A letter penned in 1971 by then prime minister Indira Gandhi to US President Richard Nixon has surfaced, in which she is asking him to “persuade Pakistan” to give up its “aggressive activities” against India two days after it attacked, triggering the Indo-Pakistan war that ended in the creation of Bangladesh.
India has taken its first step to reconnect with Syria’s new government, now led by Ahmed al-Sharaa, a former militant leader. This marks the first official visit by India since al-Sharaa came to power in December 2024, replacing Syria’s longtime president Bashar al-Assad.
More than half of all tiger deaths in India since 2021 have happened outside of protected tiger reserves, according to data shared by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA). From January 2021 to mid-2025, India recorded 667 tiger deaths, and 341 of them (around 51%) occurred outside reserves.
It’s been five years since the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 was launched, promising to reshape the way India learns and teaches. As the country marks this milestone, students, teachers, and parents are reflecting on what has changed—and what still needs to.
The Supreme Court on Monday (July 28, 2025) pushed harder for the Election Commission of India (ECI) to accept Aadhaar and the Electors Photo Identity Card (EPIC) as identity documents in the Bihar Special Intensive Revision (SIR), saying “mass inclusion” and not “en masse exclusion” should be the outcome of the exercise in the poll-bound State.
In these days of instant cricket, the match ending in a tie or draw is an improbable proposition. But after India-,England test match ended in a draw at Manchester, the result was almost a victory for India.
After a stampede near the Mansa Devi temple in Haridwar killed eight people on Sunday morning, the police have filed a report against unknown individuals for spreading rumors about a broken electrical wire, which likely triggered a panic and led to the tragedy.
China has started building a huge hydropower project on the Yarlung Tsangpo River called Brahmaputra in India near the Nyingchi region in Tibet, close to Arunachal Pradesh. It plans to build five dams to generate massive amounts of electricity more than the Three Gorges Dam.
What began as a herculean effort for a hard-fought draw in Manchester threatened to boil over in its final moments, as Ben Stokes’ offer to settle for a draw with 15 overs remaining in the day’s play was first met with a polite refusal, and then a stormy fallout. With India well ahead on 386/4 after 138 overs and a lead of 75, the match was headed towards an inevitable draw. But the Indian camp had other ideas.
