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Saturday, January 3, 2026
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Topic: Kutch

Unidentified drones spotted near Kutch, residents told to stay indoors

Security forces have ramped up surveillance, and deployed ground and air units, while local administration remains on high alert with directions to switch off lights out at 8 pm.

Blackout in Bhuj, DM issues public notice for blanket ban on firecrackers

Post-8 pm, there was no movement of people in Gujarat's Kutch district, which shares its border with Pakistan. The blackout will last till 6 am.

IIT-Roorkee’s historic find: Kutch fossil shows 50 ft Vasuki Indicus may have been largest ever snake

Findings published in Scientific Reports suggest Vasuki Indicus, which attacked its prey anaconda-style, originated in Indian subcontinent & spread to Europe, Africa 50 mn yrs ago.

Cyclone Biparjoy to make landfall after dusk, to hit Kutch the most

Nearly one lakh people have been evacuated from 120 coastal villages in the state.

India, Pakistan evacuate over 1,50,000 people from coastal areas as cyclone Biparjoy approaches

The cyclone was centred 140 km (87 miles) off Jakhau port in western state of Gujarat and 230 km (143 miles) off Pakistan's southern port of Karachi, weather officials said.

On Camera

Indian bureaucracy should be given incentives and rewards: MH Mody

Is there a place for a counter-bureaucracy, or a separate and competing bureaucracy to counterbalance the force of the executive’s bureaucracy, asked author MH Mody in 1980.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.