A falling rupee is forcing Indian students abroad to cut meals, chase about-to-expire discounted food, and take up extra jobs. Their families are facing higher costs to sustain them in the UK or the US, even as the education loans keep ballooning.
More than a year after the NCLAT deadline for reforms and fresh elections passed, the battle over Delhi Gymkhana Club has culminated in the Centre ordering the elite institution to vacate its Lutyens' Delhi premises by June 5. Here's how years of bureaucratic takeover, litigation and failed reform attempts brought one of India's most exclusive clubs to this point.
Other than trade and exports, a falling rupee has a bearing on the tens of thousands of Indians studying abroad. While education loans balloon as fees go up in rupee terms, families based in India need to spend more on the dollars needed for students based in the US, Canada and the UK.
Mumbai's pre-monsoon drain cleaning has pulled out household furniture, an autorickshaw and even a police barricade from eastern suburban nullahs this year. The recoveries show how Mumbaikars have turned the drains into landfills.
Western Railway demolished hundreds of houses and shops in Bandra's Garib Nagar after a court-backed clearance drive. A section of people backed the drive as long-overdue for safety and growing infrastructure needs. Others have criticised the timing as the displaced families will have no roof over their head during the monsoon.
PM Narendra Modi handed Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni a bag of Parle Melody toffees. The sweet gesture has turned a neighbourhood favourite in India into a soft-power moment. Here's how diplomacy gave Parle Products the kind of marketing boost that influencers and celebrities can't.
Western Railway has launched a massive four-day eviction drive in Bandra East's Garib Nagar, one of the biggest razing operations in Mumbai, to clear space for the Santacruz-Mumbai Central rail corridor expansion. The project aims to ease overcrowded local trains and improve access to the upcoming Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train station at BKC.
In Tamil Nadu, alcohol is linked to more than just evening cheers. It spills into cinema, masculinity, and politics. CM C Joseph Vijay is shutting down TASMAC booze shops and enforcing a minimum age for alcohol access. This is why Vijay is confident that the moves won't backfire.
The National Testing Agency (NTA) has cancelled the NEET-UG 2026 exam over a paper leak. Around 22 lakh aspirants who took the exam will have to sit for the MBBS entrance exam again. Can these 22 lakh students sue the NTA? Here's what legal experts say.
Manohar Gopalakrishna Parrikar's thrust on indigenisation of defence products and reforms opened doors for private players in the sector. Today, the former defence minister's legacy lives on in the M72, G72 and P72 assault rifles, named after his initials. Fully made in India, the rifles are now being used by India's security forces.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's appeal to corporates to see if they can revive work from home (WFH) to save fuel has triggered an excited conversation among Bengaluru's techies. The reactions range from hopes of no commute to work and more family time to concerns over collaboration as a team, and the local economy.
Indian military commanders have repeatedly reminded us that Operation Sindoor against Pakistan is still on. There's another Indian military operation against Pakistan which has been going on for 42 years. Operation Meghdoot, which began in April 1984 in one of the world's harshest battlefields, doesn't have an end date. Here's why.
Trump still counts every jet he claims India lost during Operation Sindoor, but appears to have forgotten the aircraft, THAAD systems and soldiers America lost in the Iran war. The world's loudest commentator on foreign wars is silent when the wreckage carries an American flag.
A year on, Operation Sindoor has given India much more than a memory of dominance over Pakistan. It made India rethink the pace and physics of aerial warfare in an age where the smallest threats can test the biggest defences. We spoke to experts on how India's skies are fortified enough.
TVK leader Vijay's poll campaign in Tamil Nadu was defined by near silence. The actor-turned-politician said little, but the TVK won 108 seats (out of 234 seats). Vijay's quiet run has continued even after winning the election. Consequently, we do not know what Vijay brings to the office of CM.
With the victory in West Bengal and Assam, the BJP-led NDA is governing 21 states and Union Territories. The spread matches its short-lived 2018 peak and equals the peak Congress reached under Indira Gandhi in the 1970s. The BJP now governs 72% of India's population.
The Trinamool Congress has won the Mandia seat in Assam. MLA Sherman Ali Ahmed defeated his opponents from the BJP, Congress and AIUDF. Ahmed's win gives a symbolic weight for Mamata Banerjee's TMC outside West Bengal and reflects Ahmed's local clout and hold on his seat.
Born from the same Dravidian grammar shaped by Periyar and carried forward by M Karunanidhi, Vijay's TVK repackages DMK's legacy. It has eaten directly into the DMK's votes on around 70 seats. It caused more damage to the DMK than to the AIADMK-BJP alliance.
Households across India are turning to rooftop solar through an unusual mix of triggers. From Varanasi to Greater Noida to a village in Maharashtra, neighbours are inspiring each other to go solar. Backed by government subsidies, growing awareness, and most importantly, lower electricity bills, solar is now powering more middle-class households in India than ever.
Ancient Indian mariners worshipped a Yemeni island and brought it back home as a deity. The island of Socotra, near East Africa, is believed to have manifested as Sikotar Mata, a sea goddess worshipped in Gujarat even today. Socotra was a vital refuge in the Arabian Sea for maritime traders, over 2,000 km from home.
