An IIT-Kanpur graduate and former Kerala cadre bureaucrat, Gyanesh Kumar rose through key government positions before becoming Chief Election Commissioner amid political controversy and internal poll panel differences
Trump and Xi revive talk of cooperation, but Taiwan, trade and military tensions expose the limits of the US-China thaw.
CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke demands CEC Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation and threatens protests within 48 hours amid the Election Commission’s internal dissent row
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Ottawa examined the remote possibility of US military action as an “extreme tail risk” while seeking to reduce Canada's dependence on Washington amid strained relations
Tehran proposes reopening the Strait of Hormuz and restarting nuclear talks with Washington as it seeks a return to the June MoU.
From Raebareli, Akhilesh Yadav says the SP-Congress alliance will continue, but the party that can win a seat should get it.
Xi Jinping's proposal to increase US-China flights has faced opposition from American airlines over Chinese carriers' access to Russian airspace and the resulting route and cost advantage
An adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader has warned that the conflict could widen into the Indian Ocean if the US or Israel launches fresh attacks, raising concerns over India’s energy supplies and maritime trade.
In a post on X, Bhandari accused Gandhi of making false claims and said the Congress leader was unable to win public support through “democratic means”
National
The Electoral Literacy Club (ELC) regional conferences were planned in Meerut and Varanasi as part of the ECI’s voter awareness programme
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The Trump administration is weighing a 90-day US diesel export ban, while India says it will keep shipments flowing as global shortages, Russia cuts and West Asia disruptions lift demand.
Art & Entertainment
The Hacks star was detained along with Susan Sarandon during a protest ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's United Nations address.
National
Tata Sons has defended N. Chandrasekaran’s reappointment as chairman, saying the 17 September board decision followed legal advice and company rules, amid objections from Tata Trusts chairman Noel Tata over Article 121.
International
Dozens of diplomats walked out as Benjamin Netanyahu began his UNGA address, while the Israeli prime minister defended Israel's military actions and attacked critics including Iran and Zohran Mamdani
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Suruchi Singh and Kamaljeet topped qualification with 587 to reach the 10m air pistol mixed team final, setting a new Qualification Games Record and equalling the Asian Record. Iran, the Republic of Korea and Indonesia also advanced
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A fresh landslide triggered a mudslide in West Sikkim's Rimbi village amid heavy rainfall, prompting authorities to monitor the situation and warn residents to remain vigilant
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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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Asian Games 2026 Day 7 Live Updates: Check real-time updates of India's events at the Asiad in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan on September 25
Suruchi Singh and Kamaljeet won gold in the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team event at the 2026 Asian Games on Friday in India’s first shooting title of the campaign. The pair shot an Asian record 484.6 in the final, beating Republic of Korea by 6.6 points and lifting India to its second gold.
Kamaljeet and Suruchi Inder Singh won India’s second gold medal at the 2026 Asian Games in the 10m air pistol mixed team event on Friday, September 25, in Aichi-Nagoya. Kamaljeet replaced Kedarling Balakrishna Uchaganve after qualification, and the pair set an Asian record of 484.6.
Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Niraj Kumar, and Rudrankksh Patil won silver in the men’s 50m rifle 3 positions team event. Tomar and Niraj also qualified for the individual final
Manush Shah and Diya Chitale defeated Hong Kong’s Doo Hoi Kem and Wong Chun Ting 3-1 in the Asian Games 2026 quarterfinals to secure India’s first table tennis medal at the Games. The Indian duo will face China’s Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin in the semifinals
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