India’s wildlife lodges are making a case for monsoon nature walks
The Hinduby Barry Rodgers·29 Aug 2026
The first signs of the monsoon are not always found in the sky. They may hang from the tapered end of a half-built baya-weaver’s nest, pulse from the blue vocal sacs of a breeding Indian bullfrog...
Being bisexual in India is still surprisingly complicated
The Hinduby Barry Rodgers·29 Aug 2026
There is a peculiar administrative burden to being bisexual. You tell someone you’re bisexual and, almost immediately, they want supplementary documentation.
3,400 SIR forms found at Navi Mumbai photocopy shop, 5 BLOs suspended; Sena (UBT)-BJP men clash
The Hinduby PTI·29 Aug 2026
Five Booth Level Officers were suspended after 3,400 enumeration forms related to the Special Intensive Revision of voter rolls were found at a photocopy shop in Navi Mumbai, triggering a clash...
The Hindu Morning Digest: August 29, 2026
The Hinduby The Hindu Bureau·29 Aug 2026
Nepal flood toll rises to 579; nearly 2,000 still missing The death toll in the Nepal flash floods touched 579 on Friday (August 28, 2026), even as the search for nearly 2,000 missing people...
FM Sitharaman lands in U.S. for six-day visit for G-20 talks and meeting with business leaders
The Hinduby PTI·29 Aug 2026
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman landed in the US for a six-day visit, during which she will participate in the G20 Finance Ministers’ meeting and hold talks with CEOs and business leaders to...
Telangana Foods turns into role model for country in Take Home Ration models
The Hinduby R Ravikanth Reddy·29 Aug 2026
Telangana Foods, the State government-owned nutrition food manufacturing enterprise, which has completed five decades of its service in supplying nutritious food to children and women, has been...
When the mantra of Vande Mataram lit the fire of freedom in Nizam’s territory
The Hinduby Serish Nanisetti·29 Aug 2026
The ‘B’ Hostel of Osmania University has its door boarded up. The ‘A’ Hostel of OU is now walled up. “That building has collapsed. Don’t go there.
U.S. judge throws out confessions of alleged 9/11 mastermind, says report
The Hinduby AFP·28 Aug 2026
A U.S. military judge ruled on Friday (August 28, 2026) that confessions made by alleged 9/11 attacks mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to FBI agents are inadmissible and cannot be used against him...
Gen Z vs Haryana khap panchayats: Old rules, new rebels
The Hinduby Ashok Kumar·28 Aug 2026
Anchal, an M.A. student and a resident of Igra village, Jind district, posted a video on social media satirising khap panchayats, the powerful but unelected community bodies dominated by elderly...
Eng vs Pak 2nd Test: England in control at Lord’s and stretches lead to 261 after skittling Pakistan for 110
The Hinduby Authors; Contributors·28 Aug 2026
England was bossing Pakistan by an imposing 261 runs after two days of the Lord's test on Friday (August 28, 2026).
Diamond League: Dos Santos and Russell make their entry into the history books
The Hinduby Agencies·28 Aug 2026
Two World records were broken less than 40 minutes apart at the Diamond League in Zurich on Thursday (August 27, 2026), with 400m hurdler Alison dos Santos of Brazil making his way into the history...
Delhi HC issues show-cause notice to social media user over ‘contemptuous’ videos
The Hinduby The Hindu Bureau·28 Aug 2026
The Delhi High Court has issued a show-cause notice to a social media user, asking him to explain why contempt proceedings should not be initiated over YouTube videos allegedly containing...
Sacred guru-devotee hierarchy
The Hinduby Authors; Contributors·28 Aug 2026
The sacred or spiritual hierarchy and roles are an interconnected relationship between the Bhagavan (God), the Acharya (Guru), and the Bhagavatas (devotees).
Ritabrata Banerjee-led TMC faction demands immediate students’ union polls in colleges
The Hinduby Senjuti Sengupta·28 Aug 2026
West Bengal Leader of Opposition Ritabrata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress group on Friday (August 28, 2026) accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government of not taking any initiative to hold...
Bihar government to replace ‘fail’ with ‘eligible for skills’ in Class 10, 12 marksheets
The Hinduby Amarnath Tewary·28 Aug 2026
Noting that a student’s talent is not diminished simply because they did not manage to secure expected marks in an examination, Bihar Education Minister Mithilesh Tiwari announced on Friday (August...
Fiscal federalism, efficiency versus equity concerns
The Hinduby K J Joseph; Sumalatha B S·28 Aug 2026
The Finance Commission, an institutional innovation embedded in India’s constitutional architecture, was never intended to be a routine allocator of funds.
UoM Senate meeting postponed, teachers express displeasure
The Hinduby The Hindu Bureau·28 Aug 2026
The annual meeting of the Senate of University of Madras (UoM), scheduled to be held on Friday, was suddenly postponed hours before it was convened.
FSSAI proposes front-of-pack red pictorial warnings for foods high in fat, sugar, salt
The Hinduby Krishnadas Rajagopal·28 Aug 2026
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) on Friday (August 28, 2026) submitted in the Supreme Court a proposal to provide information relating to added sugar, fat and salt in...
Literature is more powerful than history: Su. Venkatesan
The Hinduby K Muralitharan·28 Aug 2026
Literature is more powerful than merely writing history directly. Sahitya Akademi award-winning writer and Member of Parliament Su.
West Bengal CM flays ‘Azadi’ slogans at Jadavpur
The Hinduby Shiv Sahay Singh·28 Aug 2026
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Friday (August 28, 2026) participated in an event near the Jadavpur University campus, where he criticised a section of students raising Azadi slogans...
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