The Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision has removed 13.37 crore names from draft electoral rolls, with Chadha’s deletion in Punjab sparking a political row.
Rubio's remarks came days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Bishkek
Football icon Lionel Messi shared a new Michelob Ultra commercial turning his Argentina career honours into an itemised bar receipt. The campaign highlights his iconic International football moments and World Cup win, boldly concluding that football's long-running Greatest Of All Time debate against Cristiano Ronaldo is now settled
De Wever is scheduled to hold bilateral talks with Modi on September 3. The two leaders are expected to review the full range of India-Belgium relations and discuss regional and global developments of mutual interest
Jeetendra Mishra's appointment comes around two months after allegations of donation theft brought the Trust’s financial management under scrutiny
The Manipur Assembly on Wednesday adopted a resolution urging the Centre to update the NRC in the state before beginning Census operations. It was the third such resolution passed by the House since 2022
Health advocates say India’s proposed food warnings leave loopholes, while food companies and traditional snack makers fear the thresholds could put red flags on too many products.
The Supreme Court used its power to do “complete justice” to close FIRs linked to NEET protests while allowing a separate probe into serious criminal allegations.
Iran says a US strike hit a house hosting a wedding in Kuhestak, southern Iran, killing at least five people including a child and injuring dozens, while CENTCOM denied targeting civilians
International
Two people were killed and a suspect was found dead after gunfire erupted at a downtown Minneapolis apartment tower, leaving three police officers injured.
National
Five passengers died and 30 others sustained injuries after a bus collided with a truck on National Highway 39 near Badwar in Madhya Pradesh's Rewa district.
National
India’s real gross domestic product grew by 7.8% during the April–June 2026 quarter, according to government data released on Tuesday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the figure, while Goyal described it as evidence of the collective strength of 1.4 billion Indians
International
India has condemned the reported demolition of a century-old Hindu temple in Pakistan's Narowal region and called for a prompt investigation, accountability and restoration of the religious site
National
Nepal's flood death toll has risen to 1,204, with around 4,216 people still missing as India, China and the US step up humanitarian and search-and-rescue assistance
National
The Rampura Kanwarpura government school was declared dilapidated in 2025, leaving 18 students to attend classes in two rooms and a tin shed.
Cricket
The inaugural Women’s Champions Trophy will be held in India from February 14 to 28, 2027, after the ICC moved the tournament from Sri Lanka. Australia, England, India, New Zealand, South Africa and Sri Lanka will compete in the T20I event, with matches scheduled in Mumbai and Vadodara
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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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