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News18 Evening Digest: Iran Opens Airspace For Indian Students, PM Modi's Swipe At Lalu Prasad & Other Top Stories
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In today's News18 evening digest, we bring to you the latest on Israel-Iran war, PM Modi's Bihar visit, Sitaare Zameen Par Review and other updates.
Iran on Friday said it is making a special exception to facilitate the evacuation of Indian students stranded amid the ongoing Israel-Iran conflict.
Iranian officials are working closely with Indian authorities as part of Operation Sindhu, New Delhi's mission to safely relocate students studying in West Asia affected by the conflict. Read More
PM Narendra Modi in Bihar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, addressing a high-stakes rally in poll-bound Bihar on Friday, launched a scathing attack on the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the Congress, accusing them of allegedly insulting Babasaheb Bhim Rao Ambedkar and betraying the aspirations of Dalits and backward classes. His remarks come amid a growing controversy over a viral video that purportedly shows RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav placing an image of Ambedkar near a chair, before resting his leg on it. Read More
'We must strike all symbols of the regime and its mechanisms of oppression, such as the Basij, as well as the base of the regime's power, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps," Katz said.
Saudi Arabia's Nuclear and Radiological Regulatory Commission (NRRC) said that 'any armed attack by any party targeting nuclear facilities dedicated to peaceful purposes constitutes a violation of international resolutions." The warning comes as Israel has been targeting several Iranian nuclear sites and military bases since June 13, in what officials in Tel Aviv call a preemptive operation to neutralize Iran's ballistic and nuclear threat.
Sitaare Zameen Par Movie Review: Aamir Khan's Sitaare Zameen Par has every ingredient to make it a blockbuster. It's a spiritual sequel to the extraordinary Taare Zameen Par. It has a social message laced with feel-good humour. It marks the superstar's return to the big screen three years after Laal Singh Chaddha. And it brings together a bunch of 'intellectually disabled' people and celebrates their lives. What's refreshing is that here, there's no room for sappiness (for the most part). Read More
Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah was one of six players nominated for the Professional Footballers' Association Men's Player of the Year award on Friday. Read More
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June 20, 2025, 18:30 IST
