Aviral Bhatnagar, an alumnus of IIT Bombay and founder of AJVC, became viral after he published the story about his niece, who paid 4 lakh and above in annual fees for annual UKG in Mumbai and compared it to his own four-year BTech tuition at IIT Bombay, estimated at about 2 lakh (total). The post brings attention to the so-called inflation of education and heats the debate of the increasing school expenses of the privates.
On 15-16 February, 2026, Travelling Ticket Examiner (TTE) Rahul Kumar was accused by a 24-year-old woman who is going to take Army recruitment and who appeared to attend the NCC certificate examination of attempting to rape her inside a locked First AC cabin of the Ahmedabad-Gorakhpur Express in Uttar Pradesh. It happened when the train was passing between the Indara and Deoria stations. The suspect has gone out of town, and the Government Railway Police (GRP) have put out a manhunt with a rew
The India AI Impact Summit 2026 invited Sara Hooker, CEO of Adaption Labs, to one of the most prestigious events, a gala dinner with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, but she was unable to attend the event because of terrible traffic jams outside of Bharat Mandapam. Four hours later, she came back to her hotel, sharing her funny experience with social media.
The state of Uttar Pradesh Food Safety and Drug Authority (FSDA) has suspended the licenses of 110 packaged drinking water brands in the state, with laboratories confirming that they were hazardous because of contamination by bacteria and yeast. This is an important step in line with increasing complaints and is meant to protect consumers against health hazards.
Under the pre-2013 IPC, the Chhattisgarh High Court on February 16, 2026, overturned a rape conviction corroborated by ejaculation but not penetration to find an attempted rape available under the pre-2013 version of the Act. The court stressed that penetration (including minor ones) is crucial in lowering the sentence of the accused but maintaining intent and assault.
Jeet Adani, the Director of Adani Digital Labs, stated that AI will transform national sovereignty at the India AI Impact Summit 2026. He listed three main pillars, which are sovereignty in energy, sovereignty in compute and cloud, and sovereignty in services, as the foundations of India constructing its own AI infrastructure, being independent of foreign countries, and prompting productivity in the various sectors.
The Telangana government and the Andhra Pradesh government have given orders to allow the Muslim government employees (teachers, contracting staff, and outsourcing staff) to take one hour of early leave every day during the holy month of Ramadan 2026. This will enable them to do fasting, to break their fast, and to conduct evening prayers without job-related issues.
The global unpredictabilities saw the highest gold prices of 13 years in January 2026 at an all-time high of ₹180 thousand per 10 grams in India, but it has since set in high gear and dropped back to 1.56 thousand in February. Analysts recommend that there could be an additional downfall of below 1 lakh per 10 g should there be an intensification in profit booking and diminishing global cues.
In the biggest twist to the Colors TV and JioHotstar show The 50, Urvashi Dholakia and Arushi Chawla bounced back as wildcard participants in the 17th episode and won their spots in the Mahal after a rough contest. Although the Khanzaadi and Tejaswi were killed, their strong comeback has revived all the rivalries and alliances, and they have turned out to be the strong contestants that they always were.
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