A verification drive into Delhi’s ration card system has thrown up startling gaps – from cards issued in the names of the dead to beneficiaries earning well above eligibility limits, with over two lakh ration cards flagged as irregular.

As a teenager in southern India, Susai Jesu led 4:30 a.m. prayer services in his small Catholic village before the farmers went into the fields. He directed the choir, helped at Mass and soon began training for the priesthood.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday met US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in Washington DC as part of an ongoing three-day visit to the United States.