India has dismissed the 2026 USCIRF report recommending "Country of Particular Concern" status as biased and selective. New Delhi countered the allegations by highlighting a rise in hate crimes, temple vandalism, and threats against the Indian diaspora within the United States.
At its core, GDP is not a directly observable number but an estimate constructed from multiple data sources, surveys, and statistical techniques. In a country like India, where a significant portion of economic activity occurs in the informal sector, measuring output with precision is inherently challenging.
The Odisha Congress has moved to disqualify three MLAs, including rising star Sofia Firdous, for cross-voting in the Rajya Sabha polls. The move follows their defiance of a party whip, which led to a victory for BJP-backed candidate Dilip Ray.
News videos that had the visuals of NIA officials loading the arrested foreigners into a jail van had one thin, long-haired individual wearing a mask. Soon, the name Matthew VanDyke was all over social media.
When a credentials dispute leads to three SC/ST cases, each failing on legal grounds, it raises serious concerns about misuse, something the Bombay HC has now explicitly flagged as harassment through legal process.
The investigators alleged that the arrested foreigners arrived in India on a visa and then entered Mizoram, which is a protected area. Subsequently, they entered Myanmar and contacted ethnic war groups.
Investigators claim Haris Ali ran online groups on Instagram, Session and Discord to share ISIS propaganda, extremist speeches and images of slain militants, while agencies now attempt to identify other members believed to have gone underground.
On the night of March 16, Pakistani forces launched a massive attack on Afghanistan, hitting a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul, killing over 400 people, the Taliban government has stated.