The Indian Coast Guard has rescued 170 people over three days during flood-relief operations across South Gujarat and the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, after heavy rain triggered flooding from July 22. Combining helicopter sorties and ground teams, it airlifted 63 stranded residents from Navsari's Mendar village and evacuated 60 from a Welspun industrial area.
The IMD forecasts widespread rain across India on Sunday, with Maharashtra and Odisha set for heavy to very heavy showers and Delhi expecting light rain. It has warned of flash-flood risk over 24 hours in parts of Gujarat's Saurashtra and Kutch, and in Jharkhand, Odisha and Chhattisgarh. Gujarat's Santalpur recorded 390mm in a day, amid an active monsoon trough.
About 45% of India's exports to the United States will not face the new 10% US tariff, the Commerce Ministry said on Saturday. The remaining 55% will attract the 'forced labour' levy, though at a lower rate than most other countries the US investigated. The government said it is also in talks with Washington on a quota-based system for Indian textile exports.
A special court in Bhopal rejected the bail plea of retired judge Giribala Singh on Saturday, citing the gravity of charges in the dowry-death case of model and actor Twisha Sharma. Singh, Twisha's mother-in-law, and her son Samarth Singh were arrested over alleged dowry harassment, mental abuse and domestic violence after Twisha was found dead at her marital home on May 12.
After 13 nights of strikes on Iran, the United States is reportedly seeking a temporary ceasefire and a return to a suspended memorandum of understanding, asking Qatar and Pakistan to mediate talks with Tehran. Iran has reportedly rejected negotiations unless all attacks stop first. President Trump, who earlier declared the ceasefire over, has warned of a 'massive attack' if diplomacy fails.
State-run power producer NTPC's board has approved raising up to ₹12,000 crore through non-convertible debentures, in one or more tranches via private placement in the domestic market. The company disclosed the decision in a regulatory filing on Friday after its board met. The debentures may be issued until the resolution's first anniversary or the next annual general meeting, whichever comes first.
WhatsApp is developing an update that would replace its six-digit two-step verification PIN with a dedicated password to better protect accounts. Spotted in the Android beta version 2.26.29.4, the password would support more than six characters mixing letters and numbers, resisting guessing better than a numeric PIN. SMS registration stays in place, and WhatsApp has not set a rollout date.
England gymnast Gabriel Langton, 19, was taken to hospital after a heavy fall from the high bar halted the men's team final at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow for about 20 minutes on Friday. He landed on his head and neck but remained conscious and was later speaking with doctors. England took silver behind Canada, with Australia claiming bronze.
Anthropic has launched Claude Opus 5, an AI model for coding, research and agent tasks that rivals OpenAI's GPT-5.6. It sits below Fable 5 but claims to approach its performance at half the API cost, priced at $5 per million input and $25 per million output tokens. Opus 5 adds adjustable effort levels and a one-million-token context window across Claude's paid plans.
US Senator Tim Sheehy, a Montana Republican, has introduced a Senate bill seeking a three-year pause on new H-1B visas and to codify the Trump administration's $100,000 fee per petition, which a federal court recently struck down. Sheehy argued the US should not issue visas that undercut American workers. The H-1B programme is heavily used to hire skilled Indian professionals.
Five people were killed in Madhya Pradesh's Rajgarh district on Saturday when their car skidded off the road and plunged into a dam reservoir, police said. The crash happened around noon near Bhilkhedi junction, on the boundary of Pachore and Khujner police stations, when the vehicle lost control approaching a culvert. Police suspect they were trying to avoid an animal or vehicle.
Ukrainian attacks on holiday camps in the partly Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia region killed 11 people, including four children, Moscow-installed officials said Saturday, with 16 wounded. Ukrainian authorities in the northeastern Sumy region said a Russian drone strike killed three. The strikes followed a major Russian assault near Kyiv on Friday that killed at least 10 and wounded around 100 in the four-year war.
IDFC First Bank reported a net profit of ₹1,075 crore for Q1 FY27, more than doubling from a year earlier, helped by strong business growth, improved asset quality and tighter cost management. Its net interest margin rose to 5.96% from 5.71% a year ago, a 25 basis-point gain. The lender said asset quality held up across retail, rural and SME books.
Southern China has evacuated more than 20,000 people and suspended rail services as Typhoon Noul approaches, with flights cancelled in Hong Kong. The storm is forecast to make landfall along the coast from Hong Kong to Guangdong province between Saturday evening and Sunday morning, the National Meteorological Center said, which issued an orange alert, the second-highest in its four-tier warning system.
Aneesh Mohan, 43, a geologist killed in a landslide at a tunnel construction site in Sikkim, was cremated at his home in Pampady near Kottayam on Saturday evening. Members of the public paid their respects, and Kerala Water Resources Minister Mons Joseph paid homage for the state government. His body was flown from Sikkim via Kolkata and Kochi with government help.
Malaysia is poised to return to Formula 1, with Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim saying an official announcement will come on Sunday. Sepang International Circuit is expected to host the relocated Bahrain Grand Prix on October 2-4, its first F1 race since 2017, after the Middle East conflict forced Bahrain's cancellation. The deal, agreed in principle, still awaits FIA approval.
Pakistan fielded six players instead of the permitted five in a Hockey 5s match against India on Friday, and umpires penalised the error by sending off two players. Reduced to three on the field, Pakistan lost 7-3 to India. The Pakistan Hockey Federation has sought an explanation from the team management, which blamed miscommunication between players and coaches during the game.
Contract workers of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams protested outside the TTD Administrative Building in Tirupati on Saturday, demanding the minimum monthly wage be raised to ₹26,000. CITU state vice-president Kandarapu Murali said the temple body must improve pay for staff serving thousands of daily pilgrims. The union also sought darshan access, prasadam entitlement and job security, warning of a stronger agitation.
Apple is lobbying to use Chinese memory chips in products sold outside the US to cut costs, while supplier Micron Technology is pushing to block it, the Wall Street Journal reported. CEO Tim Cook pitched Trump and officials including Howard Lutnick and Scott Bessent on sourcing from China's CXMT and YMTC. The clash pits two of Trump's priorities against each other.
Filmmaker Chuck Russell, who directed the 1994 hit The Mask and horror titles A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors and The Blob, has died at 74. His wife, actor Ania Zeyne, said he died on July 22 at his San Diego-area home; the cause is unknown. Russell also directed Eraser and The Scorpion King. Jim Carrey paid tribute.