Over 20 companies have been banned from participating in the IIT placement season for revoking job offers made to students, some as late as June or July. This decision was made unanimously by IITs to protect students’ career prospects and mental well-being. The banned firms can still recruit through off-campus processes.

A former CRPF jawan died after Nayagaon bridge collapsed on Bareilly–Pipariya State Highway in Madhya Pradesh.

Speaking at an event in Pune, Bhagwat said milestones like centenaries should not be the focus; instead, organisation must ask why its mission of uniting society has taken so long