India is not friendless in the UN Security Council and Pakistan chairing its Taliban Sanctions Committee and being named vice-chair of the Counter-Terrorism Committee is a designation without much practical consequence, Shashi Tharoor said.

President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, who just last week stood together in the Oval Office to proclaim their lasting friendship, traded barbs and insults in real time on Thursday.

The Karnataka High Court has restrained the state government from taking coercive action against KSCA officials, following an FIR filed in connection with the Chinnaswamy Stadium stampede. Justice SR Krishna Kumar’s order mandates cooperation with the ongoing investigation and restricts travel outside the court’s jurisdiction. The FIR, registered by Bengaluru Police, also names RCB and DNA entertainment private limited.