National news from across India: politics, policy, states, and society, retold briefly with neutral commentary.
Squadron Leader Bhawana Kanth has become the first woman pilot to clear the Indian Air Force’s Fighter Combat Leader course at the Tactics and Air Combat Development Establishment in Gwalior. The demanding…
Glaw Lake in Arunachal Pradesh was designated India’s 101st Ramsar Site on 3 August, making it the state’s first wetland to receive the status. The freshwater lake lies within the Kamlang Tiger…
The Bombay High Court’s Goa bench on Thursday overturned Tarun Tejpal’s 2021 trial court acquittal and convicted the former Tehelka editor of raping a junior colleague during the magazine’s 2013 event in…
The Srisailam temple will conduct the Varuna Yaga Sahitha Sahasra Ghatabhishekam from August 7 to 11, with priests performing Varuna Yagam, Rudra Homam and other rituals for Lord Mallikarjuna and Goddess Bhramaramba.…
Mumbai is leading India’s expansion of residential towers above 250 metres, with some projects exceeding 300 metres, The Hindu reports. Redevelopment, scarce land and advances in engineering are driving the shift upwards.…
A 5.1-magnitude earthquake struck Arunachal Pradesh’s Upper Siang district at 5.45 am on 6 August, the National Center for Seismology reported. It occurred at a depth of 11 km, with the epicentre…
A 1,000-tonne tunnel boring machine imported from Thailand is being assembled in Indore for the metro’s first underground corridor between the Airport and Kalani Nagar. Officials expect assembly to take about a…
The second Mechuka Trout Quest was held on 25 and 26 July in Arunachal Pradesh, attracting 56 competitors from India and Bhutan. Bhutan’s Sonam Tshering won the fly-fishing category. Nasreen Sultana Naaz…
The two reports give sharply different accounts of a Rajasthan SUV crash. Hindustan Times reports that Army personnel Rakesh Kumar, 36, and his friend Nitin, 22, died after an SUV hit a…
Ridip Panika, 13, died after entering floodwaters in Assam to save his three-month-old puppy Borun. He succeeded in rescuing the animal but was carried away by the strong current, The Assam Tribune…
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