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Pariksha Pe Charcha LIVE Updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said India's future depends on the youth as he interacted with students, teachers and parents to share 'valuable tips' with them on upcoming board and entrance exams in a relaxed manner. source https://www.news18.com/news/india/pariksha-pe-charcha-2020-live-updates-pm-narendra-modi-delhi-talkatora-indoor-stadium-students-time-mann-ki-baat-2464527.html

Rest of World News: LANGKAWI, MALAYSIA: Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Monday his ruling coalition could be a one-term government if it does not make s. source https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/malaysian-pm-mahathir-mohamad-says-ruling-coalition-could-be-a-one-term-government/articleshow/73414224.cms

The total wealth of the top 20 billionaires has doubled from $672 billion to $1,397 billion since 2012, according to Bloomberg Wealth. source https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/2-153-billionaires-richer-than-4-6-billion-people-says-oxfam-study/story-PnrborUdku3aUtyJ9TK5TO.html

Protesters at Lucknow's clock tower were in for a nasty surprise when cops seized their blankets, food and supplies at night. source https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/kambal-chor-trends-on-twitter-as-videos-of-up-police-stealing-blankets-from-protesters-go-viral-2463833.html

Answering a question about not being invited to visit Kashmir unlike European diplomats, Russian envoy to India Nikolay Kudashev said: "Those having doubts over India's approach on Kashmir can go there, we don't have any doubt". source https://indianexpress.com/article/india/no-doubts-on-indias-kashmir-approach-s-400-sams-to-be-delivered-by-2025-russia-6221607/

Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid said the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf government will hold rallies in the country till February 5 to express solidarity with the Kashmiri people. source https://www.news18.com/news/world/pakistan-has-shown-weakness-on-kashmir-issue-says-railways-minister-sheikh-rashid-2463531.html

In a setback to the AAP, two of its MLAs quit the party after they were denied ticket for the February 8 Delhi Assembly election with one of them joining the Congress on Saturday. source https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/delhi-assembly-election-2020-aap-mlas-adarsh-shastri-jagdeep-singh-quit-after-being-denied-ticket-2166179

Congress Leader Kapil Sibal reiterated that CAA is a discriminatory law. source https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/jan/18/no-jobs-growth-rate-is-going-down-but-pm-modi-is-worried-about-pakistan-kapil-sibal-at-caa-rally-2091383.html

Hindustan TimesThe mother of the December 2012 Delhi gang-rape and murder victim has hit out at senior lawyer Indira Jaising for asking her to forgive the four men, who are on death row for committing the brutal crime against her daughter. The mother was reacting to Indira Jaising’s tweet on Friday. “Who is Indira Jaising to give me such a suggestion? The whole country wants the convicts to be executed. Just because of people like her, justice is not done with rape victims,” she said. “I can’t believe how Indira Jaising even dared to suggest such this. I met her many times over the years in the Supreme Court, not once did she ask for my wellbeing and today she is speaking for convicts. Such people earn a livelihood by supporting rapists, hence rape incidents don’t stop,” she said. source https://www.hindustantimes.com/videos/india-news/asha-devi-on-indira-jaising-remarkvideo/video-UCkhKReJvLOLqULvqf8nRM.html

On Saturday evening, Shabana suffered injuries after her car rammed into a truck on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway. She was rushed to the MGM Hospital in Navi Mumbai, where she is being treated for her injuries. source https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/pm-narendra-modi-says-news-of-shabana-azmi-s-accident-distressing-i-pray-for-her-quick-recovery/story-8BrFWQ7loLyady6d8MMHHN.html

He also demanded an apology from Jaising, who is known for her stand against capital punishment. source https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/delhi/2020/jan/18/rising-number-of-rapes-due-to-such-a-mentality-nirbhayas-father-slams-jaising-2091259.html

New Delhi, January 18 A POCSO court convicted two men on Saturday for raping a five-year-old girl in east Delhi seven years ago, saying the case had shaken the collective conscience of the society. source https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/two-convicted-of-raping-5-year-old-girl-in-delhi-in-2013-28133

The killing of top Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani by US forces has ignited the imagination of Indians who are tired of terrorism nurtured, abetted and sponsored from across the border by Pakistan. source https://www.firstpost.com/india/taking-over-pok-captures-mass-imagination-but-practically-a-distant-dream-until-india-strengthens-military-boosts-global-influence-7924011.html

A Delhi court on January 17 issued a fresh death warrant for the execution of the four Nirbhaya convicts, with the convicts now scheduled to be hanged at 6 am on February 1 source https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/politics/nirbhaya-case-smriti-irani-blames-aap-for-delay-in-convicts-hanging-kejriwal-hits-back-4828891.html

Guha called Prime Minister Narendra Modi a ‘self-made’ man with administrative experience. source https://scroll.in/latest/950294/kerala-did-a-disastrous-thing-by-electing-rahul-gandhi-says-historian-ramachandra-guha

Local government officials said the Shirdi temple and all its units comprising Sai Prasadalaya, Sai Hospital, Sai Bhaktaniwas and medical shops won’t be affected by the shutdown. source https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/shirdi-to-shutdown-over-cm-uddhav-thackeray-s-remark-on-sai-baba-s-birthplace/story-mD2EkSKlO8A393KqDd9tKM.html

An NIA spokesperson said that it has re-registered the case against Singh and the three terrorists, who were arrested along with arms and ammunition while travelling in a car. Earlier, a team of NIA officials, including an Inspector General rank official, reached Srinagar and collected all the information from police in Jammu and Srinagar. source https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/nia-takes-over-probe-against-davinder-singh-hizbul-terrorists/articleshow/73350135.cms

Nirbhaya's mother Asha Devi on Saturday lashed out at senior lawyer Indira Jaising after the latter urged Nirbhaya's mother to forgive all four rapists of her daughter. While talking to ANI, she said, " Can't believe how Indira Jaising even dared to suggest such this. I met her many times over the years in Supreme Court,not once she asked for my well being and today she is speaking for convicts.Such people earn livelihood by supporting rapists,hence rape incidents don't stop." source https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/news/how-indira-jaising-even-dared-to-suggest-that-i-forgive-my-daughters-rapists-nirbhayas-mother/videoshow/73351247.cms

India News: A "fifth-generation dynast" Rahul Gandhi has no chance in Indian politics against a "hard-working and self-made" Narendra Modi, and Kerala did a disa source https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/kerala-did-a-disastrous-thing-by-electing-rahul-gandhi-ramachandra-guha/articleshow/73345990.cms

Guha said the reduction of the Congress from a source https://www.news18.com/news/politics/kerala-did-a-disastrous-thing-by-electing-rahul-gandhi-says-historian-ramachandra-guha-2462755.html