LIVE: Magnitude 6.1 earthquake shakes Japan's Hokkaido, no tsunami warning, reports AFP

Finance ministers of the world’s largest economies were unable to agree on a joint communique at their meeting in Bengaluru on Saturday because China and Russia opposed the inclusion of text condemning the war in Ukraine. Read more

A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck off Hokkaido in northern Japan on Saturday night, reported news agency AFP citing the United States Geological Survey. No tsunami warning was issued. Read more

After Prime Minister Narendra Modi met German chancellor Olaf Scholz on Saturday, foreign secretary Vinay Kwatra said the issue f baby Ariha Shah's custody case is being closely pursued by New Delhi with the German authorities. Read more

The Adani Green has been removed from under-criteria observation by American credit rating agency S&P Global. The business conglomerate, which has suffered massive losses since the publication of Hindenburg report, has got its rating on Adani Green Energy affirmed at BB+ with a ‘stable outlook’, Livemint reported. Read more

The indigenous light combat aircraft (LCA) Tejas is set to debut in a multi-lateral air exercise in the United Arab Emirates, the Indian Air Force (IAF) said on Saturday. The IAF is taking part in the exercise with five LCAs and two C-17 Globemaster III aircraft. Read more

Delhi high court puts on hold election to standing committee of MCD scheduled for February 27. Read more

The Congress on Saturday during the second day of the 85th plenary session, pitched its draft resolution “A New Economic Vision for India” with a new economic performance metric that correlates to India’s living standard and economic mobility, doing away from gauging economic progress through the gross domestic product (GDP). Read more

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Saturday said that India has undertaken an enormous leap which is very good for the relations between the two countries. Scholz said that he and Prime Minister Narendra Modi were committed to making a free trade deal between India and the European Union finally happen. Read more

Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Saturday expressed concern over instances of alleged suicides by students and said his heart goes out to the bereaved kin of the victims.

He said he was wondering where our institutions are going wrong, that students are forced to take their life.

Referring to the incident of alleged suicide of a Dalit student recently in IIT Bombay, he said such incidents, involving the victims from marginalised communities are becoming common, reported PTI. 

Nigerians were due to start voting on Saturday to elect a successor to President Muhammadu Buhari, with many hoping the next leader will steer Africa's most populous nation and biggest economy on a new course after years of worsening violence and hardship.

Polling stations were scheduled to open at 8:30 a.m. (0730 GMT), though Reuters reporters at several locations across the country saw some that were not ready. In northern Kano State and southern Bayelsa State, reporters saw queues of voters with no election officials in sight. (Reuters)

Challenging time for Congress; BJP-RSS has captured every single institution, says Sonia Gandhi in Raipur.

Finance leaders of the world's biggest economies were entangled in differences on Saturday over the war in Ukraine and on resolving the debt burden of distressed developing nations, participants said.

The meeting of finance ministers and central bank chiefs of the Group of 20 (G20), hosted by India, was likely to end later in the day without a joint communique because there was no consensus on how to describe the conflict in Ukraine, delegates said, reported Reuters. 

At least seven people from West-Bengal were killed when the mini-truck in which they were travelling hit a stationary truck in Odisha's Jajpur district on Saturday, police said.

Vinit Agrawal Superintendent of Police Jajpur told PTI that six persons died on the spot, while one succumbed enroute to SCB Medical College and hospital.

"We have intimated the family members of the deceased, and they are on the way to Jajpur.," the SP said, adding that the exact cause behind the mishap is being verified, reported PTI. 

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrived in India on Saturday on a two-day visit that is expected to further expand the overall bilateral relations in a number of key areas, including new technologies, clean energy and trade and investment.

Scholz will hold wide-ranging talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at around 11:45 am, covering the Ukraine conflict, the situation in the Indo-Pacific region and ways to boost bilateral ties, reported PTI.

Peruvian President Dina Boluarte announced on Friday the withdrawal of her country's ambassador to Mexico in response to criticism from Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, whom she reproached for hurting ties in order to “privilege ideological affinities.”

In his regular morning press conference, Mexico's president said he had seen polls “where the spurious president (Boluarte) has 15% acceptance and 85% disapprove of her.” (AP)

Four people were reported dead after a truck met with an accident near Delhi's Anand Parbat area last night, Delhi police said. On reaching the spot at Rohtak road, police found one MCD truck that had turned turtle. 

US assistant secretary for South & Central Asian affairs Donald Lu said on Friday that the United States is deeply concerned that Chinese loans to countries in India's immediate neighbourhood may be used for coercive leverage. The comments from Lu came after he was asked about Chinese loans to Sri Lanka and Pakistan. He was addressing a special press briefing previewing Secretary Antony Blinken's upcoming travel to India, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan.

Meghalaya state BJP chief Ernest MawrieIf on Friday speaking about party gaining power in upcoming elections said, “If we win, BJP will not change eating habits, there won't be any restrictions (on beef-eating). After coming to power, we'll develop infra in state. We'll form govt with those like-minded parties that are against corruption.”

A bus accident in Madhya Pradesh's Sidhi district killed eight people and injured 50, with 15-20 seriously injured, according to ANI.

Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced ₹10 lakh ex-gratia amount to the familes of deceased, ₹2 lakh to those who were severely injured and a lakh to those who were moderately injured. Next of kin of the deceased will be given government jobs based on their qualifications.

The combined death toll in Turkey and Syria due to earthquakes on February 6 has surpassed 50,000, new agency Reuters reported. In the region, over 160,000 buildings containing 5,20,000 apartments have collapsed or been severely damaged.