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The Day Ahead
1. Parliament to continue debate on anti-paper leak Bill
2. Delhi SIR: Door-to-door BLO verification to end today
3. Manipal Health Enterprises IPO to open today
4. India’s Jaismine Lamboria to face England’s Elise Glynn today in women’s 57kg Quarter-final at Commonwealth Games 2026
News This Morning
‘Leader defending a rapist made education minister’, says Rahul Gandhi
Outside Parliament, Rahul Gandhi accused the government of appointing a person who had defended a rapist. Priyanka Gandhi made a similar remark in the Lok Sabha, but it was expunged from the House records. Read More
Today’s Top Headlines
1. SC orders quick release of detained youth protesters
The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the immediate release of students with no criminal history detained during the protest. Read More
2. India summons Meta after Modi’s selfie video removed
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has summoned Meta’s Global Head of Public Policy after the company removed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Facebook post. Read More
3. 6.8-magnitude earthquake strikes Japan
A powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Japan’s southern Kumamoto Prefecture on Tuesday, triggering widespread damage, evacuations and tsunami warnings. Read More
4. India responds to claims of Pakistani support for student protests
The Indian government on Tuesday responded to reports that several Pakistani social media influencers and Gen Z groups had expressed support for the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)-led student protests in Delhi. Read More
5. India now has 576 ‘Arabpati’, fourfold rise in 5 years
In the country, the number of ‘Arabpati’ (Income over 100 crore) has increased more than fourfold in the last five years. In the year 2021-22, there were 142 ‘Arabpati’. Read More
6. Continuous use of AI chatbots can be dangerous
AI chatbots don’t just answer our questions, but they gather so much information about our habits, behavior, and personal life that we can’t even imagine. When a New York Times reporter asked ChatGPT and Gemini what they knew about him, he was stunned by the answers he received. Read More
7. Ryan ten Doeschate, Gambhir’s close support staff aide resigns
The coaching staff changes have reportedly started in the Indian team after the white-ball series in England. As per Cricinfo, Indian men’s team assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate has left his role after the Men in Blue suffered a horrifying loss in both the T20I and ODI series. Read More
8. CWG 2026: Harjinder Kaur, Gulveer Singh win silver as India’s tally reaches 12
India won two more silver medals at the Commonwealth Games 2026, with Harjinder Kaur finishing second in the women’s 69kg weightlifting event and Gulveer Singh becoming the first Indian to medal in the men’s 10,000m race. India now have 12 medals. Read more
9. Kangana calls Gen Z women ‘Gutter chhaap’
BJP MP and actress Kangana Ranaut has criticised what she described as the mindset of some women from the younger generation. In a post on her Instagram Stories, she referred to them as ‘gutter chhaap’ and alleged that they equate freedom with drug use, alcohol consumption and multiple sexual relationships. Read More
10. Badshah heading for a second divorce? Wife says she stayed silent out of fear of his influence
Speculation over singer-rapper Badshah’s second marriage has intensified after his wife, Isha Rikhi, shared an emotional social media post. She said she had remained silent for a long time because she feared Badshah’s influence and power, but added that she could no longer continue “living a pretence”. Read More
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