A possible ice-and-rock avalanche may have temporarily blocked Nepal's Lhende River before the blockage gave way, unleashing a fast-moving, debris-filled flood into the Bhote Koshi system
With drugs flowing into the country from the eastern and western epicentres, there is an urgent need to seal our borders and cut ties with the global narcotics economy
Nagendra announced the decision at a press conference, where he teared up while explaining his reasons for stepping down
Kerala Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala on Friday said he had directed the state Crime Branch to verify the reports about Sukumara Kurup and establish whether the claims were genuine
Nepal is relying on its Army and police for flood rescue while accepting foreign aid, a decision linked to coordination problems during the 2015 Nepal earthquake.
Nepal Flood Highlights: Nepal officials have said the embankment of the barrier lake along the Nepal-China border in Rasuwa has given way and the water level is rising. Earlier, China had warned that Nepal could be hit by fresh floods if the lake embankment bursts.
Police crack down on traffickers and hospitals fill up with young Kashmiris battling addiction as the Valley confronts a dire public-health crisis
Draft electoral rolls show major differences in how voters were classified as shifted, absent, deceased or duplicate
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US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor welcomed the agreement, describing it as a significant step in bilateral defence cooperation
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More than 90,000 people have been affected by Nepal's devastating floods and landslides and urgently need humanitarian assistance, while authorities warn of the risk of further flooding
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Seven bodies have been recovered from rivers in Uttar Pradesh amid the aftermath of Nepal's devastating floods, with officials investigating whether they were swept downstream from Nepal
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The memoir is scheduled for worldwide publication on November 10 through Alfred A Knopf, a Penguin Random House imprint. In India, HarperCollins is reportedly close to finalising an agreement
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The list of rescued people also include 16 Chinese nationals, nine from South Korea, two each from the US, Russia and Italy, and one each from Bulgaria and Switzerland.
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Bodies recovered from Rasuwa and Nuwakot have been found as far downstream as Chitwan, Tanahun, Nawalparasi, Gorkha and other districts, with morgues in several areas running out of space
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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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SubscribeIs India an ancient civilisation or a modern nation-state? Does it share a collective history, or has a collective identity been imposed upon a country of many histories, faiths and cultures? Does India need a Uniform Civil Code, or is its pursuit an ideological project? These are not merely arguments about India’s past. They are choices about its future. India has been shaped by competing ideas—civilisation and constitutionalism, faith and secularism, individual liberty and collective identity, revolution and reform. At every turn, different choices have offered different destinations. In this Independence Day Special, Outlook brings together India’s leading thinkers, politicians, economists and bureaucrats to confront the fundamental questions before the republic: What is India? Who defines it? And what should it become? Many ideas made India. Many paths lie ahead. The choice belongs to its people.
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SubscribeThe resilience of Indian democracy lies less in the certainty of its institutions than in the persistence of its citizens. Across decades, governments with formidable parliamentary strength have learnt that political authority cannot rest on electoral arithmetic alone. It must be sustained by a continuing conversation with the people. The protests over the NEET ( National Eligibility cum Entrance Test) paper leak, culminating in the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, mark the latest chapter in that larger democratic story. This issue of Outlook examines how a movement led largely by young Indians reaffirmed an old principle of the Republic: that power derives its legitimacy not only from the vote, but also from accountability.
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