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India’s Police Modernisation Push: Why the Centre’s New Plan Matters

A police modernisation umbrella scheme has gone to the Finance Ministry, the Centre told the Supreme Court, in a case that began over broken…

Diurna Editorial Team 8 August 2026, 8:27 AM

World

Strait of Hormuz Talks: Why the Deadlock Over Transit Tolls Could Prolong the Crisis

Strait of Hormuz talks remain deadlocked over transit tolls as Iran denies direct US negotiations, keeping the waterway shut five months after the war…

Diurna Editorial Team 8 August 2026, 8:27 AM

Defence

BrahMos Missile Arc: How India’s Exports Are Reshaping the Indo-Pacific

India's BrahMos missile exports to the Philippines, Vietnam and Indonesia now top $1.7 billion. Here is how the supersonic cruise missile is redrawing Indo-Pacific…

News Desk 2 August 2026, 12:13 PM

World

BRICS Summit 2026 Explained: Why India Hosting Xi and Putin in Delhi Matters

BRICS Summit 2026 lands in New Delhi on September 12-13. Here is who is attending, what is on the agenda, and why India's fourth…

News Desk 2 August 2026, 12:11 PM

World

Morocco holds the valve: how Ceuta became Rabat’s pressure point on Europe

Morocco denies steering migrants toward Ceuta, but the border it jointly controls has long doubled as leverage — and the Western Sahara dispute hangs…

News Desk 31 July 2026, 6:57 PM

India

Explained: Why Ceuta keeps becoming Europe’s migration flashpoint

Geography, a border two governments control, a Supreme Court ruling and the Western Sahara dispute all feed into the crisis at Spain's North African…

News Desk 31 July 2026, 6:56 PM

Spain is deploying its military to Ceuta after thousands of migrants crossed from Morocco, leaving at least nine people dead and overwhelming border authorities

World

Spain deploys army in Ceuta as record migrant surge from Morocco leaves at least 34 dead

Spain has sent the army to its North African enclave of Ceuta after up to 60,000 migrants crossed from Morocco in a day, leaving…

News Desk 31 July 2026, 6:54 PM

India

Breaking: Dharmendra Pradhan Resigns as Union Education Minister Amid NEET-UG Paper Leak Protests

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned on Saturday amid nationwide student protests over the alleged NEET-UG paper leak, saying in a letter posted on…

PIYUSH GUPTA 25 July 2026, 12:46 PM

India

Dharmendra Pradhan Resigns as Education Minister; CJP Calls Off Jantar Mantar Protest After Centre Accepts Demands

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned on July 25 over the NEET-UG paper leak, prompting the Cockroach Janta Party to withdraw its Jantar Mantar…

PIYUSH GUPTA 25 July 2026, 12:46 PM

India

India’s first hydrogen train is running. Nobody has said where the hydrogen’s electricity comes from

NaMo Green Rail began service on the Jind-Sonipat section on 17 July, the largest-capacity hydrogen trainset in operation anywhere. The Jind electrolysis plant draws…

News Desk 24 July 2026, 9:56 AM