Michelin-star chef Vikas Khanna will be honoured with the prestigious 2020 Asia Game Changer Award for feeding millions across India amid the COVID-19 pandemic through a massive food distribution drive that he coordinated, thousands of miles away from his Manhattan home.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday asserted that no force in the world can stop Indian troops from patrolling the country's border in Ladakh region.

In a relief to the Centre and the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), the Supreme Court said on Thursday that they are not required to seek prior consent of the Delhi High Court before granting recognition to various sports federations in the country.

The Centre has said that if the Supreme Court decides on the issue of media regulation then such an exercise should be undertaken with the digital media first as it has faster reach and information has the potential to go viral due to applications like WhatsApp, Twitter and Facebook.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said China attempted to change the status quo along the LAC with its provocative military manoeuvres late last month and that there is a mismatch between what Beijing says and does.

A video of a journalist being beaten by at least four men in Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur district has surfaced on Twitter. The incident happened on September 15 when journalist Devesh Tyagi was stopped by miscreants while he was on his way to the Ambedkar Sports Stadium.

There is no plan to drop the civil services aptitude test (CSAT) from the civil services examination, the government said on Thursday.

India has been ranked at the 116th position in the latest edition of the World Bank's annual Human Capital Index that benchmarks key components of human capital across countries.