awards or extensions of existing awards until each proposed new award…

The women said that they were planning to rent a room in Gorakhpur and begin their new life as a married couple. In a bold move against domestic abuse, two women in Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur left their abusive alcoholic husbands and married each other. Kavita and Gunja (also known as Bablu), left their homes and chose to marry each other. Their wedding took place on Thursday at the Shiva Temple, also known as Choti Kashi, in Deoria, where they vowed to start a new life together, free from violence and pain. According to Kavita and Gunja, their decision to marry…

Former world champion Magnus Carlsen criticized D Gukesh’s strategy against Abdusattorov at Tata Steel Chess Masters, calling it a “spectacular failure.” In a gripping encounter that lasted over six hours, newly-crowned world chess champion Gukesh Dommaraju managed to salvage a draw against his fierce rival, GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov, in round 6 of the Tata Steel Chess Masters 2025 at Wijk aan Zee in the Netherlands. Despite Abdusattorov’s dominant position for much of the game, Gukesh showed exceptional resilience to claw his way back and secure half a point, extending his impressive streak of surviving difficult positions. The highly anticipated game…