Month: January 2026

Illustration: Sreejith R. Kumar Her gaze fixed on the floor, pallu firmly tucked over both shoulders, sadness in her eyes and a quiet demeanour. That is how Sunetra Pawar, mother…

Great Nicobar Island, the southernmost tip of the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago, is one of the most pristine and isolated ecosystems on the planet, and the home of the Shompen…

The ACC PLI scheme, launched in October 2021, was designed to catalyse a domestic battery manufacturing ecosystem and reduce a near-total reliance on Chinese imports. File image for representation only.…

The story so far: On January 29, the Supreme Court stayed a new set of regulations notified by the University Grants Commission earlier this month on the promotion of equity…

The story so far: Negotiations on the India-European Union Free Trade Agreement (FTA) — dubbed the ‘mother of all deals’ by leaders on both sides — officially concluded on January…

Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Saturday announced projects worth over ₹135 crore to boost civic infrastructure in the Mehrauli Assembly constituency. “These projects in the historic Mehrauli area mark a…

A 55-year-old man died after the taxi he was travelling in got involved in a multi-vehicle collision due to dense fog on the Urban Extension Road-II in Delhi’s Dwarka early…

Illustration: Sreejith R. Kumar In mid-January, Nepal’s oldest party, the Nepali Congress, was in turmoil. A cohort of young leaders led by Gagan Thapa launched a mutiny against the party’s…

Despite Karnataka’s strong socio-economic growth over the past 25 years, the Karnataka Regional Imbalances Redressal Committee (2026), headed by economist M. Govinda Rao, has found a significant increase in the…

Two persons were murdered in two Tasmac outlets near Ambur and Tirupattur town on Saturday over previous enmity. Police said the deceased were identified as S. Appunu (40), a native…