While Tamil Nadu tested, confirmed, and banned the suspected batch within 24 hours, Madhya Pradesh is still “awaiting reports”.

Sanae Takaichi, the newly elected and staunchly conservative head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, is expected to become Japan’s first woman prime minister, but that doesn’t mean she’s a feminist choice, analysts say.

Two Indian men, Arokkiyasami Daison and Rajendran Mayilarasan, were sentenced to five years and one month in prison with 12 strokes of the cane in Singapore. They pleaded guilty to assaulting and robbing two women in hotel rooms after being approached by a man offering sex workers. The men cited financial hardship as their motive for the crimes.