The global fight against HIV (human immunodeficiency viruses) is facing its most serious setback in decades, according to a new World AIDS Day 2025 report from UNAIDS. The report titled 'Overcoming Disruption, Transforming the AIDS Response', warns that deep funding cuts and widespread service disruptions have put millions at greater risk, threatening to undo years of progress towards ending AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) by 2030.

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the Scheme to Promote Manufacturing of Sintered Rare Earth Permanent Magnets, with a financial outlay of ₹7,280 crore. The first-of-its-kind initiative aims to create 6,000 metric tonnes per annum (mtpa) of integrated rare earth permanent magnet (REPM) manufacturing capacity in India, strengthening the country’s self-reliance in a strategically vital sector.

iPhone maker Apple Inc has told the Delhi High Court that the Competition Commission of India’s (CCI’s) amended law, which allows penalties to be calculated on the basis of a company’s global turnover rather than its India-specific revenue, is “arbitrary” and could expose it to a penalty of nearly $38 billion, according to the petition reviewed by Business Standard.

The Indian government has expressed its disagreement with the IMF staff’s ‘baseline’ assumption that the 50 per cent US tariffs on its goods exports ‘would remain in place indefinitely’, based on which the staff pegged the country’s GDP growth at 6.6 per cent this year, and pared its 2026-27 projection by 2o basis points to 6.2 per cent. It linked the growth drag next year to the “high US tariffs — assumed to persist under the baseline, dent external demand and investment.”

The US on Wednesday (local time) stopped the processing of all immigration requests from Afghanistan citizens after two National Guard troops were shot near the White House in Washington.

Taking to X, the US Customs and Immigration Services, said, "Effective immediately, processing of all immigration requests relating to Afghan nationals is stopped indefinitely pending further review of security and vetting protocols."

French aerospace and defence major Safran is open to establishing a final assembly line (FAL) for M88 engines and other critical equipment, which power Rafale aircraft, in India if the Indian armed forces decide to place additional sizable orders for these planes, its chief executive officer Olivier Andries said on Wednesday.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday claimed NRC was the real intent behind the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.

Speaking to reporters after garlanding the statue of BR Ambedkar at Red Road on the occasion of Constitution Day, Banerjee said the citizenship of people is being questioned after so many years of Independence.

Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Wednesday, greeted the public on Constitution Day, echoing the principles of equality and justice.

In an X post, Rahul Gandhi said that the Constitution is not merely a book, but a "sacred promise" to citizens of the country.

The Indian cricket team’s struggle in red-ball cricket continued at Guwahati as South Africa beat them by a mammoth margin of 408 runs in the second Test of the two-match series to secure the series 2-0. South Africa won the first Test by 30 runs in Kolkata.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday virtually inaugurated the Safran Aircraft Engine Services India (SAESI) facility in Hyderabad. The launch took place through video conferencing, connecting him to the site located inside the GMR Aerospace and Industrial Park -- SEZ at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport.

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