In a snub to China amid border tension, India today said Australia would join the high-level Malabar naval exercises, which makes it the full "Quad" or quadrilateral coalition in the mega drill next month, along with the US and Japan; High Court has stepped in after coronavirus cases continue to grow in West Bengal; Actor Vijay Sethupathi has dumped the Muralitharan biopic amid uproar and other top news of the day.