January 2026

Representative image (AI-generated) NEW DELHI: Body image anxiety is emerging as a major but under-recognised mental health issue among young Indians, affecting not only those with obesity but also those who are underweight. An Indian study has found that nearly one in two young adults at both extremes of body weight suffer from moderate to…

Umar Khalid returned to Delhi’s Tihar Jail on 29 December. NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday pronounced its verdict on Sharjeel Imam, Umar Khalid and several others, rejecting their bail plea in the Delhi 2020 riots case.A bench comprising Justices Aravind Kumar and N.V. Anjaria rejected the bail pleas of Umar Khalid and Sharjeel…

NEW DELHI: As it takes a determined step to agitate for MGNREGA with the successful farm laws stir as motivation, Congress views the agitation as a long-term sensitisation programme than the one which can radically change the status of the scheme disbanded by Modi govt. The reason is that the nature of the stakeholder in…

CEC Gyanesh Kumar and Mamata Banerjee (File photo) NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday wrote to Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, criticising the “procedural violations” and “administrative lapses” in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), which is currently under way in the poll-bound state.Mamata Banerjee called the exercise “unplanned, arbitrary and…

NEW DELHI: The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his condolence message on the death of former Bangladesh prime minister Khaleda Zia, recalling her role in strengthening India-Bangladesh relations.“We sincerely appreciate your message of condolence and remembrance, Honourable @narendramodi. Begum Khaleda Zia’s contributions to Bangladesh–India relations will be remembered,” the BNP…

NEW DELHI: India has barred the use of power banks to charge portable electronic devices inflight. Charging power banks by plugging them to in-seat power supply systems that airlines provide is also no longer allowed.Permitted only in hand bags, flyers are no longer supposed to keep power banks and batteries in overhead bins. This comes…

INDORE: In Bhagirathpura, mornings no longer begin with the clang of utensils and the rush to fill water pots. In the country’s cleanest city, people now pause before drinking water. The densely populated neighbourhood in Indore district, home largely to daily-wage workers and small shop employees, is still coming to terms with the deaths caused…