Welcome to The Daily Catch-Up, your three-minute evening briefing from The Indian Express. An Express investigation finds BJP booth-level agents submitting stacks of Form 7 applications seeking deletion of voters from electoral rolls in Godda with a striking n
Nearly five years after Karnam Malleswari who won a bronze medal in weightlifting at the 2000 Sydney Olympics to become the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal was appointed as the first Vice-Chancellor (V-C) of Delhi Sports University, the government h
H1N1 influenza cases are rising sharply in Delhi, with numbers jumping to several times last year's. Dr Saptarshi Ghosh, consultant clinical oncologist, FRCR Clinical Oncology (UK), MRCP Medical Oncology (SCE UK), FUICC, says that the rise is mainly because of
Khadim Batti, cofounder and chief executive officer of enterprise software startup Whatfix, passed away on Tuesday following a cardiac arrest. He was about 49 years old.Vara Kumar, Batti's cofounder and a close friend, told Whatfix employees in an email that B
The United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU), representing over 90% of India s banking workforce, has announced strikes on September 11 and September 28-30, followed by an indefinite strike from October 26 if its demands are not resolved. (Catch all the Business New
India Post has started the registration process for GDS posts. The direct link to apply for Gramin Dak Sevak posts is available to eligible candidates on the official website of India Post website at indiapost.gov.in
Gartner projects that by the end of 2026, 40% of enterprise applications will embed task-specific AI agents, up from under 5% in 2025. But at the same time 40% of agentic AI projects are expected tobe cancelled by 2027 over weak governance
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The Gujarat Food and Drugs Control Administration (FDCA) on Saturday said it seized 1,250 tablets of allegedly fake hypertension medication and restricted for sale Rs 1.7 lakh worth of other suspect medications. A statement issued by the office of Health minis
A Kerala consumer body has directed two overseas employment agents to pay at least Rs 5.8 lakh to a man after they allegedly promised him a job in Israel, repeatedly postponed his travel and even gave him a fake flight reservation, noting that even after the I
Establishments can now enrol previously uncovered employees under EPF. This Employees' Enrolment Campaign 2026 offers a one-time opportunity for compliance
Delhi has been seeing an unprecedented spike in cases of swine flu this year, recording around 1,777 confirmed cases so far. This is nearly six times the tally of around 229 recorded in the same period last year
Shimla apple grower wins Rs 3.52 lakh relief after buyers withhold payment for 352 boxes Shimla District Consumer Commission, Himachal Pradesh apple grower, Shimla apple, apple farmers, consumer court order, A R Transmissions Pvt Ltd, Baldev Singh Nidhi Sharma
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said India had moved from an era of Production Linked Punishment under the Licence Raj government to one where the government incentivises higher production, citing the performance of the production-linked incentive (PLI)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said India had moved from the Licence Raj-era Production Linked Punishment model to incentivising production through the PLI scheme, which he said has generated 2.5 lakh crore in investment, 22 lakh crore in production an
The Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IITH) and Jindal Steel have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish the Jindal Steel Centre of Excellence (CoE) at the IIT Hyderabad campus. The centre will focus on the development of high-strength
A Delhi-based entrepreneur shared the story of a candidate who was laid off three times in two years and applied to 50 companies over four months. He received 29 rejections and 15 unanswered applications, yet kept detailed records to remind himself he was stil
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has quashed a punishment order withholding 50 per cent of a government employee s pension, holding that the disciplinary authority failed to consider his detailed reply and passed a non-speaking order. The court also quashed the a
Nvidia on Thursday denied a report by The Information that it plans to begin shipping a language processing unit (LPU) tailored for Chinese customers by year-end, saying it has no China-specific version of the product on its roadmap."The reporting in The Infor
The Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) is planning to establish a dedicated School of Undergraduate Studies on its campus, said varsity vice-chancellor Suresh Gosavi on Thursday. The proposed school is expected to become operational from the next academic
Homegrown startups in robotics and hardware are facing the brunt of China s move to increasingly deny visas to Indian executives. The impact is more pronounced for such specialised startups since their officials need to frequently travel to China for meeting s
Food safety is often discussed through the language of regulations, inspections, licences and compliance. These are essential foundations, but they can create a misleading sense of security if they are mistaken for proof that a food business is genuinely under
AWS, on Thursday, August 20, announced that OpenAI s flagship AI models GPT-5.6 Terra and Luna are now available on Amazon Bedrock in India with in-country inferencing. Since OpenAI model inference on Amazon Bedrock is processed on AWS infrastructure, organisa
India is widening its crude oil sourcing to Latin America as disruptions linked to the Iran conflict and the Strait of Hormuz push refiners to diversify supplies, according to ship-tracking data and industry analysis cited by PTI.Indian crude imports from Vene
The Iran war has severely impacted global oil refining, causing diesel and gasoline prices to remain elevated. Refined product prices have surged significantly, unlike crude oil benchmarks
The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection will close the registration process for IBPS Clerk Recruitment 2026 on August 21, 2026. Candidates who are eligible to apply can find the direct link through the official website of IBPS at ibps.in
Two white Toyota Fortuners, moving through different parts of Delhi, were caught on camera on the same day in April. There was just one problem: both appeared to be the same vehicle, carrying identical registration and chassis numbers
More than half of the 45,000 pending second appeals under the Right to Information Act in Karnataka were filed by nine people whom the state information commission has subsequently blacklisted, the Karnataka High Court was informed on Wednesday. As the court h
The Bar Council of India has begun the online registration process for the All India Bar Examination (AIBE) XXII today, August 19, 2026. Candidates can submit their applications online until October 27, 2026
Delhi Police Commissioner Anurag Kumar has asked the traffic wing to draw up an action plan to tackle congestion, accident-prone stretches and chronic traffic choke points, with each traffic circle being tasked with identifying at least one problem area . Thes
The Congress party has alleged that Census 2027's caste question methodology is flawed. They claim the census has a deeper nefarious purpose, citing new micro-questions
Indian Railways seeks to expand green hydrogen suppliers and reduce procurement costs. Hydrogen trains have already completed over 2,500 kilometers of commercial operations
The European Commission on Tuesday welcomed changes made by Apple to its rules for app developers to address charges of breaking the bloc's competition rules -- and avert the risk of new fines.The commission slapped Apple with a fine of 500 million euros ($586
Mumbai: Czech auto major Skoda Auto on Tuesday announced its re-entry into the diesel segment in the Indian market after a five-year hiatus, unveiling its premium executive sedan, the all-new Superb.Besides this, the company also unveiled its new Slavia, and a
The Chandigarh Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has found a study-abroad consultancy guilty of unfair trade practice after it failed to deposit a student s tuition fee with a Canadian university and did not process her visa, resulting in her losing admis
Bihar Public Service Commission has released BPSC TRE 4 Notification 2026. The recruitment drive will fill up a total of 32,388 vacant posts of School Teachers under the Education Department, Bihar
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, has launched the IIT JAM 2027 portal. The Joint Admission Test for Master's, JAM 2027, will be held by IIT Kharagpur
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Duplicate entries in other states, relocation, and lack of awareness are among the factors that the booth level officers (BLOs) have attributed to the expected deletion of 32.82% of names of electors in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) draft rolls in Delhi
Welcome to Delhi Confidential, your inside track to the power corridors of the capital. Today: Venkaiah Naidu s rare appearance at a BJP event to the split within the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
Atomberg Technologies has received shareholder approval to raise up to Rs 450 crore through a fresh issue of shares in its proposed initial public offering (IPO), and undertake a pre-IPO placement of up to Rs 90 crore, regulatory filings showed.ET reported on
Fans remembered late co-stars Hayden Panettiere and Michelle Trachtenberg together after the two of them died a little more than a year apart. Panettiere has died at the age of 36, her representative confirmed to ABC News
US immigration delays worsen and denial rates climb as USCIS backlog surges to 11.3 million - The Economic Times USCIS backlog,immigration processing delays,US immigration applicants,work permit backlog,US Citizenship and Immigration Services
The Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) has begun the application process for the upcoming Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) February-March 2027 board examinations. All regular students can submit their application fo
This paper examines the macroeconomic and fiscal implications of the recent Middle East conflict induced surge in global oil prices for India, a highly import-dependent energy economy. It highlights how supply disruptions and rising prices are affecting fiscal
Six food companies have corrected misleading labels and trademarks after FSSAI notices. Livyor Ventures Pvt Ltd withdrew its 'vegan and healthy' claims on edamame beans
The Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) has started the registration process for postgraduate dental courses for the admission process of the academic session 2026-27. All eligible candidates can apply online through the official KEA website - cetonline.kar
India's tax amnesty scheme for small taxpayers opened Sunday and runs until December 2026. This one-time measure aims to bring undeclared foreign assets and income into the tax net
Veteran Bengali filmmaker Raja Sen has been admitted to the state-run SSKM Hospital in Kolkata in a critical condition, with doctors keeping him under close observation, news agency PTI reported, citing film industry sources.Raja Sen hospitalisedThe 70-year-ol
Brussels: First-time asylum applications in the EU fell to 42,525 in May 2026, down 22 per cent from a year earlier and 2 per cent from April.The total covered non-EU citizens applying for international protection, a term used for people seeking asylum or simi