What a slam bam start we had to the @ProPanjaLeague #ProPanjaLeague with Hon’ble MOS Youth Affairs & Sports Shri @KirenRijiju ji inaugurating and gracing the tournament & @boxervijender bhai rocking the event 👊🏻✌🏻 Much gratitude to them 🙏🏻

#WATCH | Keralam bids farewell to Pallattu Brahmadathan, the beloved 54-year-old temple elephant who died after being struck by lightning. Thousands gathered to pay their final respects to Brahmadathan, a familiar presence at major temple festivals, including Thrissur Pooram.

Got a hair cut via Urban today morning. The barber has been in Mumbai for sometime but is from Azamgarh. Works six days a week, morning to night and earns around a lakh rupees per month after his basic travel expenses. Said there is no dearth of opportunity or jobs, just need to work hard. Said wouldn’t take an entry level government job even if offered as he likes his work and autonomy. I asked him about UP. He said earlier it took 7-8 hours to go from his village to Lucknow. Now you can do a round trip in that time while stopping for lunch and tea. Added that your glass of tea is unlikely to spill on the highways - they are so good. Was very happy with the development work in the country. Said in the village his family got some scheme benefits but not in the city. Told me TDS is deducted so he proudly files his returns and often gets refunds. Has one son who he sends to a private pre-school and wife earned extra but is currently on break given the kid is small. I felt like telling him that he must let go of this toxic positivity about India and his life, and he must pronto create an account on X and Instagram to receive the “correct” opinions about our ostensibly ‘failed’ nation - but I didn’t have the heart to say that to him! ;)

When the British entered India, Britain’s GDP was estimated at around $10 billion, while India’s was around $74.3 billion. They arrived as a much smaller economic power and spent centuries ruling and extracting from India. Between 1875 and 1925, an imperial enterprise systematically slaughtered wildlife for bounties, sport, and forest clearance, killing over 80,000 tigers, 150,000 leopards, 200,000 wolves, 50,000 hyenas, and 2,000 Asiatic lions, along with tens of thousands of elephants and rhinos. The Indian rhinoceros was pushed to fewer than 50 survivors. Today, India generates roughly $19.1 trillion in GDP at PPP, compared with around $4.7 trillion for the UK. Protecting our wildlife isn't some extraordinary act of selflessness by a “relatively poor” country. It's simply a country protecting its own natural heritage and fixing the damage left behind by colonial rule.

We have proved that #CarrymeBack at Kedarnath is a success In last four days we have transported 680kgs of waste to the foothill Now it’s time to replicate it across famous high altitude pilgrimages and trek routes ? We can’t do it every where but we can teach you how 🙏🏻

No one will show you this instagram.com/reel/DeL9DUkJU…

People need to be able to defend themselves in such situations rather than just say ‘Uncle Uncle’…once you reach out to hit someone…should be end of story…keep your calm…but in such situations people become more aggressive when they see someone behaving meekly

A STRUGGLE THAT CAN BRING TEARS TO YOUR EYES… 💔🙏 The woman running in a saree is Kavita Devi from Dulmi, Ramgarh. Her husband, who worked as a labourer in Gujarat, passed away, leaving the entire responsibility of the family on her shoulders. Today, she works at a brick kiln to somehow support her two children and elderly in-laws. Just imagine… In a time when people have separate clothes for the gym and even separate nightwear for sleeping, this woman is trying to rebuild her future by appearing for a Home Guard recruitment trial — running barefoot, in a saree, under the scorching sun, on sandy ground. This story shook me deeply. Despite everything life has thrown at her, this mother refused to give up. She completed a run meant to be finished within 10 minutes in just 6 minutes and proved herself. ❤️ You have to salute her courage and determination. I pray to God that this sister gets selected. She truly deserves a better tomorrow. 🙏❤️

Do you think some people are itching to bring the French version of ‘student protests’ to India 🇮🇳 ?

Behind India’s extraordinary wildlife conservation efforts are several unsung heroes from local communities, strong political will, an effective administrative framework with enthusiastic participation from states, the commitment of forest teams and scientists who have made this possible despite immense challenges. India is also working to save many other species; snow leopards in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, hangul in Jammu and Kashmir, red pandas in Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh, Nilgiri tahr and dugongs in Tamil Nadu, and the Great Indian Bustard in Rajasthan and Gujarat. The true measure of conservation is securing a future even for species the world rarely notices

India’s wildlife story is one the world should be talking about. Since 2014: 🐅 Tigers: 2,226 → 3,682 (+65%) 🦁 Asiatic lions: 523 → 891 (+70%) 🐆 Leopards: 7,910 → 13,874 (+75%) 🦏 Greater one-horned rhinos: 4,000+ in Assam, with India holding the vast majority of the global population And the conservation infrastructure expanded: Tiger reserves: 50 → 58 Protected areas: 981 → 1,134 This isn’t conservation by slogan. It’s conservation backed by population numbers, protected habitats, technology, enforcement and sustained political commitment. The world is noticing. As The Economist puts it: India saved its tigers, lions, rhinos and elephants. That is a remarkable Indian conservation story. 🇮🇳 economist.com/asia/2026/10/0…

Our humble Homage to Captain Smit Machchhar and to the power of the Hanuman Chalisa 🙏🏻 @swenentt @preetijhangiani

86 year old, Sh Nathuni Jha, showing Kirti Chakra, which he received on behalf of his son Captain Dilip Jha 7 JAT Corps of Ordnance #IndianArmy who was just two years old when he lost his mother. Nathuni ji raised him and lost him #OnThisDay fighting terrorists at Poonch in Jammu & Kashmir in 2002. 24 years later, he is still waiting for the piece of land promised to him by Bihar government. Why make promises that you can’t fulfill? #FreedomisnotFree a few pay #CostofWar.

Indian Women Power 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

Why isn’t anyone asking for the black box recording from the FlyDubai flight ? Wouldn’t everything become clear from the box ? Box…What’s in the box ??!!! (Tell me which film that line is from) #IsraelDubaiFlight

He was in jail when his wife told him she had saved ₹10 from family’s ₹50 pension. He didn't smile. He wrote to the society & asked them to cut his pension by ₹10—and give it to someone who actually needed it. When his daughter died during parole, he returned to prison before the leave ended. The parole, he said, was only to look after her. She was gone. His duty was not. Years later, as Prime Minister, he took a ₹5,000 bank loan to buy a Fiat because he would not use an official car as his own. He died before he could repay it. The government offered to waive the loan. His widow refused — and paid every rupee from her pension. This was Lal Bahadur Shastri. Power never raised his standard of living. It only raised his standard of duty. He died (or killed?) in mysterious conditions in Tashkent after winning 1965 war for Bharat against Pakistan. To me.... 2nd October matters only because it's Lal Bahadur Shastri Jayanti. Rest anything & everything is irrelevant. Ma Bharati ke iss sapoot ko shat shat naman🙏

It was a minor philosophical disagreement about how to fly the plane. NYT now confirms that it has been satisfactorily resolved after some passengers mediated between them.

Breaking news: Eiffel Tower probe finds that BAPS did not ask for women employees to be removed during the visit.

Details direct from Hero Pilot Smit Machchhar 🇮🇳…goosebumps while hearing his and the passengers ordeal…True Indian Warrior 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳 #IsraelDubaiFlight

Indian Ambassador to UAE Deepak Mittal gives health update on the braveheart Indian Pilot who was brought to UAE today.

“My father skipped meals so that he could save money to buy my shoes.” I don’t think I’ve ever teared up on live TV—I think I did speaking to Vithya Ramraj, daughter of a truck driver, who brings back 3 medals from the Asian Games. 🇮🇳♥️