The concept of statehood under the Indian constitution does not necessarily corroborate with autonomy. Statehood is about status: whether J&K is a full state with its own government powers, or a Union Territory (UT) whose elected government works under a Lieutenant Governor
A deep depression and its interaction with a Western Disturbance brought intense rainfall to Uttar Pradesh, leaving several districts facing flood-like conditions and damage
A section of the Shahi Masjid falls within the 15-metre road alignment as Ujjain prepares for Simhastha 2028
The three-day conference will assess the Navy’s operational readiness, maritime security priorities and adoption of emerging technologies amid evolving regional challenges
By Deepak Joshi
China’s dominance over India at major medal events goes beyond spending, with deeper talent pools, specialised training, infrastructure and decades of investment giving it a significant sporting advantage
OpenAI has disclosed unexpected activity involving US government websites as researchers traced AI agents bypassing restrictions, using credentials found online and attempting to access systems in unintended ways.
Akhilesh Yadav’s absence from the INDIA bloc meet adds focus to unresolved seat-sharing differences between the SP and Congress ahead of the 2027 Uttar Pradesh polls
Boeing has flagged a software issue in some 737 MAX aircraft that could affect automated flight guidance, potentially involving 96 aircraft operated by Air India Express and Akasa Air
Pakistan is set to send its first astronaut aboard China’s Tiangong space station as a payload specialist, conducting scientific experiments while advancing the country’s human-spaceflight and broader space ambitions
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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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CJI Surya Kant declined urgent hearing of West Bengal SIR matter ahead of October 6 bypolls, saying, “these are just bye-elections.”
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The Indian Youth Congress shared footage of the protest on X and alleged that Congress workers had smeared black ink on the CEC’s residence
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He pointed to the United States and Germany while making the case for a return to ballot papers. Yadav questioned why India should continue using EVMs when, according to him, countries such as the US and Germany use paper ballots
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By PTI
Youth Congress stages protest against Election Commission, demanding greater transparency and accountability over electoral rolls and processes
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The students objected to how their earlier recording had been used. One of them said the footage posted by the university had been “trimmed” and that they had not been informed about its publication.
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The BJP objected to the language of the resolution, with Leader of Opposition Sunil Sharma saying the party supports restoration of statehood but disagrees with references to Jammu and Kashmir's pre-August 5, 2019 status
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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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India qualified for the 4x100m mixed relay final at the Asian Games in Nagoya on Monday after finishing second in heat 2. Gurindervir Singh, Abinaya Rajarajan, Animesh Kujur and Harita Bhadra clocked 41.54 seconds
Shaili Singh finished fourth in the women's long jump with an effort of 6.42m. However, controversy erupted over the measurement of her fourth attempt, with athlete and her coach believing the jump should have been recorded at a greater distance
India won eight medals in Nagoya on September 28, with athletics delivering seven of them as Esha Singh, Murali Sreeshankar, Gulveer Singh, Yashvir Singh, Rohit Yadav, Vithya Ramraj and Parul Chaudhary powered a four-silver, four-bronze haul. Pincky Balhara added the day’s only non-athletics medal
WPL 2027: Gujarat Giants have retained 15 players to keep their core group intact. Last year's fourth placed team have released 4 players ahead of the next season
WPL 2027: UP Warriorz have retained 11 players to keep their core group intact. The last season botton placed team have released 9 players ahead of the next season
By Outlook Business Desk
Tata Trusts Seek To Move Tata Sons Out Of RBI's NBFC And CIC Categories
By Shristi Acharya
By Vikash Tripathi
NFO Alert: Mirae Asset Mutual Fund Launches Life Cycle Fund 2056, Check Key Details
By Priyanka Debnath
How India’s Coastline Is Emerging As An Underwater Adventure Circuit
World Tourism Day 2026: How AI Is Quietly Rewriting The Way India Travels
From The Latest Issue: Finding Meaning In The Places We Marry
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Royal Orchid Hotels Launches Regenta Place, Golden Castle In Baddi, With 43 Rooms, A Sky Bar, And Spa
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
By Aaron Jacob
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.
By Aaron Jacob
Both tell you the time somewhere else, but a GMT and a Dual Time watch go about it in very different ways. Here is how each one works, and which watches do it best
By Sonali Mukherjee
CMYK Bookstore in Delhi brings together more than 60 signed, limited-edition lithographs and etchings by Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró and Salvador Dalí. The exhibition explores the artists' approaches to printmaking, with works including Picasso's 'Portrait de Femme II', on view at Meharchand Market in Lodhi Colony until November 22
