News Snippets

  • India informs the US that if it cozies up to Pakistan despite India's terror concerns, relations between India and the US will take a hit
  • Government informs the Supreme Court that it will address the issue of overpriced drugs
  • The Delhi High Court ruled that an accused released after an illegal arrest cannot simply be re-arrested by police without following prescribed safeguards. The court ordered the release of a POCSO accused after finding that the procedure followed for his second arrest was defective
  • The Delhi High Court set aside an FSSAI order requiring Red Bull India to stop describing its products as “energy drinks”, holding that the regulator had acted without giving the company an opportunity to present its case. FSSAI remains free to issue a fresh notice and take a new decision after following due process
  • The Congress Working Committee on Tuesday demanded the immediate removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, suspension of the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls and restoration of what the party claims are 13.3 crore deleted voter names. It also demanded Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s resignation on moral grounds and announced a wider campaign over the issue
  • The Supreme Court agreed to list next week a petition challenging the manner in which the Election Commission’s powers are being exercised, including whether the Chief Election Commissioner can individually exercise or represent powers vested in the multi-member Commission. The plea cites objections reportedly recorded by two Election Commissioners
  • The Supreme Court quashed the preventive detention under the National Security Act of Mulla Afroz, accused in the 2024 Sambhal violence case, and imposed ₹10 lakh in costs on the Uttar Pradesh government. The court found the detention unlawful because it relied on an extra-judicial confession made during police custody
  • The rupee ended almost unchanged at ₹95.98 per US dollar after touching a two-month low of ₹96.1475 during the session. Traders said suspected RBI intervention and a retreat in crude prices helped limit the currency's losses
  • Adani Airport Holdings raised ₹1,000 crore ($120 million) through a three-year rupee-denominated bond issue carrying an 8.96% coupon. The funds are intended for capital expenditure across its airport network following the company's recent $1 billion equity fund-raising
  • Indian equities fell for a second consecutive session, with the Sensex closing 242.65 points lower at 72,529.07 and the Nifty declining 64.05 points to 22,716.20. Elevated crude prices, foreign outflows and global risk aversion continued to weigh on the market
  • Shooter Neeru Dhanda became the first Indian woman to win an individual Asian Games gold in trap shooting, taking the title in Nagoya with 28 hits in the final. She had earlier helped India win silver in the women's team trap event on the same day
  • India's women's 4x400m relay team won gold at the Asian Games, with Kiran, Poovamma Machettira, Prachi and Vithya Ramraj finishing in 3:29.69. It was India's first athletics gold of the Games and took the country's gold tally to six
  • Distance runner Gulveer Singh won bronze in the men's 5,000m, completing a three-medal haul at the Asian Games after earlier silver medals in the 10,000m and 1,500m. He clocked 13:32.75 for his third podium finish of the Games
  • Pooja Singh won bronze in the women's high jump, ending India's 24-year wait for a medal in the event at the Asian Games. The 19-year-old cleared 1.84 metres to finish third in Nagoya
  • Solicitor-General Tushar Mehta agreed with the SC and informed the court that the government will tighten rules to block social media accounts of under 18-year olds
Asian Games: Indian archery teams, women's, men's and mixed, strike three gold medals to propel India to the 8th position on the medals tally