The Union Cabinet has greenlit a bill to open India’s nuclear power sector to private players, a move crucial for achieving 100 GW nuclear capacity by 2047. The SHANTI Bill proposes changes to civil liability laws, caps supplier liability, and allows up to 49% foreign direct investment. This aims to boost domestic energy production and meet net-zero targets.

A remark by Karnataka Home Minister G. Parameshwara on the possibility of razing down the houses of drug peddlers has drawn sharp criticism from senior Congress leader and former Union Minister P. Chidambaram.

Americans are deeply skeptical of President Donald Trump’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, though he is shoring up support among his core Republican followers who have long focused on the case, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll found.