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In this issue

May 22, 2026

BIRTH RATE DOWN; DEATHS, FERTILITY UNCHANGED IN 2024, SAYS REPORT

A flat death rate that remained above pre-Covid levels and an overall fertility rate unchanged in 2024 but below the replacement level for a fifth year, were among the key findings of the Sample Registration System (SRS) report released on Thursday by the Office of the Registrar General of India (ORGI).

1 mins

HC: NO PERSONALITY RIGHTS BREACH ON POSTS CRITICISING CHADHA'S BJP MOVE

The Delhi High Court on Thursday observed that posts criticising Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha‘s decision to join the Bharatiya Janata Party could not, prima facie, be treated as a violation of his personality rights.

1 mins

Infiltrators to be handed over to BSF: Bengal CM

West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday said “Bangladeshi infiltrators” detained in the state will be handed over directly to the Border Security Force (BSF) for deportation, instead of being produced before courts.

1 mins

Murder convict becomes actor after jumping parole in 2014; held in Guj

{ PRISON CELL TO CELLULOID AND BACK }

1 mins

Indians lead exit wave as UK net migration halves

Indian students and workers topped the list of people leaving the UK last year as Britain’s net migration nearly halved, reflecting the impact of a tightening immigration regime that has sharply reduced arrivals from outside Europe.

1 mins

Tehran digs in as Trump threatens return to force

Pakistan stepped up diplomacy on Thursday to hasten US and Iran peace talks even as Tehran appeared to harden its stance over nuclear materials amid new threats of strikes from US President Donald Trump if he did not get the “right answers”.

1 mins

AIR INDIA FLIGHT MAKES EMERGENCY LANDING AT DELHI AFTER ENGINE FIRE

An Air India flight from Bengaluru to Delhi made an emergency landing at Delhi airport on Thursday after the cockpit crew received a fire warning from one of the engines on final approach, the airline said.

1 mins

UP to have dress code for varsities, colleges

The Uttar Pradesh government has announced plans to introduce a mandatory dress code for nearly 4.9 million students enrolled in universities and degree colleges across the state.

1 mins

Reforms, delivery, W Asia in focus as PM meets ministers

The call for Viksit Bharat (developed India) by 2047 is not just a slogan but the government’s commitment and therefore the focus of the administration should be on reforms and delivery, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told his council of ministers on Thursday in a rare meeting that also focussed on steps to mitigate energy disruptions due to the West Asia war, people aware of developments said.

1 mins

NIA details Pak role in Pahalgam attack

The Pahalgam terror attack on April 22 last year was planned by The Resistance Front (TRF)/Lashkar-eTaiba (LeT) terrorist Sajid Saiffullah Jatt, aka Langda, who shared the co-ordinates of the Baisaran meadow with the attackers; one of the terrorists involved was also part of a terror strike on the Srinagar-Leh highway in October 2024; and the three terrorists involved sat outside the meadow and had lunch before launching their attack, and indulged in celebratory firing after it.

1 mins

'09 crash: Airbus, Air France guilty of manslaughter

Airbus and Air France were found guilty on Thursday of corporate manslaughter by a Paris appeals court over the 2009 Rio-Paris plane crash that killed 228 passengers and crew, three years after being acquitted in a lower court.

1 mins

UK net migration dips nearly 50% due to tighter policies

ence between people entering and leaving the country — to 171,000 in 2025 from 331,000 in 2024. Net migration has now dropped 82% from its peak of 944,000 in the year ending March 2023.

2 mins

Deaths still above pre-Covid rate, fertility remains sub-replacement

A death rate still higher than pre-pandemic levels and a total fertility rate below the replacement level for the fifth straight year were some of the highlights of the Sample Registration System (SRS) reports for 2024 released Thursday by the Office of the Registrar General of India (ORGI) that works under the ministry of home affairs.

2 mins

ABHISHEK GETS COURT RELIEF IN CASE OVER SPEECH

The Calcutta high court granted protection from coercive police action to Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee until July 31 in a case over a speech he made after poll results were declared.

1 mins

HINDU OUTFIT FILES POLICE COMPLAINT AGAINST RAHUL

The Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha has filed a police complaint against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi at the Hazratganj Police Station over his alleged remarks targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh during a public meeting in Raebareli on Wednesday.

1 mins

FRESH ROW OVER VANDE MATARAM PLAYED BEFORE TAMIL INVOCATION

A fresh row erupted in Tamil Nadu over playing of Tamil invocation song ‘Tamil Thaai Vaazhthu’ after the national song and national anthem during the induction of 23 legislators into the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) cabinet on Thursday.

1 mins

Rajnath opens Indian war memorial in Korea

Defence minister Rajnath Singh and South Korean minister of Patriots and Veterans Affairs Kwon Oh-eul on Thursday inaugurated the Indian war memorial at Imjingak Park in Seoul — the monument built as part of commemorative events marking the 75th anniversary of the Korean War.

1 mins

HC ASKS BENGAL GOVT TO TAKE CALL ON EXEMPTION IN SLAUGHTER RULES FOR EID UL-ADHA

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the West Bengal government to take a decision as per Section 12 of the West Bengal Animal Slaughter Control Act, 1950, regarding the exemption prayed for in view of Eid al-Adha.

1 mins

Hand over infiltrators to BSF directly: CM to cops

West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday said Bangladeshi infiltrators detained in the state would be directly handed over to the BSF for deportation, instead of being produced before courts, in line with a new rule that came into effect in the state a day ago.

1 mins

New CBI team to probe RG Kar case, HC seeks report by June 25

The Calcutta high court on Thursday ordered the formation of a three-member Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) special investigation team (SIT) headed by a joint director (Eastern Zone) in the 2024 RG Kar Hospital rape and murder case and sought its report during the next hearing on June 25, lawyers who attended the hearing said.

2 mins

TN cabinet expansion: 23 more ministers take oath

Two Congress legislators were among 23 ministers inducted into Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay-led council of ministers on Thursday, making the party a part of the government in the southern state for the first time in 59 years.

2 mins

Cockroach Janta Party's X account blocked; founder says 'expected'

The X account of the satirical online collective, Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), was withheld in India on Thursday, five days after the outfit launched and witnessed an explosive rise on social media amid outrage over remarks made by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant on unemployed youth.

1 mins

West Bengal bars officers from sharing information with media

West Bengal’s new Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government issued an order on Wednesday stating there would be “complete prohibition” on officers interacting with or sharing information with the media without permission.

1 mins

Centre: Symptomatic travellers must report to airports authorities

Union ministry of health and family welfare has issued an advisory directing symptomatic travellers coming from, or transiting through, high-risk countries for Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) to report to airport health authorities.

1 mins

Air India flight grounded after tail strikes runway

An Air India aircraft from Delhi to Bengaluru had to be grounded after its tail struck the runway while landing at the airport on Thursday.

1 mins

Ebola delays India-Africa summit

India and the African Union on Thursday postponed the fourth India-Africa Forum Summit (IAFS), scheduled to be held in New Delhi from May 28 to 31, following an Ebola outbreak in parts of Africa.

1 mins

COURTS CAN HOLD SEDITION TRIALS IF ACCUSED HAS NO OBJECTION: SC

The Supreme Court on Thursday said that courts can hear trials pertaining to section 124A of the Indian Penal Code, which relates to sedition, if the accused has no objection to it.

1 mins

Father, 2 relatives held for killing UP girl over inter-faith affair: Cops

Four days after a 16-year-old’s dismembered body was recovered from a train's sleeper coach in Lucknow’s Gomti Nagar railway station, the Government Railway Police (GRP) on Thursday arrested the victim’s father and two relatives from Khusinagar district for killing the girl over a suspected interfaith relationship, officers said.

2 mins

LEADERS PAY TRIBUTE TO RAJIV GANDHI ON DEATH ANNIVERSARY

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and senior Congress leaders, including Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge, on Thursday paid tribute to former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 35th death anniversary.

1 mins

Dowry death: Mother-in-law loses Bhopal consumer panel top post

{ INQUIRY ORDERED }

2 mins

Posts criticising Chadha joining BJP don’t violate his rights: HC

{ PLEA SEEKING PROTECTION OF PERSONALITY RIGHTS }

2 mins

Power demand at an all-time high as heat waves continue

India’s peak power demand hit a new all-time high of 270.82 gigawatts (GW) at 3:45pm on Thursday, the fourth consecutive day of broken records, as punishing heat waves across the north and centre of the country drove peak power demand to an all time high of 270 GW, with more than a month of summer still remaining.

2 mins

Murder case convict jumps parole, turns actor in Bollywood films; nabbed again after 12 years

A murder convict who jumped parole in 2014 and spent nearly 12 years absconding while working as a supporting actor in Bollywood films and television shows was arrested by the Ahmedabad Crime Branch, police said on Thursday.

1 mins

UP plans mandatory uniform for students in colleges, univs

With less than a year to go for the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, the Yogi Adityanath government has announced plans to introducing a mandatory dress code for nearly 4.9 million students enrolled in universities and degree colleges across the state.

2 mins

27 MAOISTS LINKED TO SENIOR CADRE BESRA SURRENDER IN JHARKHAND

Twenty-five cadres of the banned Communist Party of India (CPI-Maoist) and two from the Jharkhand Jan Mukti Parishad (JJMP, a splinter group) surrendered before the Jharkhand police at its headquarters in Ranchi on Thursday, police said.

1 mins

TWO BIHAR BOYS KIDNAP, MURDER 17-YEAR-OLD FRIEND FOR GAME POINTS

Two boys have been charged for allegedly kidnapping and later murdering their 17-year-old friend after the latter’s family failed to pay ransom in Bihar’s Araria district, police said on Thursday.

1 mins

Freedom of expression vital in a democracy: Justice Nagarathna

Freedom of speech and expression guaranteed under Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution is vital in a democracy, Supreme Court judge justice BV Nagarathna said on Thursday.

1 mins

CBI files first charge sheet in ₹504 cr Haryana funds scam

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday filed a first charge sheet in the multi-crore misappropriation of Haryana government funds case, naming 15 accused, including bank officials, public servants and private entities, in what is being described as a large-scale, organised financial fraud.

1 mins

Beyond ecology vs economy binary

A larger conversation on what and how to build in the Himalayas is necessary

2 mins

Bitter harvest: Yields and the illusion of farm productivity

By all indications, India is self-sufficient in food as harvests scale new heights.

4 mins

Apex court needs sharper focus, not more judges

Following a recent Cabinet decision, an ordinance has been promulgated expanding the strength of the Supreme Court from 34 to 38 judges.

3 mins

Lessons from the new outbreak

The outbreak underlines the need to protect global health in a hyperconnected world. Larger countries need to step up funding for global health agencies against the backdrop of the US reneging on its commitments

3 mins

Flight to US diverted due to passenger from Congo

An Air France flight bound for Detroit was diverted to Montreal after a passenger from the Congo boarded a flight in Paris “in error” amid flight restrictions tied to the Ebola outbreak, US Customs and Border Protection said Thursday, AP reported.

1 mins

US shuts India BPO op that scammed elderly

US authorities have shut down an India-based call centre operation that allegedly defrauded hundreds of elderly Americans of millions of dollars through tech support scams, following a years-long investigation that led to the conviction of five “telemarketing fraudsters”.

1 mins

Iran: Latest US plan has narrowed the gap

Iran said the latest proposal from the US has partly bridged the gap between the warring sides, as they seek to turn a fragile ceasefire into a peace deal.

1 mins

Gulf states tell ships not to use Iran's Strait of Hormuz route

Five West Asian countries have formally rejected Iran's establishment of the Persian Gulf Strait Authority to control transit through the Strait of Hormuz, Bloomberg reported.

1 mins

Over 1 billion people in 2023 had a mental health issue: Lancet

At least 1.17 billion people were living with a mental health condition in 2023, up from 599 million in 1990, according to a new analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023 published in The Lancet on Thursday.

2 mins

SC DECLINES TO INTERFERE IN ADANI COAL PROJECT CASE

The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to interfere with the forest clearance granted to the Adani Group's Mahan Energen coal block project in Madhya Pradesh, allowing the petitioner to withdraw the matter and pursue other legal remedies.

1 mins

India's e-bus drive hits final run via two central schemes

India’s electric-bus rollout under two central government schemes is nearing completion, with Karnataka, Maharashtra and Delhi accounting for the largest share of allocations, while Uttar Pradesh received no buses and Bihar was allotted 400, according to parliamentary data analysed by Mint.

1 mins

ZEPTO PLANS TO FLOAT ‡11,000-CR IPO IN JULY

Quick commerce platform Zepto plans to launch its ‡11,000-crore initial public offering (IPO) in July, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday.

1 mins

Daily staples to get dearer amid crude spike

Indian FMCG products might get costlier on account of the war in West Asia as companies use up their buffer raw material stocks and shipments of key ingredients, including crude oil and oil-derived products, slow down because of global tensions, experts said.

2 mins

US team to visit India in June on trade pact

An American negotiating team is expected to visit India in June to advance talks on an interim bilateral trade agreement, Union commerce minister Piyush Goyal said on Thursday, a day after US ambassador Sergio Gor met finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman to discuss strengthening economic ties.

1 mins

Maruti Suzuki set to hike prices in June

Car market leader Maruti Suzuki India on Thursday said it will hike prices of its vehicles across models by up to ₹30,000 from June 2026, citing inflationary pressures and an adverse cost environment.

1 mins

India's pvt sector growth losing momentum in May

The recovery in India’s private sector activity appears to have lost some momentum in May, with the latest HSBC Flash PMI showing softer growth in output, new orders, exports and employment.

2 mins

ARCHERY COACH GETS FIVE YEARS IN JAIL IN POCSO CASE

National para archery coach Kuldeep Vedwan, who was arrested in 2023 in a sexual harassment case involving a minor athlete and later released on bail ahead of the Paris Paralympics, was sentenced to five years of rigorous imprisonment by a Fast Track Special Court in Sonipat.

1 mins

Pandey returns from fringes to hold ground

The catching was always on point. Impeccable, actually. With one hand stretched backward and his body airborne, Manish Pandey, at backward point, made time stand still to stun RCB’s Tim David a few games back.

2 mins

For Brevis, it's all about staying true to himself

Somewhere between waves in Cape Town and the chaos of the Indian Premier League, Dewald Brevis has figured out the hardest thing for a modern cricketer to pull off. It is neither innovation, nor power hitting, nor the intense social media scrutiny players go through. It is staying true to himself.

2 mins

Villa win Europa to end 30-year drought

Aston Villa ended their 30-year trophy drought in style as spectacular goals from Youri Tielemans and Emiliano Buendia inspired a 3-0 win against Freiburg in the Europa League final.

1 mins

Ministry proposes criminal offences for doping activities

To combat the growing menace of doping in Indian sports, the Union Sports Ministry has proposed amendments to the National Anti-Doping Act 2022.

3 mins

All-round Gujarat Titans end Super Kings' campaign

Gill's team beats CSK by 89 runs to finish the league stage with 9 wins from 14 games

3 mins

East Bengal India football champions after 22 years

In a setting so intimate that the fans could feel the players breathe, Mohd Rashid climbed the railing to be with them after scoring the goal that ended 22 years of hurt for East Bengal.

3 mins

Felt really good returning back to camp: Manpreet

In January, Manpreet Singh's name was not included in the core probables for the national camp.

3 mins

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