Kangana Ranaut, who is currently in news for various reasons, took to Twitter (her verified account) to wish Prime Minister Narendra Modi happy birthday. She shared a video message in which the actress stated that the country is lucky to have him.

As Kangana begins the video, she is heard saying that she met PM Modi only twice-thrice, mainly for photo-ops. She concludes that the people of the Nation love him despite noises that shun him.

India's Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) has exited from Sudan oilfields after the African nation refused to pay for oil it lifted from the fields.

ONGC Videsh (OVL), the overseas investment arm of the state-owned firm, as also its Chinese partner CNPC and Malaysia's Petronas have withdrawn from the block, a top company official said.

India is committed to working with the G-20 nations for making the world a better place and applauds the launch of the Global Initiative to reduce land degradation and coral reef programme, said Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday.

India has already taken significant action for the protection of wildlife, combating pollution, and climate change.

Delhi registered a record single-day spike of 4,473 COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, taking the city'sinfection tally to over 2.3 lakh, while 33 more deaths were reported, authorities said.

The previous highest single-day spike of 4,321 cases was recorded on September 12.

Indian lenders are keenly watching the outcome of a petition filed by State Bank of India (SBI) in the Supreme Court, which invoked the personal guarantees of Anil Ambani. The SC will hear the petition from Thursday.

A banker said Ambani has objected to the SBI invoking personal guarantees under the Corporate Debtors Regulations, 2019. Till November, the IBC only covered Indian companies and not promoters.

India's COVID-19 tally of cases galloped past 50 lakh,just 11 days after it crossed 40 lakh, with90,123infections being reported in a day, while recoveries surged to39,42,360on Wednesday, according to the Union Health Ministry data.

The totalcoronavirus cases mounted to 50,20,359, while the deathtoll climbed to82,066witha record 1,290people succumbing to the disease ina span of 24 hours,the data updated at 8 am showed.

Pakistan’s Parliament has extended an ordinance that allowed Indian death-row prisoner Kulbhushan Jadhav to file an appeal against his conviction in a high court for four months. Jadhav is required to file an appeal against his conviction in a high by the International Court of Justice.

The International Court of Justice (Review and Reconsideration) Ordinance promulgated in May was set to expire on September 17 but the National Assembly or the lower house on Monday through a voice vote extended it for four months, news agency PTI quoted the Dawn News as saying.

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has lost his father William H. Gates II, a lawyer, and philanthropist. He was 94.

Gates died peacefully at his beach home in Washington state from Alzheimer`s disease, the family announced Tuesday.

With over 90,000 new cases reported in the last 24 hours, India's COVID-19 count on Wednesday crossed the 50 lakh-mark, while the death toll has crossed the 82,000-mark as well.

At 9:30 AM on this day, the COVID-19 tally in the country has reached 50,20,360 cases, which include 9,95,933 active cases; 39,42,361 cured, discharged, or migrated patients, and 82,066 deaths.

An earthquake of magnitude 6.0 on the Richter scale jolted central Nepal on Wednesday morning.

The epicentre of the tremor has been recorded at Ramche of Sindhupalchok district which has already been ravaged by flood and landslide and earthquake of 2015.

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