Delhi High Court Questions CJP Leaders, SBI Data Exposure on Dark Web and Other Key National and Global Updates

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday questioned Cockroach Janta Party co-convenors Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka over allegedly breaking a barricade to enter Jantar Mantar. Justice Subramonium Prasad made the oral observations while hearing the CJP leaders' plea challenging the extension of their judicial custody by a Special Executive Magistrate, noting that authorities could insist on stricter proof when a person is accused of breaching peace for a second time. State Bank of India on Wednesday informed stock exchanges about an incident involving the loss of certain customer data. The bank received communications regarding an alert concerning the suspected exposure of its customer data on the dark web five days earlier from its Threat Intelligence Service Provider, the Defence Cyber Agency, and CERT-In. The Delhi Police Special Cell arrested four people on Tuesday, including two women, for their alleged role in transporting a firearm to Mumbai ahead of an October 18 firing incident targeting Bollywood actor Tiger Shroff's car. Police stated the accused acted on instructions from Anil Pandit, who allegedly coordinated their movements through an encrypted messaging application. Delhi's air quality worsened to the 'poor' category, prompting the Commission for Air Quality Management to announce Stage 1 of the Graded Response Action Plan on Wednesday. GRAP uses short-term emergency measures divided into four stages to reduce air pollution depending on current or predicted pollution levels. The Supreme Court stayed a Kerala Police investigation for seven days into an FIR against former Keralam Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, his daughter T. Veena, and son-in-law P.A. Mohamed Riyas in the CMRL-Exalogic payoff case. West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari stated that only followers of 'Sanatan Dharma' would be allowed to touch Durga idols during immersion in the Hooghly river while reviewing arrangements at Babughat with Kolkata Police Commissioner Ajay Kumar Nand and Kolkata Municipal Commissioner Smita Pandey. U.S. President Donald Trump said in Washington that the U.S. and India are close to making a trade deal that will differ from earlier pacts. Meanwhile, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar hosted U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Mumbai for talks on expanding energy and defence cooperation, as bilateral ties face strain over trade policies and immigration rules. U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff also met Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg regarding the war in Ukraine. France's Prime Minister plans to meet unions to discuss security and vowed a massive police deployment at protests following recent riots, curfews, and arrests ahead of elections to choose a successor to President Emmanuel Macron. India asserted that human rights should not be used as political pressure or for selective targeting, opposing attempts to turn allegations and statistics into a negative characterisation of the nation. Indian para-athletes won 10 medals, including three gold, on Wednesday, bringing their total para-athletics tally to 30 after two days of competition following an earlier 14-medal haul on Tuesday.

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