The initiative is part of IGL's ongoing safety drive across its CNG stations, under which station personnel are checking cylinder test validity and verifying hydro-test certificates before allowing vehicles to refuel.
The Centre has amended packaging rules to require vegetarian and non-vegetarian symbols on soaps, shampoos, toothpaste, cosmetics and toiletries. The move is meant to help consumers identify a product's origin more easily while shopping.
FSSAI has initiated three adjudication cases against Nestle India over alleged violations involving infant nutrition products, including promotional claims and a laboratory finding related to biotin.
As floodwaters recede from areas devastated by last month's catastrophic flash floods in Nepal, the true extent of the tragedy is gradually surfacing, with a landscape of thick muck, debris, and destruction left behind. On Sunday, the official death toll due to the calamity reached 1,369 in the Himalayan nation, with about 5,000 people still missing. India Today visited Bidur in Nuwakot, one of the districts worst affected by the floods in Nepal. What once was a bustling city now lay washed away, leaving behind an eerie, ghost-town-like landscape. Bidur, however, is now again accessible by foot due to the receding water level in the Trishuli River.
India Today visited Bidur in Nuwakot, one of the districts worst affected by the floods in Nepal. What once was a bustling city now lay washed away, leaving behind an eerie, ghost-town-like landscape.
The two rescues offered a rare glimmer of hope as authorities continued large-scale search operations across flood-ravaged areas of the Himalayan country.
Nine days after Trishuli River surged from about 30 metres to over 500 metres wide, Nepal's Betrawati lies in ruins, with homes, schools, markets and temples swept away.
After flash floods tore through Nepal's Betrawati on August 26, survivors are still searching for missing relatives. The wreckage of roads, homes and bridges has turned the town into a landscape of grief and uncertainty.
India Today visited Betrawati town in Nepal's Nuwakot district, one of the areas worst affected by the flash floods that swept across the Himalayan nation last week. In the aftermath, families who lost loved ones have been forced to perform the last rites without their mortal remains, as many victims remain untraceable. Betrawati has been reduced to a landscape of muck and rubble. Bodies were recovered from the rooftops of buildings, while one of the town's bridges was washed away by the catastrophic floods. Several locals managed to survive by taking shelter on higher ground as floodwaters engulfed the area.
The striking survival of a three-storey green-painted house amid the devastation in Nepal's flood-hit Trishuli region appears to have a simple geographical explanation -- the hill behind it may have shielded the structure from the full force of the floodwaters. India Today reached the house, which became the focus of viral footage showing raging floodwaters and debris surging around it as a terrified family remained trapped on its balcony. The family was later rescued. The house has emerged as one of the most striking images from the devastating floods, standing almost completely intact while buildings, vehicles and other structures in the surrounding area were swept away. Explaining how the structure survived, a disaster-response expert who visited the site with a team of specialists pointed to the terrain around the house. "Actually, that house survived due to this hill. You can see easily," the expert said, referring to the hill located immediately behind the structure. According to the expert, the geographical structure of the area played a crucial role in protecting the house from the full force of the floodwaters. The hill appears to have acted as a natural barrier, changing the path and intensity of the water and debris before they reached the building. "In my view, the house survived largely because of the hill behind it. You can see it clearly from here. The hill appears to have shielded the house from the full force of the floodwaters and debris. Without this natural barrier, I believe the house could also have been destroyed," he told India Today TV. "Geographical structure is the main thing. That's why it's safe," the expert added. Earlier, reports citing an analysis by architectural experts suggested that the house was built with a reinforced-concrete frame and continuous steel reinforcement, giving it a rigid structural skeleton capable of withstanding powerful lateral forces generated by the floodwaters. Its position, slightly away from the main debris channel and on relatively higher ground, may also have helped the structure avoid a direct impact. For now, the "miracle house" stands as an extraordinary example of how terrain, location and structural strength can determine the fate of a building during an extreme natural disaster.
Nepal's devastating flash floods have killed 788 people so far, with over 2,500 still missing, as survivors and displaced patients struggle to access essential aid amid dwindling supplies at hospitals and relief camps. Rescuers continue battling mud, debris and treacherous weather in a bid to find more survivors.
Nepal has contacted tunnelling expert Professor Arnold Dix and received an 11-member Indian rescue team after catastrophic flash floods.
Delhi CNG prices have risen by Rs 3.89 per kg to Rs 86.98 from August 29, as IGL increased rates across all its geographical areas from 6 am amid the ongoing Middle East crisis.
Flash floods tore through Nuwakot after a possible avalanche upstream, burying homes, shops and markets in mud. India Today's Ashutosh Mishra reports from a landscape transformed beyond recognition in the wake of the catastrophic disaster.
The Centre will sell onions at Rs 35 per kg through NAFED, NCCF and Kendriya Bhandar outlets. The move combines buffer stock sales with Kanda Express shipments to raise supplies in key markets.
The government said onion prices usually see a seasonal rise during August and September. Higher festive demand, weather conditions and supply-chain issues are among the factors that can affect prices during this period.
ISMA said India does not face a shortage of sugar and that the current stock position remains comfortable.
According to government data, the price of sugar increased from Rs 48.18 per kg on July 20, 2026, to Rs 55.70 per kg on August 20.
The new stock limit will cover confectionery makers, soft drink manufacturers, food processing companies and sweet sellers.
Reacting to CM Hemant Soren's announcement of cancelling the JSSC-CGL exam, activist Devendra Nath Mahto thanked him, saying he was grateful to the Jharkhand government for addressing the concerns of the students.
