Israelis welcomed seven hostages from devastated Gaza in the key exchange of the breakthrough ceasefire after two years of war.

The Supreme Court has ordered the CBI to investigate the stampede at a rally in Tamil Nadu, appointing a retired judge to supervise the probe. The court emphasized that a fair investigation is a citizen’s right, despite claims from the state government about the petition’s origin. An NDA fact-finding team deemed the tragedy preventable due to negligence.

Linguists note that terms like ‘Handuman’ and ‘Andaman’ appear in old Malay, Sanskrit, Tamil and Sinhalese texts, highlighting India-Southeast Asia cultural ties spanning millennia