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An empty creator’s desk at dusk with a switched-off ring light, a microphone on a boom arm, an open notebook, a closed laptop and a phone lying face down, in an AI-generated representative scene.

‘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

Cars, an auto-rickshaw and motorcyclists on a rain-soaked Anna Salai in Chennai, with puddles and reflections on the road under an overcast sky.

Chennai rain: schools shut in five districts after overnight downpour, more heavy rain forecast until October 26

21 Oct2 min read6 sources

Jio Platforms IPO fully subscribed within 100 minutes of opening, led by institutional investors

21 Oct2 min read5 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

Advocates in black coats seen from behind walking along a colonnaded court corridor with case files, in an AI-generated representative scene.

‘Then you are not Gen Z’: Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka withdraw Delhi High Court plea against custody

21 Oct3 min read5 sources

Aerial view of Barren Island, a forested volcanic island with a dark ash cone emitting a white plume of smoke, surrounded by blue sea.

Baratang mud volcanoes, Barren Island and Sirpur added to India’s UNESCO tentative list

21 Oct2 min read4 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

AI-generated illustration of a crowded Ramlila ground at dusk with a tall Ravan effigy and a giant cockroach effigy; not a photograph of the Pitampura event.

30-foot cockroach effigy burnt alongside Ravan at Delhi’s Pitampura Ramlila; organisers say it stood for filth

21 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

Musicians carrying large brass instruments among a crowded Kullu Dussehra procession, with decorated palanquins and hills beyond.

Kullu’s Dussehra brings the valley’s village gods together for a week

Explained20 Oct2 min read4 sources

Container cranes and a cargo ship at Auckland’s Fergusson Container Terminal at night, photographed in February 2014.

New Zealand removes tariffs on Indian goods as trade pact takes effect

20 Oct2 min read4 sources

AI-generated representational image of plain unbranded biscuits and wheat grains on a wooden table

Priyagold maker faces prosecution over alleged use of cattle-feed bran in biscuits

18 Oct1 min read3 sources

AI-generated representational image of a metal roadside barricade with a stationary goods truck in the background

Truck crash near Gwalior temple kills at least 15; eight police personnel suspended

18 Oct2 min read4 sources

Representational AI illustration of an Indian passenger train beside an empty platform and foothills; not the inaugural service.

Sabarmati’s Jammu Tawi train now runs to Katra, removing a transfer for Vaishno Devi travellers

18 Oct2 min read2 sources

Representational AI illustration of an unbranded formula tin, feeding bottle and scoop on a kitchen counter.

FSSAI proposes stopping added sucrose and fructose in food for babies up to six months

18 Oct2 min read2 sources

Representational AI illustration of unbranded medicine boxes and bottles on a pharmacy counter.

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

18 Oct2 min read2 sources

AI-generated illustration of notebooks on desks in an empty classroom.

NCERT explores training teachers in multiple languages

18 Oct2 min read2 sources