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The Centre will soon begin an awareness campaign to help farmers understand and access export opportunities emerging from India’s free trade agreements, Agriculture Minister Shivraj Chouhan said. The government also plans to brief state administrations on how these pacts can benefit farmers and region-specific agricultural clusters.
In a significant policy shift, the Indian government has approved the sale of excess and unauthorised Flue-Cured Virginia (FCV) tobacco crops in Andhra Pradesh, allowing farmers to access authorized auction platforms without facing penalties. This decision aims to alleviate financial pressures on farmers and stabilize the tobacco market in the region.
Six people, including a British national and four American holidaymakers, were killed when an explosion destroyed a three-storey building in Athens' historic Plaka district, close to the Acropolis. Greek authorities suspect a gas leak caused the blast, which also damaged nearby buildings and prompted emergency crews to search the rubble for survivors before all six bodies were recovered.
Pope Leo XIV drew an estimated 700,000 worshippers to an open-air Mass in Paris, praising young Catholics for the "enthusiasm, energy and commitment" they bring to the Church. The event, staged on the Place de la Concorde during his four-day visit to France, blended religious pageantry with political symbolism, as senior French figures and presidential hopefuls looked on.
Union Minister Annpurna Devi launched a sharp attack on the Hemant Soren government, alleging that its opposition to the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Act is aimed at enabling coal theft and protecting arbitrary state-level levies. She said the amendment would bring uniform taxation, attract investment and create jobs, while the Jharkhand government called the law a "black Bill" that undermines the state's rights over its minerals.
Union Minister and JD(S) leader H.D. Kumaraswamy has called on the Election Commission of India to publicly clarify reports of discord among its top leadership, saying the institution must protect its credibility by placing the facts before the people. His remarks came amid Congress protests alleging that Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar had taken several unilateral decisions despite objections from the other two Election Commissioners.
The Tamil Nadu government will appeal against the acquittal of former DMK minister K. Ponmudy, his son Gowtham Sigamani and five others in the Rs 28.37-crore red sand quarrying case, the Enforcement Directorate told the Madras High Court. The development comes as Ponmudy seeks to quash the money-laundering proceedings, arguing that the acquittal in the predicate offence leaves no basis for the ED case.
The Press Club of India has condemned the detention of two journalists, Frontline's Vedaant Lakhera and The Wire's Mohammad Irfan, while they were covering a protest at Jantar Mantar against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. The club said both reporters were wearing press IDs and described the police action as deeply troubling, while also criticising a separate West Bengal Police FIR against Maktoob Media as an attack on independent journalism.
The family of 67-year-old Kottarakkara native G. Radhakrishnan Potti consented to donate his organs after he was declared brain dead following a cerebral haemorrhage at KIMSHEALTH hospital, enabling the retrieval of both kidneys, the liver, skin and cornea. Kerala State Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation coordinated the allocation, while police created a green corridor to rush one kidney to Government Medical College, Kottayam.
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