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Former World Rapid champion Koneru Humpy, Divya Deshmukh and Vaishali Rameshbabu will spearhead India's challenge at the 2026 Cairns Cup in Saint Louis. The elite women's tournament features 10 top players competing for a $250,000 prize fund from August 8 to 21

Shreyas Iyer's unbeaten 80 rescued India after another top-order collapse, helping the visitors post 158/7 against England in the must-win fourth T20I at Bristol. England's disciplined pace attack, led by Jofra Archer and Josh Tongue, kept India's scoring under control throughout

Instead of issuing threats, Musadik Malik should reflect on why India suspended the Indus Waters Treaty and on Pakistan’s own actions

Recognising the aspirations and frustrations of unemployed youth is just as important as acknowledging the State's development achievements

Former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal accused the BJP government of highlighting improvements at Minto Bridge while ignoring widespread waterlogging across the city. The BJP countered that drainage has improved significantly and water is being cleared within 15 to 20 minutes

The FSSAI issued notices to alcoholic beverage makers over alleged violations involving added flavours and misleading age claims. It also served notices to six beverage brands for marketing products as "energy drinks" and making claims not permitted under food safety regulations

Kerala Chief Minister V D Satheesan urged MPs to press the Centre to raise the state's borrowing limit from 3.5 to 4.5 per cent. The demand, discussed ahead of Parliament's monsoon session, sparked criticism from the Opposition over the government's changed stance

Australia's Victoria University received approval to establish a campus in Gurugram, while Flinders University secured a Letter of Intent for a Bengaluru campus. The agreements, announced during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Australia visit, aim to deepen education, research and people-to-people ties

Former Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MPs Sushmita Dev, Sukhendu Sekhar Ray and Prakash Chik Baraik joined the BJP in Kolkata. State BJP president Samik Bhattacharya welcomed the leaders, saying their experience would strengthen the party in West Bengal

Draft electoral rolls released during Phase 3 of the Special Intensive Revision show around 22 lakh voters omitted across Odisha, Mizoram, Manipur and Sikkim. The Election Commission said excluded individuals can still seek inclusion before the final electoral rolls are published

The Cockroach Janta Party announced a peaceful march to Parliament on July 20, demanding Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation over alleged examination irregularities. The protest at Jantar Mantar, joined by Sonam Wangchuk, continued despite heavy rain and hunger strikes

The Centre has exempted GIFT City-based International Financial Services Centre entities from obtaining DGMA licences to lease foreign vessels. The move under the Coastal Shipping Act, 2025 aims to ease vessel chartering and strengthen India's maritime and international financial services ecosystem

Only 55 per cent of universities participated in the NIRF rankings, while 56 per cent introduced four-year undergraduate programmes, according to the AISHE 2023-24 report. Higher education enrolment rose to nearly 4.5 crore, reflecting gradual implementation of the National Education Policy

Kerala student Harsha Koorimannil Valiyamannil graduated with First Class Honours in Computing Science from Ulster University. She co-founded the Women in STEM Society, launched the Hack4Health Hackathon, mentored international students and now hopes to build her career in Northern Ireland

Torrential monsoon rains have triggered severe waterlogging, landslides, and structural damage across India. With red alerts active in Delhi and Uttarakhand, heavy casualties have been reported from building collapses in Maharashtra and landslides in Kerala amid countrywide infrastructure disruptions

India's crude oil imports remain largely insulated from Strait of Hormuz tensions due to diversified sourcing, a Kpler analyst said. However, prolonged regional instability could disrupt LPG and LNG supplies, increase freight and insurance costs, and put pressure on energy prices

The body of Rahul Sharma, a civil engineer from Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district, was recovered after a landslide at Kerala's Anakkompoyil-Meppadi tunnel project. Sharma had been missing since July 7, while his family remained at the site awaiting rescue updates

The Supreme Court warned civic bodies in Delhi, Gurugram and Lucknow of personal liability for failing to act against unauthorised constructions. Citing recent fatal fire incidents, it directed stricter enforcement, ordered officials' personal appearance and warned of contempt proceedings for non-compliance

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh criticised the BJP over the India-Australia civil nuclear energy pact, claiming it became possible because of the 2008 US-India Nuclear Agreement that the BJP had opposed. His remarks followed the signing of multiple India-Australia strategic cooperation agreements

The Supreme Court ruled that an uncle-in-law cannot adopt his niece's husband as a ghardamad for inheritance unless such a tribal custom is proven. Setting aside three lower court rulings, it held that the burden of proving customary practices lies on the claimant

State-run BSNL has introduced commercial satellite phone packages priced at ₹1.34 lakh for off-grid industries. Procurement remains subject to strict Department of Telecommunications (DoT) security protocols, location logging, and encrypted data routing

The Enforcement Directorate has filed a chargesheet against former West Bengal Minister Sujit Bose, his son Samudra Bose, IAS officer Jyotishman Chattopadhyay and two firms in the alleged ₹250-crore municipalities recruitment scam, accusing them of money laundering and recruitment irregularities

Four Karnataka police officers, including a DySP, secured relief in the 2020-21 Bitcoin case after the state Home Department denied prosecution sanctions. Consequently, the CID's Special Investigation Team filed a closure 'B' report in court

The CBI has filed 11 fresh charge sheets against 72 individuals in the multi-crore Mahadev App betting scandal. The filings target promoters Saurabh Chandrakar and Ravi Uppal, along with panel operators accused of laundering money through mule accounts