Top news updates of the day. 
1. Four Israeli women soldiers—Liri Albag, Karina Ariev, Daniella Gilboa, and Naama Levy—were released on Saturday after more than 15 months in captivity. They had been abducted by Palestinian militants on October 7, 2023, while serving near the Gaza border.

2. The Trump administration's Interior Department announced that it had officially renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America and reinstated the name Mount McKinley for Alaska's highest peak, previously renamed Denali in 1975. 

3. The US Supreme Court has denied a petition by Tahawwur Rana, a terror suspect linked to the 2008 Mumbai attacks, challenging his extradition to India. 

4. The BJP candidate from New Delhi, Parvesh Verma, immersed an effigy of former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the Yamuna River to protest Kejriwal’s unfulfilled promise to clean the river. 

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5. Indonesia and India signed a series of agreements covering a range of sectors, including culture, health, maritime security, defence, and digital cooperation, in a ceremony held ahead of India’s Republic Day.

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