BREAKING: US military says Chinese aircraft flew within 20 ft of US air force plane on Dec 21, reports Reuters

US military says Chinese aircraft flew within 20 ft of US air force plane on Dec 21, Reuters reported.

Elections to five seats of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council will be held on January 30, PTI reported.

Ten Pakistani nationals who were held with a large quantity of drugs worth ₹280 crore and a cache of arms mid-sea on December 26 were remanded in 12-day custody of the Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) by a court on Thursday, PTI reported.

The Indian authorities are in touch with their counterparts in Uzbekistan over the death of 18 children after allegedly consuming a cough syrup made in India, with the external affairs ministry saying on Thursday that the domestic pharmaceutical industry remains a reliable supplier of medicines across the world.

India currently has no plans of joining the Ukraine grain corridor though it has supplied grains to several countries affected by a spike in food prices, external affairs ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said on Thursday.

The Indian Air Force on Thursday successfully fired the extended range version of the BrahMos Air Launch missile.

Belarus said a Ukrainian missile fell on its territory on Thursday, raising fears of the conflict spilling over, with the Moscow ally sending investigators to establish the cause of the incident, AFP reported.

Gaya police heaved a big sigh of relief on Thursday after a Chinese woman, who has been overstaying in India and reached Bodhgaya, was located after a massive security alert for Tibetan Spiritual leader Dalai Lama.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mother Heeraben is recovering, the UN Mehta hospital in Ahmedabad, where she is admitted, issued a statement on Thursday.

The CBI conducted searches at 91 locations across the country on Thursday in connection with its investigation against several state medical councils and foreign medical graduates who were allowed to practise in India without qualifying a mandatory test, PTI reported.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mother Heeraben Modi's health condition is recovering, and will be discharged soon, ANI reported.

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has been discharged from AIIMS, Delhi, news agency ANI reported.

Russian missiles struck Ukraine's eastern city of Kharkiv, the capital Kyiv and western Lviv on Thursday, causing a series of explosions, mayors said.

On Uzbekistan kids' deaths linked to Noida cough syrup, Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya said that CDSCO is in “regular contact” with pharmaceutical company Marion Biotech. “The samples of the cough syrup have been taken from the manufacturing premises and sent to Regional Drugs Testing Laboratory, Chandigarh for testing,” he wrote in one of the tweets.

An earthquake of magnitude 3.5 occurred 62km northeast of Guwahati, at around 12.27pm on Thursday. The depth of the earthquake was 10km below the ground, ANI reported citing the National Center for Seismology.

Union home minister Amit Shah on Thursday held a conference on Union territories in Delhi.

Former CEO and MD of ICICI Bank Chanda Kochchar and her husband Deepak Kochchar, and Videocon Group's chairman Venugopal Dhoot have been sent to 14-day judicial custody in ICICI-Videocon money laundering case by a special CBI court, reports ANI.

Serbia's post office has released a special stamp to honour India's 75th independence anniversary. In a tweet, Indian Embassy in Serbia stated that the special stamp was released in the presence of Serbian first deputy PM and foreign minister Ivica Dacic.

Marion Biotech Pharma firm's legal head Hasan Harris said on Thursday that they “regret [the] deaths” of kids in Uzkekistan, even as the incident has been linked to Noida cough syrup. “We'll take action as per report. Samples were collected. Manufacturing of that product has been halted as of now & other processes are underway,” he was quoted as saying by ANI.

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has developed a prototype to facilitate remote voting by domestic migrants, including students and workers. The poll body is set to call an all-party meeting to demonstrate the prototype soon.

The husband of Jharkhand actress Isha Alya, who was shot dead in West Bengal's Howrah by snatchers on Wednesday, has been arrested.

A fire had broken out at a plywood factory in Vamali village in Mehmedabad Taluka of Gujarat's Kheda at 5.30am today. As many as two fire tenders were sent and the fire is now under control, ANI reported quoting Dixit Patel, chief fire superintendent.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced ex gratia of ₹2 lakh from PMNRF for the family of the deceased and ₹50,000 for the injured in the stampede at Telugu Desam Party president and former chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu's public rally in Nellore, Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday night.

China reported one new Covid-19 death in the mainland for December 28, compared with three deaths a day earlier, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday.

NIA is conducting searches on banned PFI leaders' houses and office premises. The central agency is targeting second rung leaders of the banned outfit.  The raid is in the wake of leaders' plan to regroup the outfit in some other name, a senior official said.