China insists on approving the next Dalai Lama. However, the current Dalai Lama says the selection should follow Tibetan Buddhist traditions. He reiterated this ahead of his 90th birthday. The Dalai Lama has entrusted the Gaden Phodrang Trust with overseeing the search. The current Dalai Lama fled to India in 1959.

A school teacher at an elite Mumbai school had been sexually assaulting one of her students. As the student showed reluctance, she asked one of her friends to convince him.

Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, who represents India in a multilateral crew aboard the ISS, has secured insurance coverage that may be worth upwards of Rs 200 crore