Illegal mining case-ED raids multiple locations in Jharkhand, 'Vikram Vedha' film teaser released, Asia Cup 2022 qualifiers match: Top headlines | Let's Catch Up Ep-67

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INTERNATIONAL NEWS

• Malaysia's top court ordered former prime minister Najib Razak to begin a 12-year prison sentence on Tuesday after upholding a guilty conviction on charges related to a multi-billion dollar graft scandal at state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB). Knocking back Najib's final appeal, the country's top court also denied his request for a stay of sentence.
• Joe Biden recently ordered US troops to conduct airstrikes against the Iranian-backed groups in Syria, after a week several US rockets landed at a military base in Syria housing the troops.
• Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky has vowed to retake its take over  Crimea peninsula from Russia by any means necessary and added that Kyiv would consult with countries before taking such action. The Ukrainian president made these comments at the second iteration of the Crimea Platform on Tuesday—an online gathering of 60 nations and international organisations hosted by Kyiv focused on the peninsula.
• After years of debate, Singapore is set to abolish the colonial-era 377A law that bans gay sex. The move will effectively make homosexuality legal in the city-state. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced the decision on national television Sunday. After India, Taiwan and Thailand, Singapore is the latest in Asia to take such a decision on LGBT rights. Many in Singapore hailed the move, but it also came with a degree of disappointment as the PM also said the definition of marriage would remain as one between a man and a woman, since most people in Singapore are not in favour of a "drastic shift",

 

NATIONAL NEWS

• The Enforcement Directorate raided multiple locations in Jharkhand on Wednesday and recovered 2 AK series assault rifles as part of an ongoing money-laundering investigation into alleged illegal mining in the state, official sources said. The weapons were kept in an almirah at a home in Ranchi, they said.
• The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday raided the residences of leaders of the Rashtriya Janata Dal reportedly in connection with the "land-for-jobs" scam. The raids were conducted at the properties linked to RJD MLC Sunil Singh and three MPs Ashfaque Karim, Faiyaz Ahmed and Subodh Roy. The RJD has questioned the timing of the raids on the day when the newly-formed Bihar government faces a trust vote on the floor of the Vidhan Sabha. Manoj Jha, RJD MP said the raids were done on purpose to intimidate the party's legislators. The Central Bureau Of Investigation (CBI) is conducting raids at Urban Cubes mall in Gurugram, Haryana owned by RJD leader and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav. The mall is located in sector 71. The CBI raid is in connection with the land-for-railway jobs scam.
• In yet another blow to Congress, Jaiveer Shergill resigned from the position of National Spokesperson of the grand old party on Wednesday, news agency ANI reported. Shergill, in his resignation letter to Sonia Gandhi, said that he is sorry to say that decision making is no longer in the interest of the public and the country, but influenced by the selfish interests of those who indulge in sycophancy and constantly ignoring the ground reality.
• The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has convened an emergency meeting of its Political Affairs Committee at 4 pm on Wednesday to discuss and formulate a strategy to counter efforts to “buy MLAs”. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said some of his MLAs have approached him alleging that they have been threatened and offered bribes to break the party. Kejriwal’s statement comes days after Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, who is facing a CBI probe in connection with alleged excise scam, had claimed that he was offered the Chief Ministerial post by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and a withdrawal of all cases if he quit AAP.

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

• Actor Suniel Shetty‘s daughter Athiya and cricketer KL Rahul have been dating for some time now. The couple even recently moved in together in their Mumbai home. However, their wedding is not on cards immediately, as both of them are busy with their work commitments. Suniel says that the wedding will happen when both of them have enough time to do it.
• Notable supermodel and actor Milind Soman has constantly been sharing glimpses of his Unity Run 2022 along with details about how he began his marathon from Jhansi and ended in Delhi. As the supermodel ended his journey in Delhi a day ago, he recently revealed how he met Narendra Modi, the honourable Prime Minister of India and offered him a beautiful gift.
• After months of teasing fans with stills from the film, the makers of 'Vikram Vedha' shared the teaser of the film on Wednesday on social media. The action-packed teaser features the two leads- Hrithik Roshan as Vedha and Saif Ali Khan as Vikram.The teaser is packed with whistle-worthy dialogues, large-scale action sequences and emotional drama backed with very catchy background music.

SPORTS NEWS

• 12th seed Kidambi Srikanth suffered an early exit from the BWF World Championships 2022 in Tokyo as the star Indian shuttler was ousted in the men's singles second round on Wednesday, August 24. Srikanth was comfortably outclassed by China's unseeded shuttler Zhao Jun Peng.
• Young Indian badminton ace Lakshya Sen sailed into the men's singles pre-quarter finals with a straight gain win over Spain's Luis penalver in the BWF world championship on Wednesday. Commonwealth Games champion Sen won his second round match taking 72 minutes to complete the formality.
• Today is the final day of the Asia Cup 2022 qualifiers with three teams still battling for a single spot left to qualify. UAE, Hong Kong and Kuwait are the teams still in contention to book a spot in the Asia Cup 2022, which will be held in the UAE from August 27. The team qualifying today will join India and Pakistan in Group A of the Asia Cup T20 tournament.

STOCK MARKET NEWS

• Market ends marginally higher amid volatility; realty, mid, smallcaps gain
• Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd., NTPC Ltd., ICICI Bank Ltd., Power Grid Corporation Of India Ltd., Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. were among the major gainers on the NIFTY, the losers included- Lupin Ltd., Tata Steel Ltd., Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.