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Tuesday, August 12, 2025
TopicMahakumbh

Topic: Mahakumbh

The developed world’s anti-incumbency wave & why the new RBI governor’s allowing rupee to be flexible

Global media also offers insight into why India is reaching out to the Taliban now, 3 years after Kabul fell & how Modi govt's 1st Kumbh is also the most politicised.

UP CM Yogi Adityanath congratulates devotees on taking 1st Amrit Snan at Mahakumbh

In a post on X, CM Yogi described this sacred event as a living testament to India's eternal culture and faith, the CM also wished the people of the state on Makar Sankranti.

Brief chaos at Mahakumbh as devotees breach area barricaded for 13 Akharas sadhus during ‘Amrit Snaan’

The Jal Police and the mounted police initially struggled to manage the crowd, even wielding sticks to disperse the devotees.

On Mahakumbh Day 1, UP deploys 50k cops, drones & diversions to manage nearly 2 cr footfall

Soft skills-trained traffic police, Jal Police, NDRF, SSB & BSF crowd manage as lakhs of devotees arrive in Prayagraj. 

Craftsmen to camel handlers, glittering Peshwai procession on Maha Kumbh eve brings jobs to many

The grand ceremonial spectacle, which marks the arrival of an akhara at the Maha Kumbh, brings crowds to a standstill. One Peshwai involves over Rs 10 lakh worth of investment.

Lost in Maha Kumbh? AI will find you with hi-tech ‘Bhule-Bhatke Kendras’

At least 40 crore people are expected to attend Mahakumbh from 13 January to 26 February. 1,500 CCTV cameras have been installed across 4,000-hectare mela area.

On Camera

With nuke lunacy, Asim Munir joins Pakistan’s Hall of Generals who swapped brains for bluster

Munir indicates that he’s willing to go for broke, even if it risks taking his country “and half the world” down with him. It’s important to understand where he is coming from.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

‘Next war may come sooner than expected, will require whole-of-nation approach’—Army chief

Gen Dwivedi framed Op Sindoor not just as retaliation to Pahalgam, but as demonstration of India’s capability to fight multi-domain conflicts with integration between services & agencies.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.