Air India cancels two Dreamliner flights

Troubles continued at Air India, which is facing the biggest crisis since Tata group bought the airline three and a half years back, with its flights to London and Paris on Tuesday (June 17, 2025) being cancelled for varied reasons and a glitch forcing fliers on San Francisco-Mumbai flight to deplane during a stopover.

An Air India flight from San Francisco to Mumbai suffered a technical snag in one of its engines due to which passengers had to be deplaned during a scheduled halt at the city’s airport early on Tuesday (June 17, 2025).

Iran accuses G7 of siding with Israel with de-escalation call

Iran accused the Group of Seven nations on Tuesday (June 17, 2025) of siding with Israel in its call for “de-escalation” in their intensifying conflict, now in its fifth day. “The G7 must give up its one-sided rhetoric and tackle the real source of the escalation – Israel’s aggression,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said.

Explosions heard across Tehran; Israel warns Khamenei he risks fate like Saddam’s

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz warned Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday he could suffer a fate “similar to” Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, who was toppled and later executed. Katz warned Khamenei risked “a fate similar to Saddam Hussein” during a meeting with Israeli military and security service commanders, according to a statement from his office.

Mehul Choksi takes ‘kidnapping’ allegations against India to U.K. court

Mehul Choksi, the businessman wanted in India to face charges in the Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case, is suing the Indian government and five individuals in the High Court in London as conspirators for his alleged “kidnap, torture and attempted rendition”. The Indian authorities have denied the allegations and objected to the U.K. jurisdiction based on “state immunity” and also sought permission for expert evidence on Indian law and the Indian Constitution to be taken into account.

Israel-Iran conflict: Trump says he wants Iran to give up entirely on nuclear weapons

U.S. President Donald Trump said he wanted a “real end” to the nuclear problem with Iran, with Iran “giving up entirely” on nuclear weapons, in comments he made to reporters on Air Force One on his way back from the Group of Seven summit in Canada.

Screening of films cannot be threatened with arson, violence: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (June 17, 2025) upheld the rights of filmmakers and theatre owners to release movies without threats of arson and violence while making it clear that the Karnataka government must protect Kamal Haasan’s right to screen ‘Thug Life’ in the State. “We cannot have mobs and vigilante groups take over our streets. We cannot allow this to happen. Rule of law must prevail,” Justice Ujjal Bhuyan, heading a Vacation Bench also comprising Justice Manmohan, addressed the Karnataka government side.

India believed to have ‘slightly expanded’ its nuclear arsenal in 2024: Global think-tank SIPRI report

Nearly all of the nine nuclear-armed states, including India and Pakistan, continued intensive nuclear modernisation programmes in 2024, upgrading existing weapons and adding newer versions, according to a report by a global think-tank. India is believed to have once again “slightly expanded” its nuclear arsenal in 2024 and continued to develop new types of nuclear delivery systems, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said in a statement.

Israel-Iran conflict: Indian citizens using own vehicles advised to ‘move outside Tehran’

Amidst reports of possible broadening of the Israel-Iran conflict, the Indian Embassy in Iran has urged “all” Indian nationals and People of Indian Origin who are using “own” vehicles to leave the city for a safer location outside. The Tuesday (June 17, 2025) morning public announcement is aimed at the large number of Indians and an unspecified number of People of Indian Origin resident in Tehran as U.S. President Donald Trump cut short his visit to the G7 summit in Canada and rushed back to Washington DC.

ICC ready for 4-day Tests in 2027-29 WTC cycle; India, Australia, England to still play 5-day matches

The International Cricket Council (ICC) is ready to sanction four-day Tests for smaller nations in the 2027-29 World Test Championship cycle but India, Australia and England can still play the traditional five-day matches, according a report here. The move to reduce matches by one day would be a significant change and can help smaller nations to play more Tests and longer series. “During discussions last week at the WTC final at Lord’s, the ICC chair, Jay Shah, is understood to have expressed his support for four-day Tests, with a view to sanctioning them in time for the 2027-29 WTC cycle,” a report in ‘The Guardian’ newspaper said.

Shubman Gill is mix of both Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli as captain, says Jos Buttler

India’s new Test captain Shubman Gill is a mix of his predecessors Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli but he will be “very much his own man” in the middle when he leads the national side in the eagerly-awaited five-Test series against England starting on Friday (June 20, 2025), feels Jos Buttler. Buttler, the former England limited-overs captain who played under Gill in this year’s IPL, said the 25-year-old will need to find a balance between his captaincy role and his own batting.

Rains lash Delhi-NCR; IMD issues safety advisory

Rains lashed several parts of Delhi-NCR on Tuesday (June 17, 2025). Earlier in the day, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) had issued a red alert for Delhi and surrounding areas, predicting thunderstorms accompanied by hail, moderate to heavy rainfall, and gusty winds reaching speeds of 50-70 kilometres per hour at isolated places.

Madras High Court judge pens poem for unity between Tenkalai and Vadakalai sects of Vaishnavites

Impressing upon the need for the Tenkalai and Vadakalai sects of Vaishnavites to end the differences between them since the 15th century, Justice N. Anand Venkatesh of the Madras High Court has penned a poem calling upon them to walk together in peace. The judge said, the sects should abide by the rule of law and celebrate temple festivals peacefully, which was the objective of any religion, instead of attempting to project their respective Acharyas — Manavala Mamuni and Vedanta Desikar — even above Lord Venkateswara.

Israel says it killed high-ranking Iranian General

Israel claimed Tuesday it killed another high-ranking Iranian general after decimating its military command. The Israeli military said it killed Gen Ali Shadmani, who had just been named as the head of the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters.