Published at 5.00 p.m.

PM Modi interacts with NCC cadets

Prime Minister interaction with NCC cadets | Photo Credit: V. V Krishnan

Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacts with National Cadet Corps cadets in New Delhi.

Published at 12.30 p.m.

Pope Francis arrives in Peru

Pope Francis waves from his vehicle as arrives to celebrate a seaside Mass on Huanchaco Beach, near the city of Trujillo, Peru, on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018. During his seven-day trip in Chile and Peru, Francis personally apologized to survivors of priests who sexually abused them, traveled deep into the Amazon to meet with indigenous leaders, decried the scourge of violence against women in Latin America and urged the Chilean government and radical factions of the Mapuche indigenous group to peacefully resolve one of the region's longest-running disputes.

Published at 11.30 a.m.

Protest against bus fare hike in Tamil Nadu

DMK members staging protest in Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu. | Photo Credit: L. Balachandar

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and its alliance parties on Saturday stagged protest against Tamil Nadu bus fare hike.

Published at 10.30 a.m.

Cambodian PM begins state visit

Prime minister Narendra Modi welcomes Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia during a ceremonial reception at Rashtrapati Bhawan. | Photo Credit: V. Sudershan

Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hin Sen began his one-day state visit on Saturday, two days after arriving here for ASEAN-India Summit and the 69th Republic Day celebrations.

The Cambodian PM was given a ceremonial reception at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. This is to be followed by a wreath laying ceremony at Mahatma Gandhi's memorial in Rajghat.

Published at 10.00 a.m.

Mayon volcano eruption

Molten rocks and lava flow down the slopes of Mayon volcano during its mild eruption as seen from Legazpi city, Albay province, southeast of Manila, Philippines on Saturday. | Photo Credit: AP

Mayon's lava fountaining has flowed up to more than 3 kilometers (1.86 miles) from the crater in a dazzling but increasingly dangerous eruption.

Published at 9.30 a.m.

Australian Open

Taiwan's Liang En Shuo celebrates after winning the final at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia. | Photo Credit: AP

Taiwan's Liang En Shuo defeated France's Clara Burel in the girl's singles final to win the Australian Open.

Published at 9.00 a.m.

About 40 dead in South Korea hospital blaze

A Buddhist monk prays for victims of a hospital fire during a joint memorial altar for victims in Miryang, South Korea. | Photo Credit: AP

A fire raced through a small South Korean hospital with no sprinkler system on Friday, killing 37 people, many of them elderly, and injuring more than 140 others in the country's deadliest blaze in about a decade.

Published at 8.00 a.m.

North participating in Winter Olympics in South Korea

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and South Korean Defense Minister Song Young-moo enter Pacific Command headquarters in Honolulu, Hawaii. | Photo Credit: AP

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said that Olympics talks between North and South Korea should not distract from the internationally agreed goal of denuclearizing the North.