In top news of the day on Thursday, February 20, 2020, one of the death row convicts of the Nirbhaya gangrape-murder case, Vinay Sharma, has moved a Delhi court seeking direction to Tihar Jail authorities to provide him psychiatric treatment. Earlier this week, he had received minor injuries and was taken to hospital for treatment after he banged his head on the wall on February 16, a Tihar Jail official said on Thursday.

Vodafone Idea on Thursday paid another Rs 1,000 crore to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) towards adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues. The company's shares on Wednesday closed over 38% amid reports that the government is unlikely to invoke the company's bank guarantees as of now.

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India's flag carrier airline, Air India, on Thursday suspended all flights to mainland China till June 20 in view of the Novel Coronavirus outbreak in the country. The coronavirus epidemic has claimed the lives of at least 2,118 people so far.

The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student wing of the RSS, has finally opened its account in Kolkata's Jadavpur University, usually considered to be a den of leftists. In the recently conducted JU student elections, ABVP performed phenomenally in the Engineering Department, as expected, snatching away the second position from SFI.

In news from the world of sports, Swiss tennis maestro Roger Federer has announced that he has successfully undergone knee surgery and is set to be on the sidelines till the end of the French Open in June. The 38-year-old took to Twitter on Thursday (February 20), to release a statement on why he decided to undergo the surgery now.

Ahead of the first game of the India-New Zealand test series, head coach Ravi Shastri took a trip down the memory lane during an exclusive interview with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Speaking to Cheteshwar Pujara, Ravi claimed that never in his dreams did he ever think he will be back at this place as the coach of the national side.

In entertainment news, reports corroborate that the new Bhanu Pratap Singh-directed horror movie, 'Bhoot – Part One: The Haunted Ship', is inspired by real events. The story is based on MV Wisdom, a 9000-tonne cargo ship that was found stranded on Juhu Beach in June 2011.

After a tragic incident killed 3 and left 10 injured on the sets of Kamal Haasan's Indian 2 on Wednesday, new details are now being revealed by the crew present on set. Costume designer Amritha Ram, who was present on location, said that her Kamal and Kajal Aggarwal were all seconds away from being crushed as well.