Roca opens the Roca Delhi Gallery: a dual-brand design space showcasing bathroom innovation and cultural programming.
Roca Group opened the Roca Delhi Gallery, a dual-brand cultural and commercial space showcasing Roca and LAUFEN product lines, programmed exhibitions and professional events. The Gallery uses a kaleidoscope-inspired architectural concept combining controlled lighting, acrylic partitions and handmade tiles to integrate global design and local craft. One floor is dedicated to a distinct LAUFEN space. Positioned within Roca's global gallery network, the Delhi site strengthens the Group's strategic commitment to India, leveraging its manufacturing footprint, distribution network and collaborations to advance sustainability, design culture and innovation.

Quoraverse 2025: marketers should use AI as a co pilot, pairing automation with human judgment to protect trust.
Quoraverse 2025 advises marketers to treat AI as a co pilot that amplifies human insight but requires brand led creative direction and human oversight; transparent, context aware AI supports trust while unchecked automation and synthetic personas risk undermining credibility. Operationally, AI should modernise practices, improve forecasting and orchestration, and be inclusively designed to surface human expertise, combining automation with empathy and storytelling to preserve brand visibility in AI driven discovery.

Vantage Markets and Trend Micro collaborate on real-time threat intelligence and integrated AI-powered cybersecurity across a global trading platform.
Strategic cybersecurity collaboration between Vantage Markets and Trend Micro implements unified telemetry correlation and an AI-powered suite-covering cyber risk exposure management, XDR, endpoint and cloud security, and managed services-to enhance detection, response, and visibility across Vantage's global trading platform; the partnership includes ongoing threat intelligence sharing and feedback loops that inform platform evolution. The release also states it is informational only, not financial advice or an offer, restricts distribution where contrary to local law, and warns that CFDs carry high risk.

Petrol pump dealers threaten shutdown over extortion demands, citing fixed fuel pricing and escalating security risks.
Petrol pump dealers in Manipur warn of suspension of retail operations unless authorities act against persistent extortion demands and bomb threats; dealers stress they must sell at fixed government-approved rates and cannot recover illegal demands by raising prices, and they face a dilemma where compliance risks administrative penalties including possible invocation of the National Security Act while refusal invites violent reprisals.

Bhimaanjali pre-dawn music festival honored Ambedkar's ideals, promoting equality, dignity and inclusive cultural spaces through music.
The tenth Bhimaanjali pre-dawn music convocation reaffirmed Dr. B.R. Ambedkar's ideals of equality, dignity and social upliftment through curated performances by leading Hindustani and Carnatic artists; organisers and attending public officials framed the festival as an ongoing institutional effort to create inclusive cultural spaces for communal remembrance, artistic exchange and social justice.

Dreame flagship store launch showcases new cleaning and personal care products; no legal or regulatory claims.
Commercial announcement of Dreame Technology's Hong Kong flagship store opening and unveiling of its product lineup, focusing on product features, performance metrics, hygiene and sterilization claims, and promotional activities. The release presents stated filtration and sterilization efficiencies and other technical performance claims as marketing assertions without accompanying regulatory certification or compliance details.

Stock markets surge as foreign and domestic institutional inflows boost confidence and enable short-covering amid positive global cues.
Equity benchmarks opened higher as significant net purchases by Foreign Institutional Investors and Domestic Institutional Investors bolstered confidence, enabling short-covering and supporting further gains in the Sensex and Nifty amid positive global cues and a firmer rupee, with Brent crude also part of the macro backdrop.

Railway fare hike increases per-kilometre tariffs, officials cite additional revenue while critics demand rollback over social impact.
The Railway Ministry increased passenger tariffs-one paise per km for ordinary class beyond 215 km and two paise per km for non-AC mail/express and AC classes-effective December 26, 2025, projected to raise about Rs 600 crore by March 31, 2026, while excluding monthly suburban season tickets and ordinary-class travel up to 215 km from the hike; critics demand immediate rollback citing increased burden on low- and middle-income passengers and attenuation of concessions for vulnerable groups.

Two Indian nationals arrested at Nepal airport after 4.284 kg marijuana intercepted; both handed to anti-narcotics agency.
Two Indian nationals were intercepted at Tribhuvan International Airport after joint airport security and customs checks found 4.284 kg of marijuana on an arriving passenger and a second individual was arrested in the parking area to collect the contraband; both were handed over to the national anti-narcotics agency for further investigation and prosecutorial action.

Defence Ministry official arrested in bribery probe; substantial cash recovered under zero-tolerance anti-corruption policy and implicated associates.
A Defence Ministry official is alleged to have accepted a Rs 3 lakh bribe and conspired with private intermediaries to obtain an export clearance; searches recovered over Rs 2.36 crore in cash. The action is framed under the government's zero-tolerance against corruption policy and reflects institutional enforcement targeting alleged bribery, criminal conspiracy, and abuse of administrative clearance processes.

Aravalli definition: a 100 metre elevation threshold prompts dispute over conservation scope and mining risk.
The article addresses a contested regulatory definition treating an "Aravalli hill" as any landform with elevation of 100 metres or more above local relief and an "Aravalli range" as two or more such hills within 500 metres. Former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot challenges the adoption of this elevation threshold definition-noting an earlier rejection-and contends it will jeopardise most of the mountain system by enabling mining activity, while government representatives argue the framework will bring over 90% of the region under protected status.

Delhi airport flights impacted by dense fog: over 105 cancellations and more than 450 delays, average 36-minute departure delay.
Dense fog at Indira Gandhi International Airport caused over 105 flight cancellations (55 arrivals, 52 departures) and more than 450 delays, with an average departure delay of about 36 minutes; the airport operator DIAL reported operations running smoothly by evening amid multi-day visibility disruptions.

Delhi airport altercation: pilot's lawyer says incident resolved with security officials and facts are being misrepresented.
The pilot's lawyer states the airport altercation was resolved in the presence of security officials, both parties voluntarily signed statements declining further legal action, and social media portrayals have misrepresented facts. The employer removed the pilot from duties and suspended him pending inquiry, while aviation authorities directed grounding and ordered a formal enquiry with reports sought; disciplinary measures are to follow based on the inquiry.

VB-G RAM G Act replaces MGNREGA, raising the guaranteed rural wage employment to 125 days and increasing funds.
The Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill received presidential assent and became the VB-G RAM G Act 2025, replacing the previous Act and establishing a statutory entitlement of 125 days of wage employment for rural workers, together with a substantially increased budgetary allocation intended to deliver direct benefits to villages.

MGNREGA replaced by the VB G RAM G Act guaranteeing 125 days, amid claims it strips the legal right to work.
Parliament enacted the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act, 2025, replacing MGNREGA and guaranteeing 125 days of rural wage employment annually. Opposition leaders allege the replacement bypassed parliamentary conventions and transformed a legal right to work into a budget-dependent scheme by capping funds, centralising control, and removing the demand-driven character, with claims that financial burdens are shifted to states and that the change prompted nationwide protests and party deliberations.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee's legacy: democratic values, principled governance, and infrastructure led development continue to shape policy.
Vajpayee's public life is characterised by an unwavering commitment to democratic values and good governance, prioritising service, dialogue, and inclusive development. His tenure is associated with nation building infrastructure initiatives that advanced economic integration and industrial capacity, and with firm stewardship on strategic security matters, alongside respect for linguistic and cultural pluralism.

Adani Group plans engine MRO, P2F conversions and expanded pilot training alongside MRO acquisitions and facility growth.
Adani Group is consolidating aviation services by combining MRO platforms into a single large MRO company, expanding capabilities to landing gear, paint, P2F conversions and potential engine MRO, and acquiring Air Works, Indamer Technics and a majority stake in a pilot training provider while planning geographic expansion and scaling simulator capacity.

MGNREGA replacement alleged to weaken employment guarantees, shift costs to states, and threaten rural livelihoods.
The article alleges that replacing MGNREGA with the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill undermines the Employment Guarantee and the Right to Work, removes Mahatma Gandhi's name, imposes greater fiscal burdens on states, and weakens protections for rural livelihoods; it also reports opposition claims that central enforcement actions in the National Herald matter are politically motivated and were rebuffed by a trial court decision.

Ayush Mark quality certification boosts global market access for Indian traditional medicine products and export potential.
The Ayush Mark creates a unified quality-certification framework and an Ayush Premium Certificate for homoeopathy, establishing standardized quality assurance criteria, digital certification pathways, and scientifically validated production standards to facilitate international market access and export growth.

Mule account racket: four brokers arrested for opening bank accounts for cybercriminals and Rs 9 lakh found in deposits.
Four brokers allegedly ran a coordinated scheme to open multiple bank accounts as mule accounts by offering cash incentives and paying commissions to sub agents; two accounts opened in May held about Rs 9 lakh in deposits without the account holders' knowledge, with account documents reportedly held by a handler in New Delhi. Police arrested four suspects and seized mobile phones, bank passbooks, identity documents and an ATM card while investigations continue to identify additional participants and handlers.