In a significant U-turn, Modi government gives in to demands from the opposition and makes the Covid vaccine free for all adults, agrees to procure centrally and distribute in a decentralised manner

Khap Mahapanchayat: 50,000 people gather in Haryana to support the killers of Asif Khan; at event, Karni Sena leader demands for the right to murder on religious lines; 25 year old Asif Khan was lynched when he was out to buy medicines

The human cost of climate change: as Cyclone Yaas had broken embankments, people made a human chain to prevent further flooding and devastation

Lakshadweep administration issues new order to deploy government officials on local fishing boats for intelligence gathering

India's rank has slipped by two places from last year to 117 on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted as a part of the 2030 agenda by 193 United Nations member states in 2015