The grand finale of Miss Universe is ongoing at Impact Challenger Hall in Pak Kret in Nonthaburi near Bangkok. Model representing India Manika Vishwakarma has been dropped out of the race. She didn't make it to top 12.

India's women's blind cricket setup is still young. The Cricket Association for the Blind in India (CABI), which governs blind cricket nationally, was established in 2011. Systematic scouting for a women's team began in 2019, leading to their first international match in 2023 and a gold medal at the IBSA World Games in Birmingham the same year.

Final, Asia Cup Rising Stars 2025: India A, batting first in the super over, could only manage 0 runs after losing Jitesh Sharma and Ashutosh Sharma early. Bangladesh A then chased down the target, scoring 1 run through wide.

India is unlikely to submit its climate pledge before the end of the United Nations climate summit this week, raising concerns about its influence on global climate change efforts.

A rmed men posing as officials from India's central bank have robbed a vehicle transporting 70m rupees ($800,000; £600,000) in the southern state of Karnataka, police say. A massive operation has been launched to find the men who robbed the van in the heart of Bengaluru city in daylight.

India announced on Friday the implementation of four new codes that seek to simplify and streamline the existing, decades-old labour laws in the country, in a fresh attempt at reform to help liberalise conditions for investment.

India implemented overhauled labor laws that aim to attract investments and make it easier for companies to do business in the South Asian nation. according to a statement form the labor ministry.

Officials have yet to grasp the magnitude of heat-related deaths, let alone effectively deal with the problem, public health experts and scientists say.

Air cargo services between India and Afghanistan will be launched soon, an Indian foreign ministry official said on Friday, as the two countries seek to reset ties amid soured relations with common neighbour Pakistan.

She was once cast as a secular heroine, the daughter of a revolutionary leader, whose brutal assassination in the 1970s defined her meteoric political ascent.