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35 stories from Planck Standard. Latest: September 12, 2026.
India pushed a consensus text through an 11-member bloc that includes both Iran and the UAE, then sat down with China's president for the first bilateral on Indian soil since the 2020 Galwan clash. Putin arrived a night earlier and denounced 'ugly' Western trade tactics.
The Pitt Rivers Museum approved the repatriation after a request from the Forum for Naga Reconciliation. One set of remains was left out because its provenance as Naga could not be established.
Nicholas Garaufis dismissed the charges against India's richest industrialist because prosecutors asked him to. He also wrote that a single political appointee had overridden the judgment of officials across four federal offices.
Dharmendra Pradhan resigned on X as police fired tear gas at Jantar Mantar, ending weeks of Gen Z-led protests over exam paper leaks — the biggest concession Narendra Modi's government has made to street pressure in years.
Nearly 900 villages are submerged and about 300,000 people have crowded into government relief camps after days of monsoon rain pushed one of Asia's largest rivers over its banks.
The 23-foot dinosaur, pieced together from more than 180 bone fragments in Gujarat, pushes the origins of a lineage that later produced titans like Brachiosaurus back by tens of millions of years.
The engineer and climate campaigner who inspired a character in '3 Idiots' broke his fast after government intervention but vowed to keep fighting for constitutional protections.
Three cruise missiles hit the Guinea-Bissau-flagged MV Golden Leo as it departed Odesa carrying corn, killing at least 10 people, including four Indian nationals, Ukrainian and Indian officials said.
Regulators approved Takeda's Qdenga for people aged 4 to 60 with no need for pre-vaccination testing, as the country moves to blunt one of the world's heaviest dengue burdens.
A ransomware group called World Leaks posted blueprints and internal records tied to the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant after a breach at a Reliance Group contractor, prompting a national security investigation.
The Union Cabinet approved seven major projects on Wednesday — led by a vastly expanded semiconductor push and a Rs 62,500 crore mobile-phone manufacturing scheme — in a sweeping bid to make India a global electronics hub.
The boat, packed with 32 Indian tourists and four crew, overturned less than half a kilometer from shore shortly after leaving an island near the popular resort destination.
A bench led by Justice Vikram Nath set aside Gauhati High Court orders and sent the citizenship cases back to tribunals, holding that declaring someone a foreigner must follow a 'fair, lawful and reasonable' process.
Sentenced to death in absentia, the former prime minister told Reuters she and senior Awami League colleagues plan to come back from exile in India and face the courts. 'They may arrest me. They may even kill me,' she said.
Relatives gathered at the Ahmedabad crash site to mark the anniversary of the Boeing 787 disaster as investigators prepare an interim report but stop short of naming a cause.
The state's new government says it has expelled 4,800 alleged undocumented migrants and detained hundreds more, fulfilling a campaign vow that rights groups warn is sweeping up Bengali-speaking citizens.
The plan to remake remote Great Nicobar with a transshipment port, an airport and a city for a million tourists is billed as a strategic counter to China — but critics warn it could fell a million trees and imperil two Indigenous tribes.
New Delhi calls Great Nicobar a strategic chokepoint against China. Genocide scholars warn the project is a 'death sentence' for the few hundred Shompen who live in its forests.
The Cockroach Janta Party started as a joke but quickly became a way for many Indians to express frustration with the political system.
The blaze ripped through the Flourish Stay guesthouse in Malviya Nagar early Wednesday; investigators found the property had no valid fire-safety certificate and was running far more rooms than licensed.
Statues of Shivaji are rising across India as the Maratha empire founder becomes a powerful icon for Hindu right-wing movements reshaping the country.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio traveled to New Delhi to explain President Trump's aggressive trade and immigration policies affecting Indians in the United States.
Politically emboldened after recent electoral victories, Prime Minister Modi asks India's 1.4 billion people to make sacrifices amid economic fallout from Middle East conflict.
Both armies hold dueling press conferences a year after the four-day clash, with each side claiming the upper hand and warning of escalation if tested again.
Prime Minister's triumph in state elections marks significant step toward his long-held goal of eliminating political opposition across India.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's triumph in state elections eliminates another major opposition stronghold, advancing his vision of unchallenged governance.
Vote counting begins Monday for 154 million voters across four states, with results determining upper chamber control and BJP expansion limits.
Over 154 million voters participated in contests across four states that could determine the balance of power in Parliament's upper chamber ahead of 2029 national elections.
Vasuki indicus lived 47 million years ago and could have stretched up to 49 feet long, making it one of the largest snakes ever discovered.
Container ship reports being hit by unknown projectile while tanker says Iranian gunships fired at it, as India summons Tehran's ambassador over shooting incidents.
One of India's most beloved playback singers, whose distinctive voice provided the soundtrack for generations of films, passes away.
After more than two decades of construction and a 15-year delay, India's Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor in Tamil Nadu reached a self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction on April 6, putting the country on a path toward energy independence powered by the world's largest thorium reserves.
The EU finalized free trade agreements with both Mercosur and India while Canada reached a landmark deal with China, accelerating a structural realignment of global commerce that analysts say will take decades to reverse.
ISRO's Gaganyaan-1 mission will test whether India can become the world's fourth nation to independently launch humans to space, with a half-humanoid robot making the maiden voyage.
Generations of Indian workers and businesses built vital economic ties with Gulf states now disrupted by ongoing Middle East conflict.