Breaking February 13 | Highlights

NASA has assigned two crew members to launch on the agency's SpaceX Crew-4 mission to the International Space Station (ISS).

NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren and Bob Hines will serve as spacecraft commander and pilot, respectively, for the Crew-4 mission, the US space agency said on Saturday, adding that additional crew members will be assigned as mission specialists in the future by the agency's international partners.

The mission is expected to be launched in 2022 on a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

As many as 31,976 people received the coronavirus vaccine jab in Maharashtra on Saturday, the state health department said. It took the tally of inoculated persons to 6,83,004 in the state.

"As many as 13,290 healthcare workers and 18,686 frontline workers have been inoculated today. With this, the cumulative figure of immunized healthcare workers rose to 5,49,105 while 1,33,899 front line workers have been inoculated so far," an official said.

Strong earthquake hits Japan

Rashmi Samant has made history after she became the first Indian woman to be elected president of the Oxford University Student Union (SU), on a manifesto promising syllabus decolonisation and decarbonising the world-famous institution.

Uttarakhand: Drilling work being conducted inside the Tapovan tunnel on the seventh day of the rescue operation in Chamoli district

Rohtak murder case: Wrestling coach Sukhwinder arrested in a joint operation by Delhi Police and Haryana Police

Former head of the European Central Bank, Mario Draghi has formally accepted the role of Italy's next Prime Minister and will be sworn in on Saturday.

Lok Sabha passes The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2021

Union Home Minister Amit Shah addressed Lok Sabha today. Here are some highlights from his address:

• We were asked what did we do about promises made during the abrogation of Article 370. It has been 17 months since the abrogation and you are demanding an account for it. Did you bring the account of what you did for 70 years? Had you worked properly, you need not have asked us.
• I have no objection, I will give an account for everything. But those who were given the opportunity to govern for generations should look within if they are even fit to demand an account.
• Many MPs said that bringing Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2021 means Jammu and Kashmir won't get statehood. I am piloting the Bill, I brought it. I have clarified the intentions. Nowhere it's written that Jammu and Kashmir won't get statehood. Where are you drawing conclusion from?
• I have said in this House and I say it again that this Bill has got nothing to do with the statehood of Jammu and Kashmir. Statehood would be given to Jammu and Kashmir at an appropriate time.
• Manish bhai (Manish Tewari), recall Congress days. Thousands killed, curfew imposed for days. Adjudge the situation on basis of data. Peace in Kashmir is a big thing. I don't want to recall the days of unrest. Such days won't be there (J&K) again as it's our Govt now.

Man arrested for allegedly raping and impregnating his 15-year-old daughter in Kollam district, Kerala. The case has been registered under the POCSO Act. 

Fire breaks out at a chemical factory in Tarapur town of Palghar district, Maharashtra. Five fire tenders present at the spot, fire fighting operations underway. More details awaited.

Three more people arrested in connection with the violence that took place in Burari on January 26, says Delhi Police. Three accused were earlier arrested on February 11.

January 26 violence accused Iqbal Singh and Deep Sidhu being taken from Delhi Police Crime Branch, Delhi's Chanakyapuri.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hand over the Arjun Main Battle Tank (MK-1A) to the Indian Army in Chennai, Tamil Nadu tomorrow.

The second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine being administered today to those who took the first shot on Day 1 of the nationwide inoculation drive on January 16.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman speaks in her reply to Budget 2021-22 in Lok Sabha. Here are some pointers from her address:

• Respecting Indian entrepreneurial skills, Indian managerial skills, Indian trade skills, Indian business skills, Indian youth, Jana Sangh onwards, BJP has consistently believed in India. We didn't borrow something from somewhere and gave a hybrid. 
• Stimulus plus reforms - an opportunity has been taken out of the pandemic situation. A challenging situation like a pandemic didn't deter Govt from taking up reforms that are going to be necessary for sustaining long-term growth for this country. 
• This Budget draws from the experience of the PM when he was CM - on the ground in Gujarat, seen so many revivals happening at a time when the license quota raj was going away post-1991 and then based on that experience, commitment to reform was blended into this Budget.

Five people were killed and two others received injuries in a firing at a wrestling center in Rohtak on Friday evening, according to the police.

Rs 1,511-crore has been collected for Ram Temple construction in Ayodhya, as per data available on Thursday evening, said Swami Govind Dev Giri, Treasurer of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Tirtha Kshetra. 

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will reply to the Budget discussion in Lok Sabha at 10 am today. 

Around 6 people died after their car rammed into a truck at Agra - Lucknow Expressway in the Talgram area this morning.