Stories shaping the country — connected to history, headed for the future.
India's renewable energy capacity crossed 250 GW in 2026, with solar alone at 160 GW — but the 500 GW by 2030 target demands grid storage and transmission investment that has yet to materialise
NPCI, SBI, and HDFC targeted by ransomware and DDoS in India's worst banking cyberattack year. 580 million data records exposed. State actors from North Korea and China suspected by CERT-In.
Four Indian Air Force pilots, trained at Russia's Gagarin Centre, are weeks away from India's first crewed orbit. The ₹9,023 crore Gaganyaan programme is at its most critical phase.
Three decades and ₹8,000 crore have failed to clean the Yamuna in Delhi — untreated sewage, the Najafgarh drain, and under-capacity STPs keep BOD levels in the danger zone.
India now has 12 million obese children under 19, according to ICMR data. School canteens sell junk food while ultra-processed food advertising targets children.
India collects only 11 million units of blood annually against a need of 15 million. The O-negative shortage is acute, urban blood banks run on single-day reserves, and the rural gap is catastrophic.
Olympic and world champion Neeraj Chopra is pursuing the 90-metre barrier in the 2026 World Athletics Diamond League season while building his programme toward the LA 2028 Olympics.
PV Sindhu is rewriting her post-Olympic chapter with a new coach, reshaped technique and one eye firmly on the 2026 Badminton World Championships and the road to LA 2028.
With three weeks left in IPL 2026, five teams are fighting for four playoff spots — and the NRR column is about to become the tournament's most important number.
Smriti Mandhana, Deepti Sharma and a new generation of stars are building India's most complete women's cricket squad ahead of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2026.
50,000 farmers have gathered at the Shambhu border near Delhi demanding a legal guarantee of MSP. National highways are blocked; government talks have stalled; the wheat procurement season may.
With D. Gukesh as world champion and Praggnanandhaa, Arjun Erigaisi and Koneru Humpy all in the world's top ranks, India has become the undisputed centre of global chess.