The “multifaceted personality”, Lord Meghnad Desai was an eminent economist, holder of India’s third-highest civilian honour and a member of the United Kingdom’s House of Lords has passed away on Tuesday (July 29th, 2025) at the age of 85.

A new report by India’s top government auditor, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), has found serious problems in how Bihar used public money in 2023–24. According to the report, the State government spent over ₹70,000 crore without giving any proof of how or where the money was used.