DH Evening Brief: India to resume some visa services in Canada; NCERT panel favours 'Bharat' over 'India'
'India' vs 'Bharat': NCERT panel favours the latter
'India' should be replaced with 'Bharat' in the school textbooks for all classes, a high-level committee for social sciences, constituted by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) to revise the school curriculum, has recommended. Read more
Adani auditor EY faces inquiry by NFRA
One of the Adani Group’s longtime auditors is being scrutinized by the accounting regulator, according to people familiar with the matter. Read more
Glenn Maxwell, David Warner hit tons as Australia crush Netherlands by 309 runs
Glenn Maxwell struck the fastest century of the World Cup, while David Warner hit a second successive ton as Australia thrashed the Netherlands by a massive 309 runs here on Wednesday. Read more
'Petrol bomb' hurled outside Raj Bhavan's main gate in Chennai
A Molotov cocktail was lobbed by a man in front of the Raj Bhavan's main gate here on Wednesday, police said. Read more
Israel launches 'wide scale' strikes on Gaza
Israel on Wednesday said it conducted “wide-scale” strikes against Hamas strongholds and again warned Palestinians in the Gaza Strip to flee south before its threatened invasion. Read more
Law Commission chief, members meet Kovind panel on simultaneous polls
Law Commission chairperson Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, along with some of its members, met the high-level committee on simultaneous polls headed by former president Ram Nath Kovind here on Wednesday to discuss the roadmap for holding synchronised elections in the country. Read more
No wonder Elon Musk is now attacking Wikipedia
Not content with trashing one treasured website this year, Elon Musk has turned his sights on another: Wikipedia, the crowdsourced encyclopedia founded in 2001, which has become to represent the very best of what the internet has to offer. Read more
Madhya Pradesh polls: Under pressure, Congress tweaks candidates' list for a second time
Protests by party workers in Madhya Pradesh have prompted the Congress to tweak its candidates' list for a second time by choosing new candidates, including two sitting MLAs who were initially dropped, in four seats. Read more