News Reports

News reports about current affairs encompassing various topics, fields, and entities.

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BLA launches massive offensive across Balochistan, says over 200 Pakistani personnel killed, 17 captured; women fighters lead attacks

OpIndia Staff - 2 February, 2026

Asifa Mengal and Hawa Baloch of the BLA lost their lives during the onslaught on Pakistani personnel in Balochistan.

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Modi govt boosts Defence sector spending by 15% after successful execution of Operation Sindoor, Intelligence Bureau budget increased by over 50%

Shraddha Pandey - 2 February, 2026

If we look at the capital outlay breakdown, of the ₹2.19 lakh crore, ₹1.85 lakh crore is allocated for capital acquisition, marking a 24% hike, focusing on new lethal weapons, aircraft, aero engines, ships, submarines, missiles, drones, artillery, and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), etc.

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Jeffrey Epstein lived with Pope John Paul II, email sent to the convicted sex offender’s accountant claims

OpIndia Staff - 2 February, 2026

It is notable, however, that Jeffrey Epstein and his associate, convicted sex offender Ghislane Maxwell, visited Pope John Paul II in 2003 during a public audience, evidenced by a photograph of the brief meeting.

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Pune Porsche case: SC allows bail for 3 accused who helped with evidence tampering, expresses ‘sadness’ over reckless driving and bad parenting

OpIndia Staff - 2 February, 2026

Aditya Avinash Sood, Ashish Satish Mittal, and Amar Santosh Gaikwad were arrested on charges of swapping blood samples of the accused.

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Modi govt’s big boost to data centres in Budget 2026: Read how global cloud giants are being welcomed to invest in India, and why...

Anurag - 2 February, 2026

The policy promises long term certainty for foreign investors and data centre expansion, but Indian cloud founders warn it may deepen reseller dependence unless parallel incentives are created to support domestic platforms and technology ownership.

Government and Policy

Bihar govt to pay fees of SC/ST students studying at premier institutions, increase scholarships and more: Here is what we know so far

OpIndia Staff - 2 February, 2026

The decision "removes financial barriers, allowing our students to dream big without worry," according to minister Lakhendra Roshan.

Crime

Madhya Pradesh: Puncture shop owner Abu Khan rapes cow in viral video, sparks anger among the Hindu community, police arrest accused

OpIndia Staff - 2 February, 2026

On Sunday (1st February), a Muslim man named Abu Khan was arrested after a viral video showed him raping a cow in the Damjipura...

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The secret behind China’s success in STEM research and AI talent: ‘Genius plan’ that selects 100,000 of brightest kids every year and gives them...

OpIndia Staff - 2 February, 2026

Dai Wenyuan, a 45-year-old Genius Class graduate and a former global coding champion, who went on to found an AI software company named Fourth Paradigm, says that China currently has over 1000 registered generative AI models, a scale seen nowhere else in the world.

‘Allah did not permit this’: Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami chief compares working women to prostitutes, later claims his Twitter account was hacked

OpIndia Staff - 2 February, 2026

"We believe that when women are pushed out of the home in the name of modernity, they are exposed to exploitation, moral decay, and insecurity. It's nothing but another form of prostitution," Shafiqur Rahman brazened out.