Top news of the day: Trump signs slew of executive orders; Saif Ali Khan discharged from hospital after five days, and more

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Trump signs slew of executive orders

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday (January 20, 2025) issued a flurry of executive orders and directives as he sought to put his stamp on his new administration on matters ranging from energy to criminal pardons and immigration. Mr. Trump also pardoned about 1,500 people who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in a sweeping gesture of support to the people who assaulted police as they tried to prevent lawmakers from certifying his 2020 election defeat.

Saif Ali Khan discharged from hospital after five days

After being hospitalised for five days, actor Saif Ali Khan was discharged from Lilavati Hospital on Tuesday (January 21, 2025) following the knife attack at his Bandra residence in Mumbai on January 16. The accused, Shahzad, stabbed him and caused him six injuries, harming his thoracic spine. Doctors performed surgery to remove 2.5 mm knife piece.

BJP releases second manifesto ahead of Delhi Assembly polls

In the second part of the BJP’s Sankalp Patra for the Delhi Legislative Assembly polls, MP Anurag Thakur announced that the party will bring free education for needy students from KG to PG in government institutions and ₹15000 for needy aspirants preparing for competitive exams. The party has also promised ₹1000 per month under the Dr. BR Ambedkar Scheme for scheduled caste students pursuing professional and technical courses.

Supreme Court appreciates women who braved odds to record statements for Hema Committee report before the SIT

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (January 21, 2025) acknowledged the courage of the women who had defied personal and professional costs to lodge complaints of sexual abuse in the Kerala film industry but said investigating agencies must also respect the women who wanted to keep quiet.

Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy says no one can demand long hours at work

Infosys co-founder NRN Narayana Murthy, whose advice to youngsters to work 70 hours a week caused a stir, on Monday (January 20, 2025) said no one can ask people to put in long hours, but it is for everybody to “introspect” and understand the need for it. Underlining that he has put in over 70 hours a week for 40-odd years during his time at Infosys, Mr. Murthy said these are issues that need to be introspected on, and not debated.

Mamata Banerjee expresses dismay over Sealdah Court sentencing R.G. Kar case convict to life imprisonment

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday (January 21, 2025) again expressed dismay over the Sealdah Court order which awarded life imprisonment till death to Sanjay Roy the sole convict in the rape and murder of a doctor at a State-run hospital.

14 Maoists killed in encounter at Odisha-Chhattisgarh border

At least fourteen Maoists have been killed along the Chhattisgarh-Odisha border in an anti-Maoist operation conducted in Gariaband district, the police said on Tuesday (January 21, 2025). The police had on Monday (January 20, 2025) said the number of fatalities in the operation was two but updated the figures based on the bodies recovered after the operation.

Taliban announce the release of two Americans held in Afghanistan in a prisoner exchange

Afghanistan’s Taliban government announced on Tuesday (January 21, 2025) the release of two Americans in a prisoner exchange. The Taliban’s Foreign Ministry in Kabul did not name the two U.S. citizens but said they were exchanged for Khan Muhammad, who was arrested in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar two decades ago and has been serving a life sentence in a California prison.

At least 66 dead, 51 injured in hotel fire at a ski resort in northwestern Turkiye

A fire at a 12-storey hotel at a popular ski resort in northwestern Turkey on Tuesday (January 21, 2025) killed at least 66 people, Turkey’s Interior Minister said. Ali Yerlikaya said at least 51 other people were injured in the disaster that struck the Grand Kartal hotel in the resort of Kartalkaya, in Bolu province’s Koroglu mountains, some 300 km (185 miles) east of Istanbul. The fire occurred during the school’s semester break when hotels in the region are packed.

Published - January 21, 2025 07:21 pm IST