The Latest Breaking News from India

As mercury hits record high in Gurugram, brace for more outages

GURUGRAM: April has indeed been the cruellest month for Gurugram. On Friday, the city experienced its hottest April day in weather logs, and the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued an orange alert for the next two days for heatwave conditions.

The Times of India · Apr 29, 2022

A step that would trigger language phonocide

Imposing Hindi would be catastrophic; instead, India would be better off having a multi-linguistic accommodative policy 

The Hindu · Apr 29, 2022

Power-hungry India halts passenger trains to free up track to move coal

India has boosted the output of coal and cancelled passenger trains to free up rail track to move it, officials said on Friday, as the government scrambles to overcome its worst power crisis in years.

Reuters · Apr 29, 2022

Data | Climate change: Unseasonal rains and extreme heat hit India

India has recorded both excess rainfall and extreme heat in the last six months

The Hindu · Apr 29, 2022

Centre is beset with a disease: KCR

State govt. hold iftar for minority community members

The Hindu · Apr 29, 2022

Data | Excess rain, extreme heat hurts mango, lemon production

The excess unseasonal rainfall and extreme heatwave recorded in the last six months across India have adversely affected mango and lemon arrivals, pushing up their retail prices

The Hindu · Apr 29, 2022

BJP wants to push Muslims to pick up arms: Asaduddin Owaisi

Modi accused of declaring a war on Indian Muslims

The Hindu · Apr 29, 2022

Sikh community embodies ideals of ‘Ek Bharat, Shreshth Bharat’: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi says country feels grateful to Sikhs for their contributions in freedom struggle and in post-independence era

The Hindu · Apr 29, 2022

How to survive a heatwave

On colour-coded temperature charts, the Indian subcontinent is currently a sickly mauve. With summer still months away, an unusually intense heatwave is threatening millions of people there. Temperatures are expected to exceed 48°C on the border between Pakistan and India this week. A month ago, the heat broke a 122-year-old…

The Conversation · Apr 29, 2022

Japan sets up title clash with Korea

India gets past Hong Kong, to play for fifth spot

The Hindu · Apr 29, 2022