1. India, China military top brass to meet to resolve stand-off
India and China military top brass will hold talks on Saturday morning to resolve the stand-off in the Eastern Ladakh region and de-escalation of forces across the Line of Actual Control. India will demand the removal of all permanent and temporary structures set up by the Chinese Army at the LAC.
2. Tusker found dead in Tamil Nadu, triggers speculation
The carcass of an elephant, reportedly aged 13, was found in Coimbatore suburb of Periyanaickenpalayam in Tamil Nadu triggering speculation of being killed in conditions similar to that of Kerala's pregnant wild elephant.
3. Former Delhi Police commissioner Ved Marwah passes away
Former Delhi Police chief Ved Marwah, who also served as the Governor of Mizoram, Jharkhand and Manipur, died on Friday evening in Goa. He was 87. Goa Police's official Twitter handle confirmed the death of the Director General of National Security Guard.
4. Kerala Toddler and elephant's companionship video goes viral
A TikTok video of a toddler and an elephant's companionship is doing rounds on social media in which both of them can be seen playing with each other.
5. Mobile charger cord removed from Assam man's urinary bladder
A doctor here took out a mobile charger cord from the urinary bladder of a 30-year-old man despite the man "misleading" the surgeon into operating on his stomach.
6. Rajasthan minister promotes state tourism with #safawithTwitter
In a unique initiative to promote state tourism, Rajasthan Tourism Minister Vishvendra Singh Bharatpur started a Twitter hashtag #SafaWithTwitter to encourage others to share their 'Safa Experience' on social media.
7. Activist Akhil Gogoi charged with UAPA for using 'comrade' and 'Lal Salam'
Reading the 'Communist Manifesto', Lenin's works, Mao's life, calling friends 'Comrade' and greeting them with 'Lal Salaam' are among the reasons cited by the NIA for charging peasant leader and activist Akhil Gogoi under sedition and anti-terror laws.
8. UN report on terrorism reiterates what Imran Khan publicly 'confessed': MEA
A recent report by the UN Security Council mentioning about Pakistan-based terror groups sending thousands of terrorists to Afghanistan is a reiteration of what Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan publicly "confessed", official sources said on Friday.
9. 'Dawood is fine, didn't test positive for COVID-19'
Even as intelligence agencies report that India's most wanted fugitive Dawood Ibrahim and his wife have tested positive for COVID-19 and are admitted in Army Hospital, Karachi, Dawood's brother Anees Ibrahim, who controls D-company's underworld operations and finance, denies such reports.
10. Akbar Ali reveals his favourite IPL team, feeling of winning WC
Captain of U-19 World Cup winning Bangladesh team, Akbar Ali, in a revealing conversation with ETV Bharat, recalled the memory of 2020 World Cup final that saw Bangladesh lifting a major ICC trophy for the first time in their cricket history at Potchefstroom, South Africa.
