People buying silver on Dhanteras last year spent around Rs 1,100 for a 10-gram coin. On Dhanteras 2025, the price of a silver coin has almost doubled to around Rs 1,950. The 98% year-on-year spike for silver is largely driven by a global rally, and has beaten the rise in gold prices, which saw a…
In a nation where electricity bills can spark more outrage than a cricket loss, the Draft Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2025, lands like a bolt from the blue. Released just days ago by the Ministry of Power, this isn’t mere tinkering—it’s a blueprint to drag India’s creaking, bleeding power sector into the 21st century. The Bill,…
Islamabad, Pakistan – The provincial government of Punjab, Pakistan’s most populous province, is seeking federal approval to ban the far-right religious party Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) amid a violent crackdown on the group’s protesters this week. In a meeting chaired by Maryam Nawaz Sharif, the province’s chief minister and niece of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, officials…
Fresh military hostilities have rocked India’s western neighbourhood as Pakistan and Afghanistan have been locked in one of the fiercest military conflicts in recent years after Kabul said that Islamabad launched a series of airstrikes on its territory on October 9, inflicting considerable damage to infrastructure and property. Pakistan defended the strikes, saying they were…
A 19-year-old man clashed with police personnel after they raided a high-profile party held to celebrate his businessman father’s birthday at a hotel in Gujarat’s Surat. A video of the incident went viral on social media, showing the teenager getting out of the car and trying to snatch the phone of a police official before…
A renegade army unit siding with anti-government protesters in Madagascar has installed a new military chief as President Andry Rajoelina denounced an “attempt to seize power illegally”. General Demosthene Pikulas was installed as chief of the Army Staff during a ceremony at the army headquarters attended by armed forces minister, Manantsoa Deramasinjaka Rakotoarivelo on Sunday….
The whereabouts of President Andry Rajoelina is unknown following the move over the weekend by an elite military unit to offer support to Gen Z protests. Madagascar’s embattled President Andry Rajoelina has announced he will address the nation amid pressure from protesters and from within the military for him to resign. The presidency announced on…
Growing repression Human rights organisations say Navarro’s case is part of a growing pattern of violence against protesters since President Javier Milei took office in December 2023. Shortly after his inauguration, Milei’s administration published a new set of rules for policing protests. Under the revised protocol, the security forces — including those whose mandate is…
Earlier this week on the India Today website, you might have seen a piece titled Why Desi Apps Fail in the context of Arattai, the viral sensation from Zoho. In that piece, I highlighted three big reasons. One of them touched the nerves of (some) readers. This was the privacy angle. Since then, there has…
Thousands of Palestinians gathered in Ramallah on Monday to await the release of some 2,000 political prisoners and forcibly disappeared people who were taken by Israel from the West Bank, which it occupies, and Gaza, which it has waged war on for two years. Palestinians welcomed back 96 political prisoners, as well as the vast…