Weekly current affairs: SC refuses blanket ban on pellet guns, Ceuta migrant surge explained & more

Weekly current affairs: SC refuses blanket ban on pellet guns, Ceuta migrant surge explained & more

. From key Supreme Court observations and major parliamentary developments to climate emergencies and global security tensions, this week’s current affairs saw several important developments. The Supreme Court refused a blanket ban on pellet guns while ordering treatment for injured student protesters, and Parliament passed the Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill, 2026. India…

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FDI inflows rise 17% to record $95 billion

FDI inflows rise 17% to record $95 billion

NEW DELHI: Gross foreign direct investment (FDI) grew 16.7%, its fastest pace of expansion in six years, to a record $94.5 billion in 2025-26, helping reverse the four-year falling trend of net FDI.Net FDI was estimated at $7.7 billion during the last financial year, compared with under $1 billion in the previous year. After excluding…

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'Unfortunately, there isn't a slot': Ex-India captain's blunt verdict on Ishan Kishan

‘Unfortunately, there isn’t a slot’: Ex-India captain’s blunt verdict on Ishan Kishan | Cricket News

India’s Ishan Kishan (AP Photo) Former India captain and ex-chief selector Krishnamachari Srikkanth believes Ishan Kishan possesses all the attributes needed to succeed in Test cricket, but feels the wicketkeeper-batter is currently a victim of India’s crowded red-ball setup.Kishan has enjoyed a remarkable resurgence over the past few months. After spending nearly two years on…

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Meet the Indian teens who won $12,500 for building a salt-powered refrigerator after COVID-19 exposed vaccine storage challenges in villages without electricity

Meet the Indian teens who won $12,500 for building a salt-powered refrigerator after COVID-19 exposed vaccine storage challenges in villages without electricity

Dhruv Chaudhary, Mithran Ladhania, and Mridul Jain Three teenagers in Indore had watched their parents, all of whom worked in medicine, struggle with a problem that had nothing to do with treatment and everything to do with logistics: how do you keep a vaccine cold when there is no electricity for miles.Dhruv Chaudhary, Mithran Ladhania,…

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5,000 mysterious holes carved into a Peruvian hillside were an 'ancient computer' used for accounting

5,000 mysterious holes carved into a Peruvian hillside were an ‘ancient computer’ used for accounting

For nearly a century, thousands of strange holes carved into a barren Peruvian hillside puzzled archaeologists, historians, and even conspiracy theorists. Stretching across the dry slopes of the Pisco Valley in southern Peru, the massive formation contains more than 5,000 carefully arranged pits that can only truly be appreciated from the air. Some believed they…

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