A senior Indian official told journalists on Monday that the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty needs review and renegotiation and will not function again in its present form, saying any revival of river-sharing provisions must take a different shape. India suspended the treaty after the April 2025 Pahalgam attack. The official also argued the move sets no precedent for China's Brahmaputra dam.
Ryan Fox holed a 12-foot birdie putt at the last at Royal Birkdale to win the British Open by a stroke, sealing it just after 5:30am back home before sunrise. New Zealanders woke on Monday to a fourth major champion from their country. The victory lifted Fox from 56th to 22nd in the Official World Golf Ranking.
Lumio co-founder Raghu Reddy told Hindustan Times that the chip shortage that has already lifted smartphone and laptop prices will push Indian television prices up over the next six months, and that every brand including his own will be affected. Co-founder Kailash Sankarnarayanan described the company's focus on content discovery, including a WhatsApp-linked assistant tested across nine Indian languages.
Writing on X, PV Sindhu said she contacted Virat Kohli at the lowest point of her career, when injuries were mounting and results had dried up, and that he replied within minutes and met her the next day. The 31-year-old kept the conversation private but said it reframed her purpose. A toe ligament injury had kept her out for three months.
Donald Trump declared on Truth Social that Benjamin Netanyahu will not be arrested in any way while in the United States, responding to New York mayor Zohran Mamdani. Mamdani has said he is unsure whether he can direct police to detain a foreign leader and is consulting his legal team before September's UN General Assembly.
Delhi Police said more than 118 personnel were hurt during Monday's CJP protest, among them a Special Commissioner, a Joint Commissioner and several women officers, and that around 60 protesters were also injured. The force said demonstrators pelted stones, breached barricades and damaged 15 to 20 government vehicles. About 70 people were detained and an FIR is being registered.
India's largest carrier IndiGo said on Monday it will order over 1,000 engines from CFM International to power 510 aircraft from the A320 neo family. The memorandum was signed at the Farnborough International Airshow in the UK. CFM is an equal joint venture between GE Aerospace and Safran Aircraft Engines. Chief executive designate Willie Walsh cited the LEAP engine's reliability.
Former India captain Diana Edulji has argued for a split-captaincy arrangement in the women's team, saying it is time to move on from Harmanpreet Kaur in white-ball cricket after India went out at the group stage of the recent ICC Women's T20 World Cup. She suggests handing the white-ball role to Smriti Mandhana. Edulji spoke at the Maharani Trophy launch in Bengaluru.
Donald Trump said on Monday that Iran would pay many times over for every American service member killed, posting the warning on Truth Social and saying the instruction had gone to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Joint Chiefs chairman Daniel Caine and military commanders. The Pentagon confirmed three US deaths over the weekend, two at a base in Jordan and one in northern Iraq.
India deposited its instrument of acceptance on Monday to become a party to the WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies, the Commerce Ministry said. The pact bars state support for illegal fishing and overfished stocks, covering marine wild-capture fishing but not aquaculture or inland fisheries. Adopted by consensus in Geneva in June 2022, it took effect on 15 September 2025.
Four Indian seafarers died and one was left critically ill when the commercial vessel MV Golden Leo came under attack while departing the Ukrainian port of Odesa on Sunday, the Ministry of External Affairs said. Seventeen crew were aboard, five of them Indian. The ministry condemned the targeting of commercial shipping and said its mission in Ukraine is assisting those affected.
Iranian Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni reached Islamabad on Monday evening leading a delegation that includes senior Revolutionary Guard commanders, with meetings expected with Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir. It coincides with a ninth consecutive night of US strikes on Iranian military sites, Iranian retaliation against Gulf states, and a reported mediator proposal for a 10-day ceasefire.
Two brothers in Karnataka's Davangere district exhumed their mother's body 79 days after burial and were carrying it by motorcycle towards a district hospital when they were stopped. Eeramma, 58, died at home on April 29 and an initial post-mortem concluded suicide, which her sons dispute, alleging injuries indicate foul play. Police have filed an FIR over the unauthorised exhumation.
Registration documents accessed by Liases Foras show actor John Abraham bought a bungalow on St Martin Road, Bandra West, for Rs 84 crore, with the conveyance deed registered on 14 July and stamp duty of Rs 5.04 crore. The plot runs to 1,017.60 sq metres. He paid Rs 70.83 crore for a Khar bungalow in December 2023.
India's core industrial sectors expanded 5% in June 2026, the quickest pace in five months, in the first release of a rebuilt Index of Core Industries. The Commerce Ministry shifted the base year from 2011-12 to 2022-23, added iron ore as a ninth sector and revised weights and estimation methods. Iron ore led the index with 43.9% growth.
The Reliance Foundation Development League's Japan tour for under-21 sides closed with Bengaluru FC unbeaten, holding Avispa Fukuoka goalless before winning 4-3 on penalties for a third straight victory. FC Goa beat Giravanz Kitakyushu 3-1 through Malsawmtluanga, Sitroy Carvalho and Shawn Fernandes. Punjab FC led Baleine Shimonoseki until a stoppage-time equaliser, then lost 7-6 on penalties.
Suresh Battini, Principal Chief Commissioner of Income Tax for Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, said in Visakhapatnam on Monday that direct tax collections across the two states grew 19.47% in the opening quarter of 2026-27. Net collections reached Rs 41,568 crore by 17 July, with Andhra Pradesh contributing Rs 6,607 crore, a rise of 17%. He credited wider taxpayer participation and compliance.
Yemen's Houthi movement said on Monday it was imposing an immediate maritime embargo on Saudi Arabia, which military spokesman Yahya Saree framed as retaliation for the blockade of Houthi-held ports and a strike on Sanaa airport. The group has not said how it would enforce this. Last week it fired missiles at Abha airport in southern Saudi Arabia.
After a month of daily use, a Hindustan Times reviewer rated the Rs 47,999 Edge 70 Pro Plus highly on its quad-curved AMOLED screen, ergonomics and a 6500mAh battery that charges fully in 53 minutes at 90W. The Dimensity 8500 outpaced a rival on benchmarks. Criticism centred on Hello UI polish, unreliable Moto AI transcription and inconsistent camera white balance.
Delhi Police say more than 70 people have been detained and several FIRs registered after violence at the Jantar Mantar protest, with CCTV and phone recordings being examined to identify those involved. Unnamed police sources claim some posts about the unrest trace to Pakistani accounts, including a false report of seven deaths. Officers say over 50 personnel were injured by stone-pelting.