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On the national front: politics, protest and a surprising cultural gift to the UN sit beside breaking probes and a soggy start to monsoon August....
UPSC Recruitment 2026: The last date to submit applications is 6pm on August 28 for posts other than those under the Administration of the Union Territory of Ladakh....
Union Road Transport & Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari issued a stark warning on India's road safety crisis, stating that no war or disease claims as many lives as India's roads do each year....
In a note by the Civil Aviation Ministry on the incident that happened while the plane was flying over Odisha, the word "turbulence" was missing...
Senior IAS officer Deepti Gaur Mukerjee appointed Secretary of Department of Higher Education under Ministry of Education....
India won one gold, three bronze medals, and an honourable mention at the International Linguistics Olympiad 2026 in Romania....
NDA MPs warmly welcomed PM Modi at 'Mangal Milan', waving tricolours and chanting patriotic slogans at Parliament....
GVMC Commissioner Ketan Garg launches poster for 'News in Frames' photography exhibition, showcasing societal moments on August 19-20....
The BJP has taken up the cause of the national song, declaring that it deserves as much respect as national anthem "Jana Gana Mana" and advocating that all six stanzas of the song be sung instead of the traditional practice of limiting it only to two stanzas....
NeGD and AAERI launch AAERI Verify, a DigiLocker-integrated platform for secure, paperless verification of Indian students' documents for Australian universities....
RTI reveals 10 injured by pellets during July 20 Parliament march; TMC's Saket Gokhale calls for Amit Shah's resignation....
Police used water cannons, lobbed tear gas shells, and lathi-charged job aspirants as they breached barricades and closed in on Jharkhand Assembly premises, protesting alleged irregularities in recruitment exams....
From The Hindu Archives, August 11, 1926: An “Englishman” cable dated London, August 8, says:- “The Daily Mail” says the latest scientific instruments exhibited at the meetings of the British Association bring nearer the discovery of the source of life, and a new source of power with a trigger to set it off and a boiler to control it. Some scientists foresee the day when an engine will be driven from London to Edinburgh on a handful of cobblestones....
Weather Today, Delhi-NCR Rain, IMD Monsoon Alert Live Updates: Delhi-NCR records 10th consecutive day of satisfactory air quality with light rain and cloudy skies....
The monsoon session, which began on July 20, has witnessed massive uproar over the past 16 days over the police crackdown on the students' protest in Delhi....
Aditya Humad was charged in September 2021 along with Kingsley R. Chin, SpineFrontier's Founder, President and CEO....
The incident occurred in the early hours of Monday, when a snake bit six students sleeping in the hostel of a primary-secondary residential school in Gadchiroli's Japtalai village....
Paris Saint-Germain boosts its defence by signing left back Lucas Digne from Aston Villa on a three-year contract....
Abhishek Banerjee is facing a police case related to alleged intimidatory statements he madeduring the 2026 West Bengal Assembly election campaign....
The accused allegedly grabbed the woman and demanded sexual favours. When the woman refused, he tied a wire around her neck and raped her....
According to the Gurugram Police, the incident took place on July 24 and came to light only after the video went viral....
At least 24 girl students at a Kolkata school were rushed to RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on Monday night after they fell ill, an official at the medical facility said....
While legal experts differ on the scope of the government's powers and Meta's obligations, they broadly agree that the dispute turns on how far intermediary protections extend when platforms actively recommend and amplify content....
From The Hindu Archives, August 11, 1976: The choice of course of the candidates seeking admission to the five Indian Institutes of Technology does not appear to be related to their aptitudes or interest. They are guided much more by their assessment of job opportunities that will be available at the end of the five-year course, according to Prof. A.K. Basu Chairman of Admissions....
Employee unions have been among the most vocal critics of the Mann government, with repeated protests over regularisation, salaries and service conditions, as well as criticism over police action during some agitations....
The number of judges of the High Court of Karnataka has increased to 54 with six newly appointed additional judges assuming office. The new judges are Justices Raghavendra S. Srivatsa, Hema Kulkarni, Subramanya R., T.P. Vivekananda, B. Pramod and H. Shanthi Bhushan....
The affected districts include Golaghat, Sivasagar, Hojai, Darrang, Lakhimpur, Jorhat, Karbi Anglong, Charaideo, Nagaon and Biswanath....
Uneven rainfall distribution and emerging global climate patterns present a mixed outlook for the current Kharif cropping season....
Praggnanandhaa faces Samuel Sevian in the Sinquefield Cup's first round after Firouzja's withdrawal....
The Opposition MPs held a protest in Parliament over Home Minister Amit Shah's statement and the ongoing row concerning donations for the Ram Temple. The NDA MPs held a counter protest against the Opposition's logjam in both the Houses....
Congress accuses BJP of sending Yuva Morcha members from West Bengal to inflate Jharkhand student protest against exam irregularities....
U.S. judge dismisses graft case against Gautam Adani, raising concerns over unusual collaboration in the decision-making process....
Explore how son preference in Maharashtra drives female foeticide, revealing a shocking link between protectors and predators....