Galgotias University was asked to vacate its stall at the India AI Impact Summit after a dispute over a robotic dog display. A viral video showed staff saying the robot was built by the university’s Centre of Excellence. Social media users identified the machine as a Chinese-made Unitree Go2 sold online. The robot was presented at the expo under the name “Orion.” The university later said it only purchased the robot for training and never claimed to have built it. “It is a classroom in motion,” the university said in a statement on X. A community note said earlier on-camera claims showed otherwise. 

Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Mohsin Naqvi said Sri Lanka president Anura Kumara Dissanayake played the key role in Pakistan reversing its decision to boycott the India match at the T20 World Cup. Pakistan had earlier planned to skip the game in support of Bangladesh. Naqvi said the U-turn came after talks between cricket boards and ICC officials. He said the Sri Lankan president personally called Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to request participation. “You were the actual hero because 2 billion people were entertained because of you,” Naqvi told him. Pakistan later played the match in Colombo but lost to India. Their next game became a must-win. (PC: India Today)

Talks between Russia, Ukraine and the United States on ending the war concluded in Geneva without a deal after two days of meetings. Negotiators met late Tuesday and again on Wednesday, but reported no breakthrough. Russian negotiator Vladimir Medinsky said the talks were “difficult” but “businesslike” and added that another meeting would happen soon. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called the discussions “not easy” due to major gaps between both sides. Ukrainian negotiator Rustem Umerov said the talks were “substantive and intensive” but gave no details. Key disputes remain over territory, a ceasefire plan, and control of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant. A future prisoner swap is being discussed. (PC: BBC)

New CCTV footage shows a 17-year-old driving an SUV at high speed just before a crash that killed 23-year-old Sahil Dhaneshra in West Delhi. The accident took place near Dwarka on February 3. The video shows the SUV narrowly missing a bus and moving out of its lane before hitting the victim’s bike. Another clip recorded from inside the car also shows the vehicle speeding on a road without a divider. The teen driver is on interim bail due to Class 10 board exams. Police records show the SUV had 13 challans earlier, including nine for speeding. The teen allegedly had no licence. 

The Election Commission of India has announced biennial Rajya Sabha elections for 37 seats across 10 states. Voting will be held on March 16 from 9 am to 4 pm. Counting will take place at 5 pm the same day. The seats are spread across Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Bihar, Odisha, Assam, Telangana, Haryana, Chhattisgarh, and Himachal Pradesh. Notifications will be issued on February 26. The last date for nominations is March 5. The poll body said, “Only integrated violet colour sketch pen(s)… shall be used for marking preferences.” Observers will monitor the process. The election process will end by March 20. (PC: HT)

Galgotias University vacated its stall at the India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi after a controversy over a robotic dog displayed at its booth, sources said. The device shown as part of a campus AI project was identified online as a Chinese-made Unitree Go2 robot. A professor had described it as developed under the university’s AI initiative. The university later said it never claimed it built the robodog and called it a teaching tool. An X community note disputed this clarification. Professor Neha Singh said, “We cannot claim that we manufactured it.” Registrar Nitin Kumar Gaur called the issue a communication mix-up. (PC: India Today)

Delhi Police have registered an FIR against online grocery delivery platform Blinkit after button knives allegedly used in stabbing incidents in West Delhi's Khyala area were traced to purchases made through the platform. The action follows a murder case in which minor victim Sohail died after being stabbed in the stomach near a community centre in C Block, Khyala. Two juvenile accused disclosed during questioning that the knives were ordered via Blinkit. Police conducted a decoy operation, successfully ordering button knives themselves to verify the claim. Raids on multiple Blinkit dark stores across Delhi recovered over a dozen such knives. A notice will soon be issued to the company seeking its response. (PC: X)

US-Iran tensions remain volatile despite "general agreement" reached after second-round nuclear talks in Geneva on Tuesday. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi confirmed both sides agreed on guiding principles toward a potential deal that would lift sanctions on Tehran. However, no date has been set for a third round, with Araghchi warning the next stage would be "more difficult." Simultaneously, the US deployed over 50 fighter jets and the world's largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford, to the Middle East. Iran temporarily closed the Strait of Hormuz and announced joint naval drills with Russia in the Sea of Oman on Thursday. Trump reminded Tehran of the June 2025 B-2 bomber strike, urging Iran to be "reasonable."

New CCTV footage accessed by NDTV has revealed the horrifying moments before 17-year-old teen driver killed 23-year-old Sahil Dhaneshra on February 3 near Dwarka, West Delhi. The footage shows the unlicensed teen's Mahindra Scorpio overspeeding, losing lane discipline, and narrowly missing a bus before colliding head-on with Sahil's bike. The SUV had accumulated 13 challans previously, nine for speeding. Sahil's mother Inna Maakan says she screamed for 10 minutes before the nearby ambulance responded, and alleged hospital staff ignored them until she shouted. Sahil's room filled with medals, motivational posters reading "Obsession is gonna beat talent" and a ceiling note saying "2025 will be my year" paints a devastating portrait of dreams cut tragically short.

Galgotias University's troubles at the India AI Impact Summit deepened after reports emerged that the government asked them to vacate. "We have not been informed yet that we have to vacate," a Galgotias professor told ANI. The controversy expanded beyond the Chinese Unitree robodog "Orion" when netizens exposed a second misrepresentation in which a drone the university claimed to have built from scratch, later identified as a commercially available Striker V3 ARF retailing at Rs 20,000–30,000. The university had also claimed Rs 350-crore investment in AI infrastructure during its presentation. Social media users accused the institution of deliberate fraud, with one writing: "Who are you trying to hoodwink with this statement?"