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Champions Trophy: The ICC tournament begins on Feb 19, with archrivals India and Pakistan set to face off against each other on February 19, with the England-Australia tie set for Feb 22. Cricket Sports

World: "It is too early at the moment to talk about deploying troops in Ukraine. There is no peace at the moment, and the effort has to be to achieve it as soon as possible," the Spanish Foreign Minister said.

Champions Trophy: Pakistan are placed in Group A along with New Zealand, Bangladesh, and archrivals India. After starting their campaign against New Zealand, Pakistan face India on Feb 23 in Dubai. Cricket Sports

Europe stands at a crossroad; the old world order is crumbling. Decisions made in the coming days may shape the continent's security for decades. There are two important meetings coming up. European leaders are gathering in Paris in less than two hours from now, while American and Russian leaders will be meeting in Saudi Arabia tomorrow. The geopolitical landscape is shifting at breakneck speed. US President Donald Trump says that his Russian counterpart genuinely wants to stop the fighting in Ukraine. Watch in for more details!

Europe stands at a crossroad; the old world order is crumbling. Decisions made in the coming days may shape the continent's security for decades. There are two important meetings coming up. European leaders are gathering in Paris in less than two hours from now, while American and Russian leaders will be meeting in Saudi Arabia tomorrow. The geopolitical landscape is shifting at breakneck speed. US President Donald Trump says that his Russian counterpart genuinely wants to stop the fighting in Ukraine. Watch in for more details!

Champions Trophy: Pakistan start their title defence campaign on Feb 19 - opening day of the ICC tournament - when they take on New Zealand in Karachi. Cricket Sports

Entertainment | Hollywood: After Henry Cavill's cameo in the recent Deadpool and Wolverine, a new rumour suggests that he is being considered for a lead in the upcoming Nova series.

World: “This court should not allow lower courts to seize executive power by dictating to the president how long he must continue employing an agency head against his will,” Trump's legal team said in its filing.

BJP is making large-scale preparations at Ramlila Maidan for the swearing-in of Delhi’s new Chief Minister. PM Modi, Amit Shah, and UP CM Yogi Adityanath are expected to attend the high-profile event.

After 18 people, including nine women and five children, died in a stampede at the New Delhi railway station, an Indian Express report cited data of the unreserved ticketing system (UTS) used to book general class tickets. It said data showed that 2,600 more tickets than usual were booked on Saturday between 6:00 and 8:00 p.m., following which a stampede broke out after 9:00 p.m. However, the Northern Railways official told WION the provisions of special trains were made looking at the crowd surge. A two-member committee is investigating the stampede. As part of the investigation, the committee has ordered the securing of all video footage from the railway station to find out what exactly led to the stampede.

JPMorgan CEO mandates a full return to office work, sparking employee backlash. Over 1,000 employees have signed a petition against the RTO rule, as 40% of the workforce is currently on a hybrid schedule. The CEO has dismissed the petition.

India’s Supreme Court, led by the Chief Justice, expressed frustration over the surge of fresh pleas in the Places of Worship Act case and refused to entertain any new petitions. The court emphasized that the issue has been sufficiently addressed.

The death of South African activist Muhsin Hendricks, known as the world’s first openly gay Imam, has left his family and friends reeling in shock. This is after he was brutally murdered on Saturday in the country’s Eastern Cape province. According to reports, the 57-year-old Muslim cleric, who ran a mosque in Cape Town for marginalized Muslims, was killed near the southern city. Watch this report for more details!

Is Jammu and Kashmir headed for a drought this summer? With January and February 2025 receiving negligible precipitation, water bodies have dried up, and forest fires have been rampant. Not only this, the Government of Jammu and Kashmir had to postpone the Khelo India Winter Games due to insufficient snow in the Ski Resort Gulmarg. Watch in for more details!

WORLD | "The mini Arab summit in Riyadh has been postponed from Thursday to Friday, February 21," a Saudi source told AFP. An Arab diplomatic source confirmed the new date.

It's day two today of the Indian Ocean Conference in Oman. Delegates from around 30 countries are meeting over expanding cooperation for maritime connectivity and security in that region. The conference is jointly hosted by Oman, India, and Singapore. It seeks to provide a platform for fostering greater cooperation with regional partners. India's External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar made a keynote address at the inaugural session of the IOC. He highlighted the importance of the Indian Ocean as a global lifeline. Watch in for more details!

Entertainment: Netizens can't help themselves as they fawn over the Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan's youngest son Hridhaan after he attended the success party of the new docu-series The Roshans.

INDIA NEWS | TRENDING | The DRM was inspecting the station on Sunday in view of the higher-than-expected rush of pilgrims visiting the mega congregation, which has also been blamed for the stampede at New Delhi railway station.

World: The meeting takes place against the backdrop of ongoing US-Russia talks on the Ukraine war and growing European concerns following a controversial speech by US Vice President JD Vance at the Munich Security Conference.