Today’s Breaking News (December 26): We present the latest news from FE today. We’ll keep you updated with all the top news, views, and much more of the day.
Karnataka on Tuesday reported 74 new Covid-19 cases and two coronavirus-related deaths in the past 24 hours. That brings the total number of active cases in the state to 464, according to a fitness bulletin. 19 deaths in the state after the increase in cases rose to 9.
At least six people were injured when militants fired at a passenger coach in a restive district in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, police said. The incident occurred in the Hangu district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering three tribal districts. The six injured belong to the Shia community.
Explosions in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen were reported on Tuesday after sightings of unmanned aircraft and missiles in two separate incidents, a British maritime authority said. Two unmanned aircraft were observed before two explosions occurred 5 nautical miles from a vessel located 50 nautical miles west of Hodeidah on Yemen’s west coast, United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations authority said in an advisory. (Reuters)
The candidacy of former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been accepted through the Election Commission despite doubts about his eligibility to stand in the February 8 general election following a “lifetime disqualification” by the Supreme Court. The nomination documents of PML-N supreme Nawaz Sharif for NA-130 (seat of the National Assembly in Lahore) have been accepted through the Election Commission,” Sharif’s lawyer, Amjad Pervez, told reporters on Tuesday.
A fighter aircraft of the Indian Navy suffered a tyre burst on the taxiway at the Dabolim airport in Goa on Tuesday afternoon, just before it was to undertake a routine sortie, officials said. Due to the tyre burst, the aircraft – MiG-29K – got stranded on the taxiway, but nobody was injured. As a result of the incident, the authorities shut the airport’s runway for operations till 4 pm, affecting the services of passenger flights, they said. (PTI)
Union Defense Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday made his first remarks on the drone attack on a merchant ship. Reacting to the attack on the MV Chem Pluto, Singh said that “whoever organized the attack, we will attack it from the bottom of the sea. “
Pakistan’s great deportation crusade has resulted in the forced repatriation of dozens of Afghans awaiting resettlement to the United States, says an advocacy organization for would-be Afghan refugees, adding that the Pakistani government has ignored cover letters from the U. S. Embassy. This complicates the esfuerzos. de those Afghans, as the U. S. has closed its embassy in Kabul and they also face human rights restrictions and persistent currency and humanitarian crises in their home country. (Reuters)
A massive fire broke out in Purna-Parli passenger train near Maharashtra’s Nanded. The Railways has launched a probe. There are no reports of any casualties.
The head of the National Conference, Farooq Abdullah, said: “Atal Bihari Vajpayee said that we can replace our friends but not our neighbours. If we remain friendly to our neighbors, either of us will progress. Prime Minister Modi also said that war was not an option at the moment and that the unrest deserves to be resolved through dialogue. Where is the dialogue? Nawaz Sharif is about to become prime minister (of Pakistan) and they say we are in a position to communicate (with India), but what is the explanation?Why are we not in a position to communicate? If we do not find a solution through dialogue, we will suffer the same fate as Gaza and Palestine, which are being bombed through Israel. . . (Read more)
A Russian military shipment in Crimea was wounded in an airstrike by Ukrainian forces, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday. The Novocherkassk landing shipment was hit by guided missiles introduced through an aircraft at a base in the city of Feodosia, the ministry said. The ministry said two Ukrainian fighter jets were destroyed by anti-aircraft fire during the attack. There was no immediate report on the severity of the damage to the ship, but videos circulating on Ukrainian channels showed a first fire in the port area.
Dense fog is expected to persist in the northwest and parts of neighboring central India for the next 3-4 days, India’s meteorological branch said on Tuesday.
The day after hosting a delegation from the Christian community at his residence in the national capital on Christmas Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended a programme marking ‘Veer Baal Diwas’ at the state-of-the-art Bharat Mandapam in the national capital on Tuesday, further advancing his idea of ‘Sabka Saath’.
The Alwarthirunagari railway line has been affected by heavy rains in Thoothukudi district and repair work is underway. Tamil Nadu is grappling with the aftermath of the cyclone and floods.
Indian-origin stand-up comedian Neel Nanda, aged 32, has passed away, as confirmed by his manager Greg Weiss to Deadline. Weiss expressed shock and sadness, describing Nanda as not just a talented comic but a remarkable individual. The cause of his death has not been disclosed.
A main fire broke out early Tuesday at a scrap metal market near Keshav Nagar in Lucknow, according to firefighters. Firefighters were on the scene to put out the blaze. No casualties have been reported, so the cause of the fire is unknown. There is still more data to be done.
An earthquake of magnitude 4. 5 on the Richter scale struck Leh, Ladakh, today at 4:33 a. m. : National Center for Seismology
According to CNN, a hundred workers at an Airbus subsidiary in France fell due to a food problem after their Christmas party. The company showed the situation but did not specify the exact food that caused it.
Seven other people have been fined 50,000 rupees for allegedly hunting spotted deer and selling their meat, the Denkanikottai forestry branch said.
An earthquake measuring 3. 7 on the Richter scale struck the Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir in the early hours of Tuesday, the National Seismological Centre (NCS) reported.