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Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai of the Karkardooma Courts noted that the right to travel abroad is not absolute and that the pendency of the UAPA proceedings against Natasha Narwal, who was associated with the anti-Hindu Pinjra Tod outfit during the riots, remains a relevant consideration. 

The US suspension of the green card programme for eight tech companies could delay Indians’ permanent residency plans, but it does not automatically affect existing H-1B visas or their right to work in America.

America’s ICE is scrutinising millions of voter records for suspected noncitizen registrations, offering a striking parallel to India’s SIR and the global push for cleaner electoral rolls.

India accounts for more than 40% of global rice exports, meaning restrictions imposed to protect domestic consumers can create shortages elsewhere. Conversely, maintaining exports during a poor harvest could intensify domestic price pressures.

The 2026 monsoon was under stress, reservoir levels in parts of northern India were below the previous year's levels. Punjab and Haryana face particularly serious groundwater depletion, most of Punjab's 153 development blocks are classified as over-exploited.

By securing long-term supply pacts with key global producers across Russia, the Middle East, North Africa, and South America, India effectively insulated its domestic agrarian economy from global market turbulence.

In India, Fibre Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) is already being demonstrated over long terrestrial distances, including a reported 1,000 km quantum-secure network earlier in 2026 under the National Quantum Mission.

Apple has removed Jack Dorsey’s offline messaging app, BitChat, from the Indian App Store following a government order. The tool, which uses Bluetooth to bypass internet blocks, gained traction during recent CJP protests, raising serious national security concerns.

An analytical breakdown of India's grid-scale energy storage vectors, tackling renewable intermittency, duck curves, and pan-Indian grid transmission corridors.

An Indian pilot Smit Machchhar saved an Israel-bound Flydubai flight carrying 174 passengers from a deliberate crash by its Omani pilot, despite being severely injured after an axe attack on 30th September. It was only after Machchhar opened the cockpit door that passengers could subdue the attacker.