
Sri Lanka Flood–Landslide Disaster: Over 486 Dead, At Least 341 Missing; India Steps In With Major Relief Assistance
Cyclone Ditwah unleashes deadly floods and landslides across Sri Lanka, prompting India’s swift aid amid 341 missing.

Cyclone Ditwah unleashes deadly floods and landslides across Sri Lanka, prompting India’s swift aid amid 341 missing.

The government has issued strict emergency directions after IndiGo’s mass cancellations left thousands of passengers stranded across India.

At the 23rd India-Russia Summit, PM Modi and President Putin vowed anti-terror solidarity, sealed a 2030 economic pact, and advanced defence-energy ties amid global peace calls.

India’s aviation regulator has rolled back a key rest rule after severe crew shortages triggered nationwide flight disruptions.

IndiGo’s crew shortages and FDTL rules trigger mass cancellations, tripling fares and stranding thousands until February 2026.

A retired BMTC driver’s two-year threats over his wife’s paralysis ended in a devastating murder-suicide, exposing caregiver despair in urban India.

IndiGo suspends all Delhi departures until midnight on 5 December due to crew woes and FDTL rules, stranding thousands nationwide.

Uttar Pradesh mandates detention centres in 17 urban bodies to hold Rohingya and Bangladeshi illegal immigrants identified via slum and sanitation worker verifications.

Russian President Putin pledges to urge US President Trump to scrap the ‘wrong’ 25% tariff penalising India’s Russian oil imports, as Modi echoes concerns over disrupted energy ties.

IIT Kharagpur’s research uncovers how disposable paper cups leach 25,000 microplastic particles into hot beverages in 15 minutes, urging a switch to kulhads or steel for health and eco-safety.