Indian athletes secured two silver and two bronze medals on the second day of the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, bringing the nation's total tally to six. Historically, the Asian Games and the Commonwealth Games are where India gains most of its medals at the international level.
Indian shooters Himanshu Dhillon and former world champion Rudrankksh Patil secured a two-podium finish in the men's 10-meter air rifle event on Monday, winning silver and bronze respectively. These medals came barely an hour after they, along with Parth Mane, won silver in the men's 10-meter air rifle team event with an aggregate qualification score of 1890.1. 30-year-old Suchika Tariyal settled for bronze in the women's traditional 60 kg mixed martial arts event after a close fight with Singapore's Hui Hoon Teo. Tariyal was seen weeping after the final decision went in Teo's favor on a post-draw technicality where the lighter athlete is awarded the win.
In the southern state of Kerala, the death toll from a flash flood has risen to at least five. Search and rescue authorities found three more bodies on Monday morning. Six people were swept away on Sunday evening in the scenic town of Nilambur when the Kottapuzha River rose due to heavy rainfall higher up. The search for the sixth person is still ongoing. The state's Chief Minister VD Satheesan is set to arrive in the town shortly.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued orange alerts for six districts in the state on Monday morning, warning of more downpour. An orange alert is the second highest in IMD's four-stage color-coded system, sitting just below the red warning. It tells local authorities and residents to 'be prepared' for heavy to very heavy rainfall. Floods and rain-triggered landslides are a common occurrence in Kerala during the monsoon months between June and November.
Delhi's revision of electoral rolls is in the spotlight once again, with several VIPs in government and politics receiving notices for 'discrepancies' in their submitted voter information. That includes India's Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, India's Election Commissioner Sukhbir Singh Sandhu, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, and several former leaders from both the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the opposition, Indian media reported on Monday. Delhi's Chief Minister Rekha Gupta also received a notice for an age discrepancy, the Times of India reported.
SIR, or the Special Intensive Revision, is an exercise conducted by the Election Commission of India (ECI) to remove redundancies in India's electoral rolls. The discrepancies arising from this process often include mismatches in names, family details, or age, which can be rectified by providing a list of pre-approved documents to local officers. The SIR has been a controversial exercise over the last few years. The latest round of SIR was announced by the ECI in October 2025 and several states have undergone the process already.
Opposition leaders and critics have argued that those struck off in the exercise include a heavy proportion of minority voters and that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP is using it as a tool to secure future electoral wins. The BJP has dismissed such claims, arguing that those removed largely involve dead voters and illegal infiltrators, thereby protecting India's democracy. A recent report by The Reporter's Collective said about 54.6% of the capital's existing voters had either been struck off the voting list or had been served notices by the ECI, with the burden of proof falling on the voters.
Meanwhile, an ongoing boardroom battle at one of India's largest private conglomerates, Tata Sons, continues as the company hashes it out with its controlling charitable organization over the reappointment of its chairman and a possible public listing. The dispute has drawn significant attention in Indian business circles.
Source: www.dw.com