Who is Neeru Dhanda? Get to know India’s historic trap shooter, her career, major achievements, ISSF World Cup success and Asian Games 2026 gold medal triumph
Trump’s White House media ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico has sparked a First Amendment fight over press access, free speech and government power.
Maharashtra CEO S Chockalingam has reportedly sought greater ERO discretion and four ECINet changes, with the Election Commission partly accepting one demand
Rahul Gandhi has sought answers from Kanhaiya Kumar and NSUI chief Vinod Jakhar after the student wing failed to win any DUSU central panel post
Donald Trump has disputed his ambassador's claim that he asked Xi Jinping about buying US weapons, while the State Department said there was no offer to sell arms to China
The CWC is expected to discuss SIR, electoral roll concerns and a possible nationwide agitation as the Congress steps up its ‘Vote Chori’ campaign against the Election Commission
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Germany, France and Britain are strengthening defences against Russian military and hybrid threats as Europe prepares for a more uncertain security environment.
Electors who received notices during Delhi’s Special Intensive Revision will no longer have to visit ERO or AERO offices for hearings in routine cases, with Booth Level Officers to collect documents from their homes.
The police have booked a total of seven people, including social media content creators, in connection with the clashes, as investigators examine online posts, CCTV footage and drone recordings to identify those allegedly involved in the unrest
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Neeru Dhanda creates history at the Asian Games 2026, winning India’s first individual gold of the Games in women’s trap after a sensational performance in the final
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The Supreme Court questioned how minors can open social media accounts and asked the Centre to address the issue under existing laws, warning platforms could face directions
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The meeting took place on Sunday, according to the UAE’s state-run Emirates News Agency (WAM). The agency said the two leaders discussed “bilateral relations between the UAE and Israel and ways to strengthen and develop them”
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Goldy Brar has been added to the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list, with the agency offering up to $1 million for information leading to his arrest over alleged links to the Lawrence Bishnoi organised crime group and multiple federal offences
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US President Donald Trump has announced a $15 billion Essar-backed steel plant in Iowa that is expected to begin production in 2030, create 1,750 permanent jobs and eventually produce up to 10 million tonnes of steel annually
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XiJaishankar said in New York that India-China ties are better today than a couple of years ago, crediting border stabilisation after the 2020 standoff and saying normalcy at the border is helping bilateral relations.
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Nomination for Uttar Pradesh's Rajya Sabha and Legislative Council elections began on September 29, with the BJP and Samajwadi Party still working on their candidate selections ahead of polling in October
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SubscribeYour food may not be safe. The system knows it. Yet the food chain keeps moving. From five-star kitchens to roadside dhabas, food passes through a chain where contamination, adulteration and poor hygiene can enter at every stage, with consequences ranging from diarrhoea and jaundice to typhoid and hepatitis. Into this maze has stepped Tukaram Mundhe. Since taking charge as Maharashtra’s Food and Drug Administration commissioner in May, Mundhe has overseen more than 12,000 inspections and raids, cancelled or suspended around 600 licences and sealed more than 300 eateries. But raids cannot fix a broken system. India has the laws, standards and regulators. Yet violations persist, enforcement remains uneven and corruption finds its way through the gaps. Mundhe can keep cracking the whip. But can one man change the system? In this issue, Outlook examines India’s food-safety maze, where it fails and why one Tukaram is not enough.
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SubscribeClimate change is making the Himalayas even more vulnerable. Glaciers are melting twice as quickly as in 2000.Rising temperatures are accelerating glacier retreat and altering snow and ice conditions, increasing the potential for landslides, avalanches and glacial floods. But there is another reason for the degradation of the Himalayas. China. Our northern neighbour's insatiable hunger to build humongous infrastructure on ecologically fragile systems has caused harm to the subcontinent as well as the larger Southeast Asia region. The calamity in Nepal offers a stark warning of the risks of China's large, opaque projects, delayed information and environmental disruption. The country is putting millions of lives and billions of dollars of economic activity in India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar at stake.
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SubscribeMore than five crore Indians use cannabis and opioids—roughly the population of Spain. Drugs are no longer confined to the margins of society. They are moving from affluent neighbourhoods to small towns and villages, feeding a rapidly expanding illicit market that is becoming more organised, more sophisticated and harder for law enforcement to contain. India’s geography makes the crisis even more dangerous. Wedged between the Golden Crescent in the west and the Golden Triangle in the east, the country sits between two of the world’s major narcotics hubs. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent Independence Day speech underlined the urgency of the challenge.The stakes could hardly be higher. Nearly one crore young Indians are estimated to be addicted to synthetic drugs, at a time when 27 per cent of the country’s population is aged 15-29. Every addiction carries a cost, not just to families, but to productivity, healthcare, the criminal-justice system and national security. India’s drug problem is a crisis capable of eating into the country’s demographic dividend and undermining its economic ambitions. In this issue of Outlook, we travelled to Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana to understand how deep the crisis runs, and to tell the stories of people whose lives have been shattered by drugs.
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The Indian trio amassed 328 points to finish second behind China, who secured gold with 346 points. Kuwait took the bronze.
India resume their Asian Games 2026 campaign in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, on Tuesday, September 29, after an eight-medal haul. Gulveer Singh, fresh from his men’s 1500m silver and a personal best, returns for the men’s 5000m final as India compete across archery, shooting, athletics, tennis, cycling, sailing, volleyball and more
Dhanda, who holds the rank of Naib Subedar in the Indian Army, achieved the feat with a score of 28, surpassing the previous Asian Games record of 24.
Neeru Dhanda creates history at the Asian Games 2026, winning India’s first individual gold of the Games in women’s trap after a sensational performance in the final
Asian Games LIVE Updates, Day 11 (September 29): Check real-time updates of India at the Asiad at Aichi-Nagoya, Japan on September 29. India will compete across archery, shooting, athletics, tennis, cycling, sailing, volleyball and more
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YouTube Goes Long: Is India’s Streaming Turf Up For Grabs?
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Paris Fashion Week SS27 opens with Maxhosa Africa’s first official Paris runway, Julie Kegels’ gravity-inspired collection and Weinsanto’s theatrical presentation. Here’s a look at the key shows and defining moments from Day One of the Spring/Summer 2027 season
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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan returned to the L’Oréal Paris runway for Le Défilé 2026 in a black Yara Shoemaker velvet couture gown detailed with crystals and a sweeping cape. Burgundy-red hair and a bold red lip completed the look, balancing dramatic couture with a polished beauty statement
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Concentric rings, crosshairs and a 1930s pedigree: the sector dial is horology's most elegant piece of functional geometry, and it is making a comeback
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Bentley's first fully electric car has up to 888 PS, a soundtrack played on real instruments and a sunroof called Frosted Diamond. It is, unmistakably, a Bentley.
