Highlights: Adani Enterprises calls off FPO, says will return money to investors, reports Reuters

India's Adani Enterprises has called off its share sale, a source with knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Wednesday. Read more.

Bulgaria on Wednesday declared that the 1930s starvation of millions in Ukraine under Soviet leader Joseph Stalin was an act of "genocide", reported AFP.

Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan will be released from Lucknow prison on Thursday morning.

Oreva Group promoter Jaysukh Patel whose firm renovated the Morbi bridge which collapsed last year, has been sent to police remand for 7 days after he surrendered before court on Tuesday.

Ministry of external affairs on Wednesday listed Pakistan-based terrorist Abdul Rehman Makki as a UN-listed terrorist, reported ANI.

As the AQI improved in Delhi-NCR, the Commission for Air Quality Management revokeD actions under Stage-ll of the GRAP on Wednesday, reported ANI.

The Mumbai Crime Branch has recovered 76 kg of Ganja worth ₹30 lakh and arrested 4 drug peddlers from outside Dadar Railway Station, reported ANI Mumbai Crime Branch.

Five persons, including two minor girls and as many women, died and nine others were injured after two trucks collided on Wednesday in Madhya Pradesh's Burhanpur district, reported PTI.

Chadian President Mahamat Deby said he would inaugurate an embassy in Israel on Thursday, five years after renewing ties, reported Reuters.

Britain's finance ministry laid out its first set of rules to regulate cryptoassets on Wednesday, reported Reuters.

Magnitude 6 earthquake jolted southern Philippines on Wednesday, reported AFP.

Supreme Court directs WhatsApp to give wide publicity of its undertaking in media that users aren't bound to accept its 2021 privacy policy & that functionality of the messaging app won't be affected till the new data protection regime is in place.

A 13-year-old boy namely Sreeshanth Reddy died after being hit by a speeding bike rode by a minor on 29th January in Hyderabad. He received severe injuries on his head & succumbed next day. Bike has been seized & case registered, reported ANI citing H Venkateswarlu, Inspector, Hayathnagar.

A woman died after a fire broke out at the Ashok Mill compound in Mumbai's Dharavi area. Fire confined to electric wiring, electric installation, machineries, and clothes. 5 fire tenders present at the spot, reported ANI quoting BMC.

The bodies recovered in the massive avalanche that hit J&K's Gulmarg were of two foreign nationals who belonged to Poland. A rescue operation is underway in which 19 foreign nationals have been rescued successfully. 

Two bodies were recovered while four people were rescued after a massive avalanche hit Jammu & Kashmir's Gulmarg Wednesday. Rescue operation is underway to find two more people who are feared trapped. Read more.

Several people have been trapped after a massive avalance hit Gulmarg skiing resort in Jammu and Kashmir.

Jharkhand High Court takes cognizance of the Dhanbad fire incident. The matter will be heard on February 2.

The rupee rose by 8 paise to 81.80 against the US dollar in afternoon trade on Wednesday as Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Budget in the Lok Sabha.

Mukesh Ambani overtakes Gautam Adani as the richest Indian in the world according to the Forbes Real-time Billionaires list.

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman begins presenting the Union Budget 2023-24 in Parliament. Check live updates here

A fire broke out at an oil godown in Bhiwandi town of Maharashtra's Thane district on Wednesday. No casualties or injuries have been reported.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman arrives at Parliament ahead of Budget 2023. Follow updates here

Ahead of budget announcement, Sensex climbs to 59,987, Nifty at 17,785

Uttarakhand Police has busted a fake employment centre in Laksar area in the district and arrested four people for allegedly cheating youths of lakhs of rupees on the pretext of providing them government jobs, reported ANI.