Author: Udita Pandey
The government debt of West Bengal is expected to outgrow 8 lakh crore by the financial year 2025-26, and it is a considerable increase in the fiscal burden of the state that has already raised eyebrows among economic analysts and political critics.
Sergio Gor, the US Ambassador-designate, received Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, in New Delhi, with this being a significant diplomatic activity with Gor taking office of the new role of enhancing India-US relations.
One point two hundred thousand Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) are to be deployed in Bihar to make the upcoming Assembly elections free, fair, and peaceful in all 243 constituencies of the state.
The upcoming assembly elections in Bihar have an estimated first-time voter population of more than 5,700 per constituency an outcome that is likely to be decisive considering the narrowing victory margins being experienced in recent surveys.
Sir Creek is a strategically and economically vital tidal estuary that is the point of conflict between India and Pakistan and it is a border dispute between Gujarat and Sindh. The conflict over the maritime boundary delineation focuses on the right of control over the Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ) and possible oil and gas deposits, and highly prized fishing areas.
This week, deadly protests shook Leh, Ladakh, as protests by thousands of people who demanded statehood led to the deaths of four people and dozens of others injured by security forces. It has since been placed under a strict curfew and dozens more have since been arrested in an effort to restore order.
The Ise Jingu, the most sacred of the Shinto shrines in Japan, has commenced its most current rebuilding ceremony; it is a ritual followed every 20 years since a time exceeding 1,300 years ago. It is the start of a nine year period to demolish and rebuild all 125 buildings of the shrines completely with new material made of sacred cypress, and embodies the highly religious and cultural practices of Shintoism.
US President Donald Trump accused India and China of financing Russia’s war in Ukraine, a charge that he made on September 23, 2025, when addressing the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
Donald Trump reignited talk about Bagram Air Base, saying it ought to return to U. S. Control and hinting—without much detail—at consequences if Afghanistan refuses. Trump leaned on his usual style, tying the base’s location to the U. S.–China rivalry, then hinted at talks with Afghanistan, leaving the specifics hanging in the air. He never said what he’d do, but the hint of military action hung in the air like the faint rumble of distant drums.
In 2023, veteran Malayalam actor Mohanlal was declared as the winner of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award the highest award given to the film industry in India as announced by the ministry of information and broadcast in India. The award will be given on the occasion of 71st National Film Awards ceremony in New Delhi on September 23, 2025, in honor of his legendary contributions to Indian movie in 40-year period.