Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in an Israeli strike in Tehran after quoting a Koranic verse to Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei. His death marks the third assassination of a Hamas leader by Israel in two decades. Haniyeh advocated resistance against Israel and strengthened Hamas’ ties with Iran to bolster military capabilities.

PM Modi stated that this decision highlights the central government’s commitment to a “futuristic and connected India”

1989-batch Kerala cadre officer, Agrawal, and Khurania from the 1990-batch of the Odisha cadre, have been “prematurely” repatriated with “immediate effect