Point Explainer News Today

Delhi's Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia has been arrested today by the CBI in connection with the capital's now-scrapped liquor sales policy, thrusting the case into the spotlight once again.

United States President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday that he will send 31 state-of-the-art M1 Abrams battle tanks to Ukraine to help its troops push back Russian forces. It is more powerful than many Soviet-era tanks.

The Doomsday Clock has been ticking for 76 years, but on Tuesday, it was set at 90 seconds until midnight, the closest to the hour it has ever been. The midnight has a symbolic meaning - representing the point of annihilation.

The Supertech twin towers in Noida, which are taller than the Qutub Minar, will be razed to the ground at 2:30 pm today, nine years after residents went to court alleging violation of norms. 3,700 kilograms of explosives would be used to destroy them

Qatar and Kuwait have summoned India's envoys and given them protest notes over the controversial remarks of two BJP leaders against Prophet Muhammad. India, seeking to defuse the row, said the remarks are the "views of fringe elements."

In what is shaping up to be his toughest test since coming to power in 2018 and could usher fresh political tumult in the nuclear-armed country, Pakistan PM Imran Khan will face a no-confidence motion in the lower house of parliament on Friday.

Germany joined the US in ruling out propositions of sending fighter jets to Ukraine on Wednesday, as Western countries treaded cautiously to avoid a dramatic escalation in their conflict with Russia which has attacked its southern neighbour.