India Exit Hockey World Cup in 8th Place After Shootout Loss to Belgium

Junk foods will soon have labels warning of high salt, sugar and fat

NTA Gets Three Senior Officers as Government Pushes Exam Body Overhaul

The National Testing Agency has received three new senior appointments as part of its ongoing overhaul. IPS officer Ravi Kumar Singh and IAS officer Prasanna Venkatesh V have been named directors at NTA. Amit Samdariya, a 2016-batch Indian Revenue Service officer, will join as joint director. The appointments were approved through separate personnel ministry orders dated August 27. All three officers have been directed to assume charge within three weeks.

Sonia Gandhi memoir controversy grows amid Congress claims of govt pressure

A dispute over Sonia Gandhi's upcoming memoir has intensified, with the Congress party alleging that the government is pressuring the publisher to interfere with the book. Publisher Penguin has responded by defending its right to fact-check the content before release. Congress views the fact-checking process as an attempt to suppress or alter the former party president's account. The row has drawn political attention, raising questions about press freedom and government influence over publishing. The memoir's release timeline remains uncertain amid the ongoing standoff.

RSS Mouthpiece 'Organiser' Expands 'Dimagi Naxal' Label to NGOs and Bureaucracy

RSS-affiliated weekly 'Organiser' has broadened its use of the term 'dimagi Naxal' in a recent editorial, applying it beyond armed rebels to include NGOs, bureaucrats, academics, media, and legal institutions. The editorial cited the National Advisory Council (NAC) as a prime example of what it described as a takeover by this ideological variant. It argued that as armed Naxal movements have largely failed, a more intellectual or institutional form of the same ideology has gained influence. According to the publication, infiltrating policy machinery, academia, and civil society forms part of what it called a 'revolutionary strategy'. The editorial reflects a widening of the ideological critique being advanced by sections of the Hindu nationalist movement against certain institutions.