Top news of the day: August 21, 2024

PM Modi arrives in Warsaw on first leg of two-nation visit to Poland and Ukraine Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Poland on the first leg of his two-nation visit during which he will also travel to the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and share perspectives with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on a peaceful resolution of the Ukraine conflict. Internet suspended, 72 held in Badlapur post violence during protest over sexual abuse case Internet services at Badlapur in Maharashtra’s Thane district were suspended on Wednesday, a day after a massive protest over alleged sexual abuse of two kindergarten girls, and 72 persons have been arrested in connection with the violence during the stir, officials said. Badlapur sexual assault: Supriya Sule seeks Fadnavis’ resignation; Anil Deshmukh demands clearing of Shakti bill to ensure strict punishment NCP leader Supriya Sule targeted the Maharashtra government and demanded the resignation of Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who holds the home portfolio. “An inadvertent release of an air store from an Indian Air Force fighter aircraft took place near Pokhran firing range area, due to technical malfunction, today,” the Indian Air Force posted on ‘X’. India’s second 700 MW nuclear power KAPS-4 plant starts operations at full capacity India’s second home-built 700 MW nuclear power reactor at Kakrapar Atomic Power Station in Gujarat, started operating at its full capacity, the plant operator said.