News brief: Big stories of the day
File photo: Pakistan PM Imran Khan.
India's aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya caught fire in Karwar, Karnataka on Friday afternoon. The Navy said officer Lt Cdr DS Chauhan was killed in the fire.
A UK court on Friday extended the remand till May 24 of fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi who is accused of defrauding Punjab National Bank of $2 billion.
The UK has expressed optimism that Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar will soon be listed as an international terrorist at the United Nations.
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday mooted launching of joint projects among the China-backed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) member countries to promote tourism, combat climate change, corruption and poverty.
The 17-year-old Divyansh Singh Panwar on Friday won a silver in the ISSF World Cup in Beijing and secured India's fourth Olympic quota place in shooting.
Divyansh, who was competing in his second senior competition, shot a total of 249.0 in the 10m air rifle event.