India recorded over 9 lakh children who did not receive a single dose of any routine vaccine in 2024, according to new data released by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and UNICEF.

Once a frontrunner in digital payments, Bengaluru is reportedly witnessing a sudden shift back to cash as small vendors—spooked by recent GST notices from the Commercial Taxes Department—begin refusing UPI transactions. QR code stickers are being replaced with signs reading “No UPI, only cash,” as traders fear tax scrutiny and demand customers pay in physical currency instead.

The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has revised its Class 8 Social Science textbook to include content highlighting the Delhi Sultanate and the Mughal era, reportedly pointing to "many instances of religious intolerance" during these periods.

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday questioned the statutory right of six advocates to sue Italian fashion house Prada for its alleged unauthorised use of the famous Kolhapuri chappals, and dismissed their public interest litigation (PIL).

The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to lift the interim stay imposed by the Delhi High Court on the release of the controversial film Udaipur Files, which is based on the 2022 murder of tailor Kanhaiya Lal Teli in Udaipur.

 Maharashtra minister Nitesh Rane has ignited fresh controversy by demanding that the Islamic call to prayer, or azaan, be delivered in Marathi and that madrasas replace Urdu with Marathi to impart what he called “real education.”

In just five days since the Kanwar Yatra began on July 11, over 170 Kanwariyas have been booked across various parts of northern India on charges ranging from hooliganism and rioting to blocking highways, obstructing police, disturbing public peace, and wrongful restraint, according to data from the Mela Police Force Control Room cited by Hindustan Times.

BJP MLA Byrathi Basavaraj is among five individuals booked by police in eastern Bengaluru following the murder of a 40-year-old history-sheeter on Tuesday evening.