The Daily Rostrum https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html IRDAI is right: insurance should be bought, not sold to you 21 golds: Asian Games show depth. Now fund the athletes who are next Charging for UPI is fair. Breaking the habit of the chaiwala’s QR code is not Petrol above ₹100 is a warning. India’s energy security cannot depend on one strait If 13 crore names have gone from the voter rolls, the Election Commission owes the country a full explanation Canada wants Indian students back. The University of Toronto is offering each one a visa ‘concierge’ Four older pilgrims die on Char Dham routes in three days. How to make the yatra safer India is spending more on perfume. Homegrown brands want to become luxury names Dengue and malaria cases nearly triple in Delhi since August. What families should watch for Navratri to Chhath: your 2026 festival calendar, and when to book travel home Dhurandhar: The Revenge leads 2026’s box office by a mile, with more than double the next film What to stream this week: Sardar 2, Dupahiya season 2, Demon Slayer in Hindi and more Prem Keetanu, the Hindi remake of Premalu, is the latest test of Bollywood’s remake habit Pooja Meri Jaan on ZEE5: Mrunal Thakur and Huma Qureshi lead a courtroom drama about obsession Trump sets up a ‘Super Intelligence Force’ to study AI risks, with a report due in 120 days OpenAI safety staffer quits, says AI needs safeguards like a nuclear power plant UPI tops 80 crore payments a day for the first time, two weeks before merchant charges begin Factory growth hits a seven-month high as India’s manufacturing PMI jumps to 55.1 E85 fuel must be about 25% cheaper than petrol to make sense for drivers, IIT Delhi study finds IRDAI wants to cap insurance commissions and punish mis-selling. Here is what changes for buyers Karnataka wants to make carpooling legal in Bengaluru. The Motor Vehicles Act is in the way Ex-IAS officers and techies lead Hyderabad protest against voter-roll revision, demand CEC’s exit Drones are ‘evolutionary, not revolutionary’ for the IAF, says Air Chief Marshal AP Singh Delhi says 217 lakh tonnes of landfill waste is gone. Residents say new garbage hills are rising Three serving soldiers among seven more arrested over theft of AK-203 rifles from a Secunderabad Army armoury ‘You are my bua maa’: Akash Anand seeks Mayawati’s forgiveness again after a third removal in two years Over khichdi, Modi tells Haryana’s BJP MLAs to sell natural farming and rooftop solar to voters Kerala orders a fresh vigilance probe into CEC Gyanesh Kumar’s time as state PWD secretary Congress names Aradhana Mishra ‘Mona’ its Uttar Pradesh chief, betting on a Brahmin face for 2027 Algeria sent fighter jets to Niger to stop a coup attempt, President Tebboune says Bosnia elects a new three-member presidency in a vote shaped by Serb separatism and the EU question Brazil votes: Lula, 80, faces Flavio Bolsonaro as both predict a first-round win Houthis claim missile and drone strike on Aramco site in Riyadh as Yemen’s war flares again Iran says the Strait of Hormuz stays shut until the US meets seven conditions from the Islamabad deal Pranavi Urs survives a triple bogey to become the first Indian woman to win Asian Games golf gold Kumkum Mohod, 17, wins India’s first Asian Games women’s recurve individual gold with a perfect shoot-off arrow Abhishek and Tilak power India past Pakistan to retain Asian Games cricket gold India thrash Malaysia 5-1 to win back-to-back Asian Games hockey gold and a ticket to LA 2028 India end Asian Games with 85 medals and 21 golds, their second-best haul ever RBI may raise the repo rate for the first time since 2023 as inflation stays above target About us Write for us Editorial standards Contact GST collections rise 14.7% to ₹2.04 lakh crore in September, but imports do the heavy lifting Voter-roll protests continue in Delhi as police detain demonstrators near Jantar Mantar Jack Dorsey’s offline messaging app Bitchat blocked in India under IT Act order Kuku FM owner turns profitable ahead of IPO as microdramas drive a six-fold jump in revenue Drishyam 3 crosses ₹100 crore in two days, tripling Drishyam 2’s opening