Highlights: Centre gives 72 hrs to wrestling body to respond to sexual harassment charge

The sports ministry on Wednesday took cognisance of the sexual assault allegations brought by top wrestlers of the country against the Wrestling Foundation of India and asked the wrestling body to reply in 72 hours to the charges.

A massive fire has broken out in Delhi's Badarpur NTPC eco park. Five fire tenders have been rushed to the spot to douse the flames. The exact cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained. No casualties have been reported so far.

Microsoft is cutting 10,000 workers, almost 5% of its workforce, in response to “macroeconomic conditions and changing customer priorities". The development has now been confirmed as CEO Satya Nadella has sent an email to employees in this connection. In an internal email, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said he is confident that Microsoft will emerge from this situation, but "it requires us to take actions grounded in three priorities".The company said in a regulatory filing Wednesday that had just notified employees of the layoffs, some of which begin immediately.

Development cooperation and the situation in the sensitive Doklam region are among the issues that are expected to figure in foreign secretary Vinay Kwatra’s discussions during his three-day visit to Bhutan from Wednesday.

Union civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Wednesday said the emergency exit door of the IndiGo flight was opened by Tejasvi Surya by mistake.

Saudi Arabia is working to reduce its reliance on oil exports, Economy Minister Faisal Al-Ibrahim said Wednesday, as the Middle East powerhouse sent one of the largest delegations to the Davos summit to make its case.

Ukraine's interior minister killed in helicopter crash, reports AFP

Three people have arrived from Kabul with the last 2 Saroop of Sri Guru Granth Sahib. It will be taken to a gurudwara now. It was due to efforts from SGPC and the Central govt that saroops were brought back, said a member. (ANI)

Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court grants bail to Ratul Puri, nephew of Former MP Chief Minister Kamal Nath, on a bail bond of Rs. 5,00,000 and one surety of the same amount.

Puri had been made accused in a money laundering case linked to an alleged fertiliser scam for which ₹685 crore was paid as kickbacks.

An offshore 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit near eastern Indonesia's Maluku islands on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey reported, triggering a tsunami warning. Read more

A PhD student from IIT was killed and another sustained injuries when they were hit by a car near the institute on Tuesday night. Police have registered a case and begun probe.

"We'll raise this issue in Assembly today.Centre allotted ₹2,500 Cr to AAP Govt for cleaning of Yamuna. Where did it go?I think it fell prey to corruption," says LoP RS Bidhuri

Weather phenomenon El Nino is returning after three years and is set to impact temperatures across the globe in 2023. This comes as NASA said that in 2022, Earth was about 1.1°C warmer in 2022 than the average temperature in the late 19th century. According to Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), 2022 was the fifth warmest year for India since 1901. Read more

Tremors were felt as an earthquake of magnitude 3.4 on the Richter scale struck Karnataka's Kalaburagi on Wednesday morning, according to the National Centre for Seismology. Read more

Telangana chief minister KCR to hold BRS Party's public meeting in Khammam today. Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan, Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav & CPI Gen Secy D Raja to attend the meeting. (ANI)

Qantas flight from Auckland to Sydney issues SOS due to engine failure, reports AFP

Election commission to announce poll schedule for Nagaland, Tripura and Meghalaya today.

As many as 68 people who consumed food from a hotel at Paravur in the Ernakulam district of Kerala sought treatment after suffering from diarrhoea and vomiting.

RJD issued a show cause notice to party leader Sudhakar Singh over his comments against Bihar CM Nitish Kumar.

Party asked him to submit his reply within 15 days.

6 trains running late in the Northern Railway region due to fog: Indian Railways. (ANI)

UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announces financial assistance of ₹5 lakh each to families of four youths from Ghazipur district who died in Nepal plane crash. (PTI)