Round two of US-Iran talks under jeopardy; Kharge's 'terrorist' jibe at PM sparks row; more

Less than twenty-four hours to go for the ceasefire deadline between the United States and Iran to end, but uncertainty looms over the second round of talks in Islamabad. The United States demanded missile development limits and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, while Iran sought the removal of naval blockades and the release of frozen funds. Concurrently, a cryptocurrency scam targetted stranded vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, demanding Bitcoin for transit.

And campaigning for the first phase of election in West Bengal and for the single phase in Tamil Nadu has concluded. Meanwhile, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge sparked a massive row by calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi a 'terrorist' and then clarifying that he meant terrorise. In West Bengal, Union Minister Amit Shah pledged the implementation of the Uniform Civil Code. Additionally, authorities in Gurugram dismantled a counterfeit drug racket manufacturing fake Mounjaro weight loss injections in a residential apartment, seizing products worth fifty-six lakh rupees.