Srinagar: Indian Police raided the homes of several renowned journalists in an investigation of anonymous online threats to around a dozen journalists in Indian-Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK).
Allahabad: The Allahabad High Court (AHC) suspended a two-year jail sentence of disqualified Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Vikram Saini in the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots case.
Uttarkhand: A bride in Indian state of Uttarkhand threw a tantrum and refused to marry her fiancé after she said the lehnga, sent by him was not expensive enough.
Seoul: North Korea fired a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that Japanese officials said had sufficient range to reach the mainland of the United States of America (USA).
Sharm El Sheikh: A tremendous amount of work is needed to turn a draft of a COP27 deal into something the nearly 200 countries at the climate summit can agree on, the European Union’s Climate Policy head Frans Timmermans told media.
Amsterdam: Dutch Court convicted three men of murder for their role in the 2014 shooting down of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine. A fourth man was acquitted.
Washington: The Biden administration announced that Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has immunity from a lawsuit over the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, drawing condemnation from the slain journalist's ex fiancee.
Chennai: India successfully launched its first privately developed rocket to create a commercial space industry and to compete on cost. The 545-kilograms rocket, developed by space startup Skyroot, took off from the Indian space agency’s launch site near Chennai and hit a peak altitude of 89.5
Washington D.C.: The Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC) lauded United Nations member states that recommended India to address human rights abuses, including violence against minorities, hate speech, shrinking civic spaces, caste-based discrimination, during the 41st Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the UN Human Rights Council
Melbourne: Sikhs For Justice (SFJ), a pro-Khalistan secessionist organization, has declared that the Australian Phase of the Punjab Independence Referendum will be held in Melbourne on January 29, 2023.