After Nepal flash floods, Sikkim group urges PM Modi to halt hydropower projects
The Hinduby The Hindu Bureau·27 Aug 2026
GUWAHATI A body of two ethnic communities in Sikkim has advised the Centre to learn from the flash flood disaster in Nepal and scrap all new and proposed hydroelectric projects in the Himalayan...
The Hindu Morning Digest: August 27, 2026
The Hinduby The Hindu Bureau·27 Aug 2026
Modi calls Nepal PM, promises ‘all possible assistance’ after devastating flash flood Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday (August 26, 2026) called Nepal Prime Minister Balendra Shah and...
Death toll from Algeria wildfire rises to 12
The Hinduby AFP·27 Aug 2026
Forest fires killed 12 people and injured dozens in northeastern Algeria on Wednesday (August 27, 2026), the Interior Minister and Civil Protection authorities said.
Delhi HC asks National Mission for Clean Ganga to review Delhi Jal Board’s plan for 13 sewage treatment plants
The Hinduby The Hindu Bureau·27 Aug 2026
The Delhi High Court has directed the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) to review the Delhi Jal Board’s proposal to set up 13 new decentralised sewage treatment plants (DSTPs) to prevent...
Bhandup police arrest murder accused absconding for 29 years
The Hinduby Yohaan Varghese·27 Aug 2026
The Bhandup police have arrested a 61-year-old man on August 18, 2026, who had been absconding for 29 years after being accused in three cases of murder, attempt to murder, and dacoity registered...
Anthony Andrews appointed India U17 women's assistant coach
The Hinduby PTI·26 Aug 2026
The All India Football Federation (AIFF) has appointed Anthony Andrews as the assistant coach of the India Under-17 women's national team, with Joakim Alexandersson continuing as the head coach.
Medical students summoned for questioning in blood bank scam in Bengal
The Hinduby Shrabana Chatterjee·26 Aug 2026
Several students from at least two medical colleges and hospitals in Kolkata were summoned by the Swastha Bhawan (State Health Department Headquarters) in relation to a blood smuggling scam in West...
FDA suspends license of popular Mumbai food establishment Ayub’s after finding houseflies, unsanitary workplace
The Hinduby Yohaan Varghese·26 Aug 2026
The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) suspended the food license of Ayub’s in Fort on August 23, 2026, after finding food-safety violations, along with those of three other...
Trump says U.S. doesn't need Canada; America's economy says otherwise
The Hinduby Authors; Contributors·26 Aug 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump says his country does not need Canada. But every day, roughly 4 million barrels of Canadian crude oil flow south, helping fuel American cars, trucks and airplanes and...
Ramayana, the adi kavya
The Hinduby Authors; Contributors·26 Aug 2026
Rama avatara is the only one which is dealt with in a literary work, namely Valmiki Ramayana. There are many works about Krishna avatara, but these are not exclusively about Krishna, said M.A.
Root angered by England’s off-field ‘stupid mistakes’
The Hinduby AFP·26 Aug 2026
Joe Root expressed his frustration that a winning return as England Test captain has been overshadowed by another off-field incident that saw Brydon Carse dropped for the second Test against...
Eng vs Pak Test: England eyes series sweep, Babar returns for Pakistan
The Hinduby AFP·26 Aug 2026
England will aim to put their latest drinking drama behind them when they face Pakistan in the second Test at Lord’s starting on Thursday (August 27, 2026).
Six arrested in Drug Inspector paper leak case
The Hinduby Yohaan Varghese·26 Aug 2026
Six people have been arrested on Wednesday (August 26, 2026) in the Drug Inspector, Group-B question paper leak case conducted by the Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC).
New Pink metro line gets go-ahead in the outskirts of Kolkata
The Hinduby Shrabana Chatterjee·26 Aug 2026
The proposed Pink Line Corridor of Metro Railway, Kolkata, between Baranagar and Barrackpore, has received a big boost after Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) granted a No Objection Certificate.
The high cost of India’s private health-care boom
The Hinduby Chandrakant Lahariya·26 Aug 2026
For crores of Indian families, the financial shock of hospitalisation — especially in a private hospital — begins even before treatment is complete.
Making India’s food system climate-proof cannot wait
The Hinduby Elisabeth Faure; Purvi Mehta·26 Aug 2026
India’s food security journey is undoubtedly one of the most significant agricultural transformations in the world.
M.P. Minister’s remarks on sugar price surge draw Congress’ ire
The Hinduby The Hindu Bureau·26 Aug 2026
Madhya Pradesh Cabinet Minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kailash Vijayvargiya on Wednesday (August 326, 2026) appeared to defend the rising sugar prices as he said that it...
Drawing lines: On the India-China 25th Special Representatives’ talks
The Hinduby Authors; Contributors·26 Aug 2026
Following Tuesday’s talks between the Special Representatives (SRs) on the boundary question, India and China have agreed to substantial outcomes on managing the disputed border.
Grounded: On Tamil Nadu’s Parandur airport project
The Hinduby Authors; Contributors·26 Aug 2026
The Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK)-led government, in dropping the ₹27,400-crore greenfield airport project at Parandur near Chennai, appears to have considered the opposition to the project...
Bihar Police to conduct DNA test on buffalo to settle ownership dispute
The Hinduby Amarnath Tewary·26 Aug 2026
A senior Bihar police official has instructed the Gaya Superintendent of Police (Rural) to conduct a DNA test on a buffalo to determine the bovine’s rightful owner.
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