A kabaddi competition in progress at Beypore beach on December 22, 2025, as a pre-event of the 5th edition of the Beypore International Water Festival, which begins on December 26. | Photo Credit: K. Ragesh A yacht service between Kozhikode and Beypore, which is to be officially launched in January, will conduct its trial service during the Beypore International Water Festival. Minister...

Over a month ago, when The Indian Express visited the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Hospital, Nagpur, a five- year-old boy who was undergoing treatment after consuming the toxic Coldrif cough syrup that claimed lives of 24 children, was making progress in the paediatric general ward. He moved his hands and legs, trying...

A political war has erupted over the definition of hills in the Aravalli region. Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav defends the government’s stance, stating that the ‘100 meters’ height requirement is a scientific management plan and that the government is ‘taking ecology and economy side by side’. He dismisses the opposition’s claims as a misinformation...

HUBBALLI: A 20-year-old woman, Manya Patil, succumbed to her injuries after being assaulted in an alleged honour killing in Inam Veerapur village, Dharwad, police said on Monday.According to Dharwad SP Gunjan Arya, the assault occurred around 6:30pm over inter-caste marriage. “A lady named Manya, around 20 years of age, succumbed to the injuries. Allegedly, three...

The six-coach prototype train for Bengaluru Metro’s much-awaited Pink Line was moved overnight from the BEML Rail Complex at New Thippasandra to the Kothanur depot on Monday, officials said. The train set covered a distance of nearly 20 km, with the transportation carried out during night hours as the movement of heavy trailers was permitted...

Preliminary Examination: General issues on Environmental Ecology, Biodiversity and Climate Change – that do not require subject specialisation. Mains Examination: General Studies-II, III: Government policies and interventions, Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment. What’s the ongoing story: Facing protests and criticism over a new uniform definition of the Aravalli hills, which was accepted...

The menace of man-eater wolf continues in Bahraich district of Uttar Pradesh. In the latest incident in a village 10 kilometers away from Manjhara Taukli, the most wolf-affected village in the district, a man-eater wolf snatched a three-year-old child from his mother’s lap when she was breastfeeding him on the verandah of her house in...

Rohit Sharma (Pic credit: BCCI) Former India captain Rohit Sharma being a behemoth in limited-overs cricket is a well-established fact in the world. His ODI and T20I records are second to none, and his penchant for big scores is unmatched. Rohit is still the only batter to smash three double hundreds in ODIs, and is...

Image used for representational purposes. File | Photo Credit: iStock/Getty Images Palnadu district witnessed the brutal murder of two brothers in Adigoppala village of Durgi mandal in Andhra Pradesh, triggering tension and fear among residents. The double murder, which took place after midnight on Sunday (December 21, 2025) within the limits of Durgi police station,...

When IndiGo flight 6E460 from Bengaluru lands at Navi Mumbai International Airport at 8 am on Thursday, it will mark the end of a long wait for an idea first discussed nearly four decades ago. The need for a second airport for Mumbai was formally identified in 1986, when a committee headed by J R...