The Defence Acquisition Council, chaired by Rajnath Singh, has granted in-principle approval to capital proposals worth about Rs 2.12 lakh crore for the three services, with nearly 82 per cent of the value earmarked for Indian industry.
World
Syria has closed the Nassib crossing, its only border crossing with Jordan, a day after Jordanian airstrikes in southern Syria that Damascus says killed civilians and that Amman links to last week's deadly church attack.
World
Nobel laureate María Corina Machado has returned to Venezuela after nearly a year in exile, appearing at a church in Lara state and travelling to Caracas — a return that puts fresh pressure on the interim government to set a date for elections.
India
A special MP-MLA court in Sultanpur has acquitted Rahul Gandhi in an eight-year-old defamation case over his 2018 remarks about Amit Shah, holding that the remarks were not defamatory.
World
Serbians turned out in force on Sunday in a snap parliamentary election, as a student protest movement seeks to unseat longtime leader Aleksandar Vucic in the biggest challenge to his rule in over a decade.
India
Foreign portfolio investors have withdrawn Rs 48,056 crore from Indian equities so far in October, taking 2026 outflows to about Rs 3.08 lakh crore, though selling eased in the final week.
World
Brazilians vote on Sunday in a presidential runoff between incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and senator Flavio Bolsonaro, with final polls showing the race effectively tied after neither won outright on October 4.
India
Jio Platforms has become the first IPO in the world to cross one crore applications, with the Rs 30,213-crore issue subscribed 7.83 times as institutional demand led a record retail response.
World
The magnitude-7.0 quake struck Baqen County in Nagqu at 10:33 pm local time, collapsing at least 339 homes; Xi Jinping ordered all-out rescue efforts as relief supplies arrived in the remote, high-altitude region.
India
Police stopped the 'People Against SIR' march near Gole Dak Khana and detained over 100 protesters demanding the resignation of CEC Gyanesh Kumar and the scrapping of the voter-roll revision exercise.
India
A special MP-MLA court in Sultanpur has acquitted Rahul Gandhi in an eight-year-old defamation case over his 2018 remarks about Amit Shah, holding that the remarks were not defamatory.
India
Foreign portfolio investors have withdrawn Rs 48,056 crore from Indian equities so far in October, taking 2026 outflows to about Rs 3.08 lakh crore, though selling eased in the final week.
World
Nobel laureate María Corina Machado has returned to Venezuela after nearly a year in exile, appearing at a church in Lara state and travelling to Caracas — a return that puts fresh pressure on the interim government to set a date for elections.
World
Serbians turned out in force on Sunday in a snap parliamentary election, as a student protest movement seeks to unseat longtime leader Aleksandar Vucic in the biggest challenge to his rule in over a decade.
India
Beyond Bengaluru and Mumbai, a quiet startup boom is unfolding in Jaipur, Indore, Coimbatore and beyond. Inside India's tier-2 entrepreneurship story.
India
India is racing to build data centres for the AI age. This in-depth analysis weighs the boom's promises against its demands for power, water and land.
Science
Extreme heat is a public-health emergency that disrupts sleep, work and wellbeing. An in-depth, practical guide to protecting your household.
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