OpIndia Explains

Discover how Indian Railways is ending the mixed-traffic bottleneck through Dedicated Freight Corridors, network quadrupling, and modern logistics infrastructure.

The CBI has registered an FIR against the US-based Christian missionary group The Timothy Initiative for violating FCRA and FEMA rules to illegally push funding into India for conversion activities and fuelling left-wing extremism.

The US Congress has passed the Lindsey Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026, empowering President Donald Trump to impose 100% tariffs on top five importers of Russian energy, including China and India.

Nearly one lakh children were newly reported missing in 2024, while police databases, 1098, GHAR, Railways and Anti-Human Trafficking Units work across states to trace children and investigate the circumstances behind disappearances.

Days after Anthropic published a threat intelligence report highlighting alarming misuse of AI, its CEO published an essay proposing an AI slowdown, however, concerns have been raised that this proposal is not just about safety but also about bolstering duopoly of OpenAI and Anthropic.

ISRO will attempt the launch of the ‘Naughty Boy’ Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle, or GSLV-F17, from the Second Launchpad at Sriharikota to deploy EOS-5, India's first Earth Observation Satellite to operate from geosynchronous orbit, 36,000 kilometres above India.

The Japan Credit Rating Agency (JCR) relied on the sustained 7% growth to upgrade India’s sovereign rating from BBB+ to A- with a stable outlook.

100 US Republican and Democrat politicians have signed a Hindus for Human Rights Action and SACRED Acts pledge to refuse donations from RSS supporters.

India's own defence industry is becoming a stronger competitor. Programmes such as Tejas, AMCA, Project Kusha and the indigenous ballistic missile defence system reflect New Delhi's long-term effort to build critical military capabilities domestically.

On 31st August, Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district representative, Jim McGovern, published an X post amplifying a propaganda article authored by former USCIRF chairs Stephen Schneck and Nadine Maenza. Jim McGovern claimed that RSS contributed to making discrimination and violence against religious ‘minorities’ mainstream in India.