British built 4,000 km hedge across India to enforce salt tax
London book conservator Roy Moxham discovered records of a 4,000 km living hedge built by the British to enforce the salt tax. The barrier, known as the Great Hedge of India, stretched…
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Three incidents shaped Kailash Satyarthi’s activism against child labour
Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi narrated three defining episodes from his childhood and youth that set him on the path to fighting child labour and bonded labour. At age five in Vidisha, he…
Organ transplants in India hit nearly 20,000 in 2025
India recorded nearly 20,000 organ transplants in 2025, up from fewer than 5,000 in 2013, according to a February 2026 Press Information Bureau release. The National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO)…
Container truck rams car in MP’s Dhar, six Gujarat residents dead
Six people from Gujarat were killed on Sunday when a container truck crashed into their car near Panchak Vasa, about 4 km from Badnawar town in Madhya Pradesh's Dhar district. The collision…
Channi supporters disrupt Punjab Congress meet with slogans
A section of Punjab Congress workers raised slogans for former chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi at a party programme in Khanna on Saturday, exposing the factional tensions that continue to plague the…
Law graduate jumps to death; two sisters booked for abetment in Mumbai
Sanath Raghavan, a 24-year-old law graduate and former clerk to a Bombay High Court judge, died by suicide on August 6 in Bandra East, Mumbai. He jumped from the 13th floor of…
Rajasthan govt school students launch own newspapers
At a government school in Tonk, Rajasthan, students from Classes 10 to 12 produce their own newspapers to counter the lack of access to news in their village. PM Shri Government Senior…
AAP alleges Rs 22,000 crore rice scam in Delhi government
Delhi's ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has accused the BJP-led Delhi government of a Rs 22,000 crore rice scam. AAP chief Saurabh Bharadwaj claimed on Sunday that subsidised rice meant for the…
Air India pilot failed dope test after Phuket-Delhi turbulence: sources
One of the two pilots of the Air India flight that hit severe turbulence on August 4, dropping 300 feet near Odisha, has reportedly failed a post-flight dope test, sources told India…
India names 27 places in Arunachal, China slams move as ‘self-deception’
India has officially identified 27 locations in Arunachal Pradesh on its political map, including passes, a lake, and a war memorial linked to the 1962 conflict. The update adds places like Thag…
