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The hearing for the hijab case is underway in the Karnataka High Court. Counsel for Petitioners YH Muchhala has argued that a head scarf is a piece of cloth covering the head not the face, adding that it should be permitted to use.

It is not right for college to prevent us from doing that, counsel for Petitioners YH Muchhala said.

2:30 pm: Hearing resumes.

2:33 pm: Petitioners making rejoinder arguments. Arguments are expected to be concluded today and order reserved as was stated by the HC yesterday.

2:37 pm: We have to get up early. We will rise at 4 pm. So please finish by then.

Stating that he has had “an impeccable political and sporting career in the last three decades”, Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu has urged the Supreme Court not to punish him with a jail term in a 1988 road rage case in which the cricketer-turned-politician was let off with a meager fine of ₹1,000.

Submitting his affidavit in response to a court notice issued in September 2018, Sidhu sought to highlight that he has worked for the welfare of not only the citizens of his constituency, but the public at large as a Parliamentarian.

“Further, the answering respondent (Sidhu) herein, through various philanthropic gestures has made contributions towards social welfare by helping those in need of immediate financial assistance and by contributing to the development of environmental projects. The above stated indisputable facts exhibit that the answering respondent has been a law-abiding citizen and ought not be punished any further,” the affidavit said.

A Russian AN-26 military transport aircraft crashed in Russia's southern Voronezh region on Thursday, killing its crew on board, Interfax news agency quoted Russian military officials as saying.

The accident could have been caused by a technical failure and has not inflicted any damage on the ground, Interfax said, citing a press office of Russia's western military district.

Days after Russia's Security Council "recognised the independence" of Donetsk and Luhansk in eastern Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin on Thursday ordered a military invasion of Ukraine.

The official Twitter account of the country of Ukraine shared a cartoon showing Adolf Hitler smiling down on Russian President Vladimir Putin. The cartoon was posted by the account today, 24 February, amidst Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine.

The image was earlier posted without any caption this morning.  The picture shows Hitler smiling down on Putin, with a proud look on his face. The cartoon reflects the history of the region during World War II, when German forces under Hitler invaded Ukraine and other parts of the then-Soviet Union in 1941. Through this image, Ukraine indicated that they were being invaded one again, this time by Moscow’s forces.

Hours later, Ukraine added a statement, saying that the cartoon was not a meme, “our and your reality right now.”