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India's football ambitions face mounting obstacles as systemic failures, poor youth development, and governance disputes push World Cup qualification ever further away for the nation of 1.45 billion.
India is launching a centralised customer identification system in August that will allow citizens to access banking and insurance services without repeatedly submitting identity documents, with mutual funds expected to join later this year.
An explosion at an unlicensed firecracker manufacturing plant in India's Gujarat state has claimed nine lives, with six others injured. The incident has reignited concerns about workplace safety standards across India's fireworks sector.
Indian police have arrested 35 people for violence and vandalism during protests sparked by the rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl in West Bengal. The case renews concerns about women's safety across India.
Heavy monsoon rains triggered the collapse of a multi-storey residential building in Mumbai's Mankhurd area on Sunday, claiming six lives and injuring one person. Authorities have launched an investigation into the building's construction standards.
Indian police investigating the alleged murder of Ketan Agarwal are analyzing coded digital exchanges between two accused, including an alleged Snapchat message about booking flight tickets for a 'wedding that is never going to happen.'
India has ordered WhatsApp to suspend its planned username feature rollout, demanding Meta explain regulatory violations within three days. The government warns the feature could enable fraud, phishing and impersonation by allowing contact without phone number disclosure.
The death of Indian seafarer Rakesh Chauhan in Venezuela has triggered calls for a government inquiry after a re-autopsy in India found all major internal organs absent, leaving doctors unable to determine cause of death.
Rescue efforts continue in Kolkata following the Taratala warehouse collapse that has claimed 11 lives. The West Bengal Chief Minister has ordered a comprehensive audit of all building approvals and suspended construction work for four weeks across multiple municipalities.