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Wales Devolution: Scotland, Northern Ireland Push For More Powers; What Can Welsh Government Control? The Owaisi Factor: Can AIMIM Dent Samajwadi Party’s Muslim Vote Base In UP Assembly Polls 2027? From Bases To Embassies: How Iran Took Aim At US Interests In The Gulf Who Is IPS Officer Bushra Bano, Facing A Complaint Over Her ‘Assalamualaikum’ Greeting? Why JD(U) Is Opposing UCC In Bihar And Why It Matters For BJP Hindutva Influencer Swatantra Bhardwaj Granted Three-Week Interim Bail By Delhi Court By PTI September 15, 2026 September 15, 2026 A Delhi court has granted Hindutva influencer Swatantra Bhardwaj three weeks’ interim bail in the alleged Jantar Mantar assault case, with strict conditions. 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Two Kuki Women Killed In Manipur Days After Four Civilians Were Shot Dead By Outlook News Desk September 15, 2026 September 15, 2026 The killings come two days after four Kuki civilians were shot dead in Manipur, with Kuki groups alleging the involvement of Naga armed groups Saudi Issues Missile, Drone Alerts For Mecca, Jeddah As Houthi Threat Grows By Outlook News Desk September 15, 2026 September 15, 2026 Saudi authorities issued emergency alerts for Mecca and several other cities on Monday as regional tensions intensified, while India warned that attacks on Saudi territory threaten regional stability and navigation through the Bab el-Mandeb. India Vs Afghanistan Highlights, 2nd T20I 2026: Abhishek-Sanju Blitz Set Up Men In Blue's Series Victory By Outlook Sports Desk September 15, 2026 September 15, 2026 IND vs AFG 2nd T20I Highlights: India won by seven wickets and seals the series 2-0. India vs Afghanistan 2nd T20I at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi as it happend Who Is Dinesh Sharma? 14th Lieutenant Governor Of Andaman And Nicobar Islands By Outlook News Desk September 15, 2026 September 15, 2026 Former UP Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma takes oath as the 14th Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands at Lok Niwas in Sri Vijaya Puram. FBI Chief Kash Patel Faces Senate Scrutiny Over Hiring Rule Changes By Outlook News Desk September 15, 2026 September 15, 2026 Democratic senators have questioned FBI Director Kash Patel over changes removing prostitution, bestiality and employee theft from the bureau’s list of automatic hiring disqualifications. Two Kuki Women Killed In Manipur Days After Four Civilians Were Shot Dead By Outlook News Desk September 15, 2026 September 15, 2026 The killings come two days after four Kuki civilians were shot dead in Manipur, with Kuki groups alleging the involvement of Naga armed groups Saudi Issues Missile, Drone Alerts For Mecca, Jeddah As Houthi Threat Grows By Outlook News Desk September 15, 2026 September 15, 2026 Saudi authorities issued emergency alerts for Mecca and several other cities on Monday as regional tensions intensified, while India warned that attacks on Saudi territory threaten regional stability and navigation through the Bab el-Mandeb. The Chinese Plunder - 28 September 2026 Issue ▪ 28 september 2026 Climate change is making the Himalayas even more vulnerable. Glaciers are melting twice as quickly as in 2000.Rising temperatures are accelerating glacier retreat and altering snow and ice conditions, increasing the potential for landslides, avalanches and glacial floods. But there is another reason for the degradation of the Himalayas. China. Our northern neighbour's insatiable hunger to build humongous infrastructure on ecologically fragile systems has caused harm to the subcontinent as well as the larger Southeast Asia region. The calamity in Nepal offers a stark warning of the risks of China's large, opaque projects, delayed information and environmental disruption. The country is putting millions of lives and billions of dollars of economic activity in India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar at stake. In The Magazine Nepal Diary : What We Saw, What We Couldn’t Write Cover Story | Mega Dams, Military Infrastructure, Zero Accountability: How China Manufactured Nepal’s Tragedy Column | What The Nepal Floods Tell Us About China’s Himalayan Frontier Drugs Without Borders - 14 September 2026 Issue ▪ 14 september 2026 More than five crore Indians use cannabis and opioids—roughly the population of Spain. Drugs are no longer confined to the margins of society. They are moving from affluent neighbourhoods to small towns and villages, feeding a rapidly expanding illicit market that is becoming more organised, more sophisticated and harder for law enforcement to contain. India’s geography makes the crisis even more dangerous. Wedged between the Golden Crescent in the west and the Golden Triangle in the east, the country sits between two of the world’s major narcotics hubs. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent Independence Day speech underlined the urgency of the challenge.The stakes could hardly be higher. Nearly one crore young Indians are estimated to be addicted to synthetic drugs, at a time when 27 per cent of the country’s population is aged 15-29. Every addiction carries a cost, not just to families, but to productivity, healthcare, the criminal-justice system and national security. India’s drug problem is a crisis capable of eating into the country’s demographic dividend and undermining its economic ambitions. In this issue of Outlook, we travelled to Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana to understand how deep the crisis runs, and to tell the stories of people whose lives have been shattered by drugs. In The Magazine Editor's Note | The High That Could Puncture India’s Growth Story Cover Story | Zombie, Meow Meow, Chitta: The Dose Destroying India’s Youth InDepth | How Punjab's ' Chitta ' Took Over Himachal Pradesh Whose Idea of India? - 31 August 2026 Issue ▪ 31 august 2026 Is India an ancient civilisation or a modern nation-state? Does it share a collective history, or has a collective identity been imposed upon a country of many histories, faiths and cultures? Does India need a Uniform Civil Code, or is its pursuit an ideological project? These are not merely arguments about India’s past. They are choices about its future. India has been shaped by competing ideas—civilisation and constitutionalism, faith and secularism, individual liberty and collective identity, revolution and reform. At every turn, different choices have offered different destinations. In this Independence Day Special, Outlook brings together India’s leading thinkers, politicians, economists and bureaucrats to confront the fundamental questions before the republic: What is India? Who defines it? And what should it become? Many ideas made India. Many paths lie ahead. The choice belongs to its people. In The Magazine Editor's Note | Revolution, Reform and Rupture: The Eternal Contest to Define India

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