National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval and his US counterpart Jake Sullivan, who’re set to fulfill in Delhi later this month, will talk about the deteriorating setting in West Asia with Iran-backed Houthis enjoying havoc on industrial transport within the wake of Israel’s battle on Gaza. The two sides will even overview the US GE-414 engine know-how switch deal and the Predator MQ9B drone acquisition by the Indian armed forces. The two NSAs will even talk about the Chinese function within the Indo-Pacific, with the PLA Navy on an growth mode and searching for extra bases within the area utilizing the Belt-Road Initiative as leverage with smaller nations from Solomon Islands to Maldives. Dig deeper

Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) chief Aaditya Thackeray slammed the Ekanth Shinde-led Maharashtra authorities over the killing of Sena corporator Abhishek Ghosalkar, saying that the state is seeing “lawlessness like never before”. Abhishek, the son of an ex-MLA Vinod Ghosalkar, was shot useless by Mauris Noronha – popularly often known as Mauris bhai – over a private dispute within the Dahisar space in Mumbai on Thursday. Dig deeper

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Bollywood actor Preity Zinta went down reminiscence lane, recalling the time she shot for Mani Ratnam’s movie ‘Dil Se’. Sharing a throwback image taken on the movie’s set on X, previously often known as Twitter, the actor how director Mani Ratnam requested her to go fresh-faced for the movie. She additionally thanked the cinematographer Santosh Sivan for making her look beautiful even with out make-up on. Dig deeper

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Janhvi Kapoor’s sartorial prowess by no means fails to impress thousands and thousands of her followers. With Valentine’s Day nearly right here, the actor posted photographs of herself wearing a purple lace corset maxi costume that was all about magnificence and sensuality. The photos present Janhvi posing for the digital camera within the beautiful robe, which is from the cabinets of the clothes label, Rasario. Dig deeper

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Australia clinched a nail-biting one-wicket victory over a resilient Pakistan within the U19 World Cup semifinal on Friday, propelled by Tom Straker’s spectacular six-wicket haul and Harry Dixon’s strong fifty. The triumph units the stage for an intense last showdown towards defending champions India in Benoni. The title conflict might be a rematch of the senior males’s ODI World Cup final yr, when Australia had defeated India in Ahmedabad to clinch a sixth title. However, for India U19 captain Uday Saharan, revenge shouldn’t be on the thoughts; the teenager believes that his facet will solely focus by itself sport and never fear an excessive amount of in regards to the previous. Dig deeper

That’s all we now have at this hour in our morning briefing. Catch you within the afternoon!