Why it matters: Retail sugar prices fall for first time in a week: A practical reader guide

Retail sugar prices fell for the first time on Thursday after surging to a record ₹ 65.06 a kg a day earlier, with the Centre’s decision to allow duty-free imports of 1 million tonnes of raw sugar beginning to ease market prices.

Uttarakhand to install early warning systems at 13 high-risk lakes —: A practical reader guide

Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has directed officials to install state-of-the-art sensors and early warning systems across vulnerable Himalayan glacial lakes to prevent flash floods and protect downstream communities, officials said…

Now that the police are doing their duty, Abhishek Banerjee finds: A practical reader guide

A confrontation broke out at Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee’s office on Camac Street on Thursday after Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) officials, accompanied by police, arrived to remove a billboard…

Vijay leaves CM seat, sits with ministers in rare gesture in Tamil: A practical reader guide

In a significant departure from tradition, Tamil Nadu chief minister Vijay ditched his usual seat at the state Assembly and sat next to his cabinet ministers on Thursday. A video of the TVK chief's rare gesture in going viral on social media.

Understanding compounding, risk, taxation, insurance and basic: A practical reader guide

What if your Raksha Bandhan gift this year came with a promise of financial security and freedom for your sister? This gift aims to do more than merely shower her with things she will use momentarily.

NCW forms fact-finding panel on women being sold in marriages: A practical reader guide

Amid concerns over the alleged trafficking and exploitation of women in the name of marriage, the National Commission for Women (NCW) has constituted a five-member fact-finding team to examine the practice of ‘Paro’ or ‘Molki’ marriages in Mewat…

And already, the price of retail sugar has gone from ₹45 to ₹75 per kg: A practical reader guide

The Congress on Thursday (August 27, 2026) accused the Modi government of facilitating a ₹36,000-crore “sugar scam”, alleging that its failure to act on a shortage allowed hoarders and black-marketeers to profit from a sharp rise in sugar prices…

Singh at the ceremony at the Vehicle Factory Jabalpur, a unit: A practical reader guide

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday (August 27, 2026) laid the foundation stone for a ₹472-crore project to establish facilities for overhauling T-72 and T-90 tanks at the Vehicle Factory Jabalpur, located in Madhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur…

Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb military chief dubbed: A practical reader guide

Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb military chief dubbed the “Butcher of Bosnia” for his role in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, has died, Serbian state broadcaster RTS reported on Thursday (August 27, 2026).

“When the delivery executive was stopped by the guards at the gate: A practical reader guide

A woman in Greater Noida West was taken into preventive custody after a video surfaced online that appeared to show her threatening and abusing security guards at a residential complex in Greater Noida West, police said on Thursday.