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25 Jul 2026 · India · Hindustan Times
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned on Saturday, submitting his letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi after a month of student protests over alleged NEET paper leaks. The Cockroach Janta Party-led agitation at Delhi's Jantar Mantar, boosted by activist Sonam Wangchuk's 26-day hunger strike, had demanded accountability. Announcing his exit, Pradhan invoked 'youth power' and warned against 'anti-national forces' exploiting the unrest.
25 Jul 2026 · India · News18
Authorities in Lucknow demolished a three-storey building on Saturday, 32 days after a June 22 fire killed 15 people. Bulldozers razed the structure, which housed a coaching centre and shops, amid sealed roads and heavy police. Approved for residential use, it was allegedly run commercially without fire safety. A 2016 demolition order over unauthorised construction had been withdrawn; owners face legal action.
25 Jul 2026 · Health · The Hindu
A three-year study published in Gut Microbes has built what its authors call the first reference database of the gut microbiome across South Asia, sampling 575 adults from 10 communities in India and Sri Lanka. It suggests gut bacteria, not just genes, may explain rising diabetes, obesity and hypertension as Indians urbanise. Niraj Rai and Maanasa Raghavan led the work.
25 Jul 2026 · World · News18
An easyJet flight from Tenerife to Liverpool turned back after a fight erupted between two groups of British passengers 30 minutes into the journey. Police met the plane at Tenerife South, and eight people, two adults and six minors, were removed; remaining passengers flew on later. The incident comes as UK officials weigh a shared database to bar disruptive flyers.
25 Jul 2026 · India · The Hindu
West Bengal Finance Minister Swapan Dasgupta on Saturday tabled the CAG reports in the state Assembly, saying they had not been presented for some years. He called that omission a 'constitutional lapse' and said the reports would expose the reasons behind West Bengal's debt of over ₹8 lakh crore. Dasgupta said the government wants a special Assembly session to discuss them.
25 Jul 2026 · World · The Hindu
A Canadian woman who interned at a NATO site in Belgium has been arrested on spying charges, the Belgian prosecutor said on Saturday. She is suspected of spying for a third country and of belonging to a criminal organisation. The prosecutor said she was an intern at SHAPE, NATO's military headquarters in Mons, but withheld her name and other details for now.
25 Jul 2026 · India · Hindustan Times
Canadian police have charged Ritish Kumar, 22, with second-degree murder over the death of his partner Damanpreet Kaur, 23, from Samrala in Punjab's Ludhiana district. Edmonton Police found Kaur unresponsive with suspicious injuries on July 9; she died in hospital on July 12. Police called it an intimate-partner homicide and later said she was strangled. Kumar was arrested on July 22.
25 Jul 2026 · Business · The Hindu
India's banks and insurers will roll out a common customer-identification system in August, with mutual funds and brokerages joining later in 2026, sources told Reuters. Under Central Know-Your-Customer 2.0, institutions will fetch a customer's details from a Central Registry with only their consent, sparing people from resubmitting ID documents. The RBI, SEBI and the insurance regulator are jointly executing the project.
25 Jul 2026 · World · The Hindu
President Donald Trump attended the White House Correspondents' Association dinner on Friday night, held at Washington's Waldorf Astoria after being rescheduled from April, when a shooting disrupted it. 'The show must go on,' Trump said. Association president Weijia Jiang of CBS News thanked him and vowed the group would not be intimidated. Trump sat through over an hour of press awards.
25 Jul 2026 · World · The Hindu
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres travels to Syria on Saturday, becoming the first serving UN chief to visit since a nearly 14-year war began that killed hundreds of thousands and displaced millions. He is expected to address Syria's new Parliament on July 27 and visit a UN peacekeeping force. The trip follows the 2024 ouster of Bashar al-Assad and a transitional government.
25 Jul 2026 · India · News18
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi claimed on Saturday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Cabinet was discussing moving Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan to another ministry amid protests over the NEET-UG paper leak. At a Delhi press conference, Gandhi called that unacceptable, branded Pradhan 'corrupt and incompetent' and said the education system had been hijacked. He backed protesting students and demanded an apology from Modi.
25 Jul 2026 · Entertainment · Hindustan Times
Prime Video unveiled a teaser for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 3 at Comic-Con, showing the forging of the One Ring by Sauron, played by Charlie Vickers. Showrunners J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay said the season, set five years after Eregion's fall, will be darker. Simon Pegg will voice the Balrog. It premieres November 11.
25 Jul 2026 · World · News18
An improvised explosive device concealed in an umbrella was found and defused near Dhaka's Motijheel metro station during a Rath Yatra procession in Bangladesh, officials said. Per The Daily Star, bomb-disposal sources said it held 1 to 1.5kg of sulphur in a metal pipe with iron balls, wired for remote detonation. A 33-year-old passerby was injured during disposal; the motive is unestablished.
25 Jul 2026 · Business · The Hindu
The Competition Commission of India has closed a complaint against Eternal Ltd, Zomato's parent, finding no prima facie case of abuse of dominance in the food-delivery app's pricing. In its Thursday order, the regulator saw no violation over platform fees, delivery charges or the gap between restaurant menu prices and app-displayed prices, and rejected a consumer's plea to halt platform-fee collection.
25 Jul 2026 · World · News18
A US federal appeals court has refused to reinstate the Trump administration's $100,000 H-1B visa fee, upholding a lower-court block. The Boston-based First Circuit on Friday declined to stay Judge Leo Sorokin's June 8 ruling, which called the charge an unlawful tax not authorised by Congress. Twenty Democrat-led states had sued. The visa is heavily used to hire skilled workers from India.
25 Jul 2026 · Sports · News18
World No. 1 Jannik Sinner and Novak Djokovic have withdrawn from the ATP Montreal Masters, running August 1 to 13, Tennis Canada confirmed Friday. Both cited health and heavy workload after Wimbledon, where Sinner won the title and Djokovic reached the semifinals. Alexander Zverev becomes top seed. Carlos Alcaraz had already pulled out with a wrist injury, targeting Cincinnati instead.
25 Jul 2026 · Technology · News18
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said the AI industry has lost trust because people fear the technology will eliminate their jobs. Speaking on a podcast, he noted a college speaker was booed for praising AI, and urged firms to use it to augment workers rather than replace them. His remarks come as Google, Microsoft and Amazon announce layoffs while ramping up AI investment.
25 Jul 2026 · India · The Hindu
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai said the state government will table a Uniform Civil Code bill in the upcoming Winter Session of the Assembly. Speaking to reporters at Raipur airport on Friday, he reaffirmed the government's commitment to implementing the UCC. The announcement comes nearly a month after Chhattisgarh began the process by appointing a five-member committee to guide implementation.
25 Jul 2026 · Sports · The Hindu
India fast bowlers Akash Deep and Mukesh Kumar have been directly appointed as Deputy Superintendents of Police in Bihar under the state's 'Medal Lao, Naukri Pao' scheme. Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary handed the appointment letters at a Sports Department event at Patna's Urja Auditorium on Friday, giving government jobs to 19 athletes in all, including the two international cricketers.
25 Jul 2026 · India · Hindustan Times
A 20-year-old, Yashvendra, son of an Indian Army officer, died on Friday after the car he was driving skidded and fell into a drain in southwest Delhi's Vasant Kunj. Police said he lost control on a slippery stretch while taking a sharp turn near the Nangal Dewat signal. His friend, the car's owner, survived. A case was registered and a probe underway.