In the aftermath of the worst terror-attack on the Sri Lankan soil in which the death-toll has risen to 359 and whose responsibility was taken by the Islamic State, the government is now considering burqa ban. A Sri Lankan government source told that the authorities are considering burqa ban in consultations with Muslim-community leaders. The issue has also been discussed with President Maithripala Sirisena.

A Delhi court on Wednesday stayed the non-bailable warrants, which were issued against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, his deputy Manish Sisodia and Swaraj India president Yogendra Yadav after they had failed to appear before it in a criminal defamation complaint filed in 2013. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal passed the order after lawyers for the three leaders sought cancellation of the NBWs.

With the Trump administration tightening regulations for H-1B visa holders in the United States, software professionals, mostly Indian, are making a beeline to Canada, said two people with direct knowledge of the people movement. A large chunk of technology professionals on H-1B visas in the US are Indians, with the country offering 85,000 H-1B visas each year.