3 people have been arrested in Bihar’s Jamui district after a video showing a Class 10 girl and a boy being harassed went viral. The incident reportedly took place on September 19. Jamui SP Bishwajeet Dayal said police identified around seven people from the video. An FIR has been filed under the POCSO Act and relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. A Special Investigation Team led by a woman officer is conducting raids to arrest the remaining suspects. Police also traced the victims after the video surfaced online. Authorities have started steps to remove the video from social media platforms.  

US President Donald Trump said Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to end the Russia-Ukraine war. He accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of wanting the conflict to continue. Trump said he wants peace and does not support a war lasting another 10 years. He also claimed about 2,000 people died last week. Zelenskyy said his meeting with Trump created diplomatic momentum. He said Trump had agreed to meet him in New York. Zelenskyy added that peace remains Ukraine’s top priority. The two sides discussed de-escalation, energy security, food security and protecting civilians. Zelenskyy also thanked Trump for supporting Ukraine.  

India will study the details of a new US law targeting Russia before deciding its response, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said. US President Donald Trump signed the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act into law on September 18. The law allows the US President to impose tariffs of up to 100% on countries that continue major purchases of Russian oil and gas. However, the tariff is not automatic. India is a major buyer of Russian crude oil. New Delhi and Washington are also negotiating a trade agreement. Goyal said India would discuss the matter after studying the law.  

Elavenil Valarivan won two silver medals on Day 1 of the Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya on Sunday. She first won team silver in the 10m air rifle with Sonam Uttam Maskar and Vidarsa K Vinod, India's first medal of these Games. Later, she led the individual final for most of the way but finished 0.6 behind Japan's Hinata Taichi, who set an Asian Games record with 253.0. Elavenil scored 252.4. The two-time Olympian said her approach has changed. "Lately I've started to enjoy the sport," she said. On her first Games medal, she added, "I'm going to cherish it to the core."

The death by suicide of second-year BTech student Sahil Wakode at IIT Bombay has put student suicides across IITs back in focus. The institute has suspended a professor named in an FIR and apologised for its earlier statement. The student's father has alleged abetment on grounds of caste discrimination. Three days of protests followed on the Powai campus.   The Centre told Parliament that 39 students died by suicide across IITs between 2018 and 2023. A Supreme Court-appointed task force found that 90% of faculty lacked adequate training to support distressed students. Counselling drives, hostel changes and official inquiries are under way. (PC: HT)

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has warned of "significant changes" in its operations if the United States resumes military action.   IRGC spokesperson Hossein Mohebbi said on Sunday, "We will bring new weapons with new capabilities into the battlefield, and the world will be astonished." He added, "We have new targets that have not yet been struck."   Iran's armed forces also claimed Washington was preparing fresh action.   Separately, a US Defence Department watchdog reported "strategic inventory shortfalls" after over $22 billion was spent on munitions from February to June. President Donald Trump has called such reports "fake news." (PC: X)

India's Suchika Tariyal won a historic bronze medal in mixed martial arts at the Asian Games 2026, but she left the arena in tears after missing out on the final by just 700 grams.   In the women's traditional 60kg semifinal, Singapore's Hui Hoon Teo was declared the winner after extra time. India's federation protested, and judges reviewing the footage ruled the bout a draw. As per the rules, the tie was then settled by pre-fight weight, and the lighter Teo advanced.   Tariyal, 36, became India's first Asian Games MMA medallist. (PC: India Today)

Age is no barrier for 85-year-old Lal Chand Godara, an Army veteran who has completed his Master of Arts from Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), scoring 965 out of 1,200 marks.   Godara, who served in the 1962, 1965 and 1971 wars, returned to his books at 76 after his grandchildren's questions revived his wish to finish his education. He graduated in 2023, at 81.   He joined the Army before turning 20 and later worked as a Yard Master in the Haryana Transport Department. His son, Dr Sahib Ram Godara, confirmed the news. Godara now plans to pursue a PhD or a law degree. (PC: The Indian Express)

The India-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement will come into force on October 20, 2026, Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal said on Monday. The date falls on Vijayadashami.   The pact, signed in April, gives Indian exports 100% duty-free access to New Zealand. India will open about 70% of its tariff lines in phases, while protecting sensitive sectors such as core dairy and onions.   New Zealand has pledged $20 billion in investment over 15 years and a quota of 5,000 temporary work visas for skilled Indian professionals. Both nations aim to double trade to nearly $5 billion in five years. (PC: X)

More than 1.6 million people across five Japanese prefectures have been urged to evacuate as Typhoon Dujuan moves close to Tokyo, bringing the threat of record rainfall.   In Kanagawa prefecture, firefighters fear a woman has been buried alive after a landslide crushed a house. About 300 flights have been cancelled and some train services suspended.   Dujuan has sustained winds of 130km/h, with gusts of up to 194km/h. Up to 350mm of rain could fall in the Tokai region.   The storm is the latest in a wave of Pacific storms, made more intense by this year's "super El Niño", which has warmed the ocean. (PC: BBC)