One of the bills set to be introduced in the monsoon session of Parliament aims to make any insult or obstruction to the singing of Vande Mataram a punishable offence.

Under the Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill, 2026, a person charged with the ‘offence’ can face up to three years in jail under the new law, similar to the penalty for insulting the National Anthem 'Jana Gana Mana'.

The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the alleged embezzlement of donations at the Ram temple may submit an interim report to the Supreme Court on Monday in compliance with the apex court's directions, sources said on Friday.

Sources further said the SIT may seek more time from the Uttar Pradesh government to finalise its investigation into the alleged financial irregularities related to donations received by the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will continue to prioritise inflation while supporting economic growth, Governor Sanjay Malhotra said, adding that low and stable inflation provides the foundation for sustainable growth by enabling businesses and households to make long-term investment decisions.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday flagged off India's first hydrogen-powered train connecting Jind to Sonipat in Haryana from the railway station here.

With this, India has joined a select group of countries that have operational hydrogen-powered trains and marks an important step towards the adoption of clean and sustainable mobility in the railway sector.

Reliance Jio received a major boost for its ambitious space communication plans after India's space regulator, IN-SPACe, adjudged its proposal to deploy around 1,600 low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellites as "technically sound", reported The Economic Times.

The technical evaluation was carried out in consultation with the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) and the Department of Telecommunications (DoT).

Health authorities in Andhra Pradesh have confirmed 12 Covid-19 infections across the state between June 26 and July 16. The state government has dispatched five samples to the National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune, to identify the specific virus variant circulating among the patients.

The bodies of the 15 Indian tourists who were killed in a speedboat accident off Vietnam's Phu Quoc Island reached their home states on Tuesday, the Indian Embassy in Hanoi said.

Of the 15 victims, 10 were from Tamil Nadu, three were from Andhra Pradesh and two were from Kerala.

The High Court of Singapore rejected a bid by the founder of failed education startup Byju’s to overturn a six-month jail sentence, effectively barring him from returning to the city-state unless he’s prepared to serve the term.

The court on July 9 declined Byju Raveendran’s application to have the sentence halted, his law firm Lazareff Le Bars said in a statement Tuesday.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar discussed global developments, including West Asia, Ukraine and Sudan, with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres here.

"Always good," Jaishankar told PTI when asked how his meeting went with the secretary general as he departed the UN headquarters.

The death toll from a huge fire in a Bangkok music bar has increased to 30, officials said Tuesday.

More than 70 people remain hospitalised, with 24 of them in critical condition, according to Bangkok city officials.

The blaze at the Rong Beer Na Ladprao bar, the city's deadliest in 17 years.

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