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WhatsApp SIM binding explained: why your messaging apps may need the SIM inside your phone from January 1

A telecom department order ties WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal and five other apps to the SIM you registered with. Here is why, what changed for WhatsApp Web, and who could be affected.

ExplainedYesterday3 min read5 sources

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Shailesh Kumar sets Games record as India sweep the men’s high jump podium again at the Asian Para Games

Yesterday2 min read4 sources

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Influencer Amir Shokeen arrested in Delhi over viral video allegedly showing racial abuse of a Tripura youth

Yesterday3 min read4 sources

Hardeep Singh Puri, in a green turban and waistcoat, speaks at a press conference in New Delhi, seated behind a row of news microphones.

Photos of Hardeep Singh Puri with Jeffrey Epstein go viral months after release in US Justice Department files

Yesterday3 min read4 sources

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Para swimmer Shams Aalam Shaikh sent home from Asian Para Games in Japan over alleged sexual harassment

Yesterday3 min read5 sources

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Sheetal Devi wins two Asian Para Games golds in one day and defends her individual title

Yesterday2 min read5 sources

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Landslide derails Bilaspur–Tirunelveli Express locomotive near Parassala in Kerala; all passengers safe

Yesterday2 min read4 sources

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A dark smartphone lying on a wooden table with its SIM tray pulled out, a nano SIM card and an ejector pin beside it, in an AI-generated representative image.

WhatsApp SIM binding explained: why your messaging apps may need the SIM inside your phone from January 1

ExplainedYesterday3 min read5 sources

A seafront promenade with concrete tetrapods and a curving line of buildings fading into thick grey smog over the sea, in an AI-generated representative scene.

Mumbai’s smog explained: why a breezy coastal city’s air is rivalling Delhi’s this October

ExplainedYesterday3 min read5 sources

The cream-coloured colonial-era facade of the State Bank of India’s Chandni Chowk branch in Old Delhi, with blue SBI signboards in English and Hindi.

SBI data leak explained: what was exposed in 3,897 customer records, and what account holders should do

Explained21 Oct2 min read8 sources

Auto-rickshaws, cars and cycle-rickshaws on a tree-lined New Delhi road shrouded in thick grey smog, with a Chelmsford Road sign on the right.

GRAP Stage 1 is now in force in Delhi-NCR: what it means, and the bigger winter curbs due from November 1

Explained21 Oct3 min read8 sources

The curved tower of the Bombay Stock Exchange building in Mumbai with its red BSE sign, seen from street level among trees.

Jio Platforms IPO explained: price band, lot size, retail quota and how allotment works

Explained21 Oct2 min read8 sources

Night-time Ramnagar Ramlila scene with costumed performers beneath a decorated arch and spectators gathered around them.

In Ramnagar’s Ramlila, the audience travels with the story

Explained20 Oct2 min read3 sources

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Hardeep Singh Puri, in a green turban and waistcoat, speaks at a press conference in New Delhi, seated behind a row of news microphones.

Photos of Hardeep Singh Puri with Jeffrey Epstein go viral months after release in US Justice Department files

Yesterday3 min read4 sources

Wet red earth that has slid down a palm-lined embankment onto a railway track in heavy rain, in an AI-generated representative scene.

Landslide derails Bilaspur–Tirunelveli Express locomotive near Parassala in Kerala; all passengers safe

Yesterday2 min read4 sources

The Bombay High Court’s Gothic Revival building with its central tower, seen across the Oval Maidan lined with palm trees in Mumbai.

Bombay High Court asks how officials can ‘have a peaceful sleep’ as Mumbai’s smog worsens, calls it an emergency

Yesterday3 min read4 sources

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar shake hands in front of US and Indian flags in Mumbai.

Marco Rubio tours Reliance’s Jamnagar refinery as he says India–US trade deal is ‘weeks, not months’ away

21 Oct3 min read11 sources

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‘Finance With Harish’ creator V Harish, 27, dies near Chennai; father alleges cyberbullying by Jason Samuel, who denies it

21 Oct3 min read9 sources

Young protesters seen from behind on a tree-lined Delhi street hold up yellow and white placards showing a black cockroach symbol, with small Indian flags, in an AI-generated representative scene.

CJP’s Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka released from Tihar after promising not to call protests at Jantar Mantar

21 Oct2 min read7 sources

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Rescued from a Maharashtra apartment, a young orangutan returns to Indonesia

19 Oct2 min read3 sources

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Girls make up 49% of IIT Madras School Connect enrolment

18 Oct2 min read3 sources

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Mysuru’s Shilp Samagam Mela puts artisans in the spotlight

18 Oct2 min read2 sources

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Over 3,400 drones form a Guinness-record peacock at Mysuru Dasara

19 Oct1 min read2 sources

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NVIDIA and AI4Bharat outline AI data for 22 Indian languages

18 Oct2 min read2 sources

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G7 plans drills to test responses to AI cyberattacks

18 Oct2 min read2 sources

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A smartphone on a small tripod beside a switched-on ring light in an empty room, in an AI-generated representative scene of a video-recording set-up.

Influencer Amir Shokeen arrested in Delhi over viral video allegedly showing racial abuse of a Tripura youth

Yesterday3 min read4 sources

An empty indoor competition swimming pool with red, white and blue lane ropes stretching towards the starting blocks, in an AI-generated representative scene.

Para swimmer Shams Aalam Shaikh sent home from Asian Para Games in Japan over alleged sexual harassment

Yesterday3 min read5 sources

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Fan filming Tiger Shroff for his vlog moments before the attack was hit by a bullet

21 Oct2 min read9 sources

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Prabhas’ Spirit postponed to October 29, 2027, moving its release to Diwali

18 Oct1 min read3 sources

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Jailer 2 passes ₹300 crore worldwide in three days, according to updated box-office estimates

18 Oct1 min read2 sources

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137 cancer medicines face a price reset from November 9 under new margin cap

18 Oct2 min read2 sources

AI-generated illustration of a laptop displaying blurred document text on a work desk.

NVIDIA and AI4Bharat outline AI data for 22 Indian languages

18 Oct2 min read2 sources

AI-generated illustration of a laptop and notebook on a student’s study desk.

Girls make up 49% of IIT Madras School Connect enrolment

18 Oct2 min read3 sources

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