Apple Inc’s manufacturing push in India has resulted in a dramatic surge in iPhone exports, with shipments crossing the $50 billion mark under the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme period. The milestone was achieved by December 2025, just four years after the world’s second-largest company by market capitalisation joined the smartphone PLI programme in FY22, according...

File photo of Sunali Khatun. | Photo Credit: PTI Pregnant Sunali Khatun, who was pushed back to Bangladesh, gave birth to a son on Monday (January 5), weeks after she returned to India. Trinamool Congress national president Abhishek Banerjee called it a “triumph of humanity”.  “I am deeply moved and genuinely heartened to learn that Sunali Khatun has given birth to a healthy baby boy at Rampurhat Medical...

Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, serving a 20-year jail term for raping two of his disciples, walked out of the Sunaria jail in Rohtak on Monday after he was granted a 40-day parole — the 15th time since his conviction in 2017. Singh will stay at his Sirsa-headquartered Dera during the 40-day...

In a concerning trend of celebrity mobbing in South India, superstar Allu Arjun and his wife Sneha Reddy were swarmed by fans at Hyderabad’s Cafe Niloufer. India Today’s Abdul Bashir reports that the crowd surged as the couple tried to leave, overwhelming security. This incident follows similar safety scares involving actresses Samantha Ruth Prabhu and...

Rupee might be headed in for a volatile ride this week! The currency has remained under pressure for the past year, weakening by nearly 5%, even hitting a record low of 91.14 against the dollar, before recovering. Over the past two weeks, rupee has declined continuously dragged down by strong year-end demand, slipping below the...

Student activist Umar Khalid, accused in a larger conspiracy case related to the 2020 North East Delhi riots, was granted interim bail on Thursday to attend his sister’s wedding. Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Sameer Bajpai of Karkardooma court granted Mr. Khalid bail from December 16 to December 29. The conditional bail given to Mr. Khalid...

Welcome to The Indian Express’ weekly news quiz. Your pit stop for fun, curiosity, and a dash of healthy challenge. Think of it as a treasure hunt through the week’s biggest headlines, where 10 carefully crafted questions await you. All you need is a sharp mind, a quick eye on the timer, and perhaps a...

In this breaking news update, India Today correspondent Piyush Mishra reports on the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) sharp attack on the Congress leadership following a key appointment. After the Congress named Priyanka Gandhi Vadra as the chairperson of the Assam Congress screening committee for the upcoming 2026 assembly elections, BJP leader Amit Malviya claimed this...

There seems to be just no stopping ‘Durandhar’ at the box office. The film completed its 5th week at the ticket windows and emerged as the highest-earning film of the weekend. Directed by Aditya Dhar and starring Ranveer Singh in the lead, the film continued its extraordinary run at the box office, recording the strongest...

Several participate in the Pallankuzhi contest at the Lady Sivaswamy Ayyar Girls School in Mylapore on Sunday. | Photo Credit: RAGU R A hush prevailed inside the hall at the Lady Sivaswami Ayyar School in Mylapore on Sunday as participants of the pallankuzhi contest bent over their wooden boards moving tamarind seeds or red beads or shells from one pit to another. There was hardly any talking as the...