Firstpost Podcast| Kashmir files controversy: Can you call the pain of your hosts "propaganda"?

The Delhi Police has instructed all its personnel to wear uniforms when they report for duty at Jantar Mantar for crowd control. This comes after outrage grew over videos of men in civilian clothes or without name tags hitting protesters in the Capital. Is it legal for the police to ditch uniforms during protests?

Sri Lanka is fighting its most severe dengue outbreak in nearly a decade, with infections rising sharply across the nation. Military drones have been deployed to tackle the outbreak, which has claimed 56 lives. Health officials said the outbreak is being driven primarily by the DENV-2 variant of the virus

India is witnessing nearly 95 per cent cloud cover despite a Super El Niño, a climate event usually linked to weaker monsoons. Regional weather systems, cyclonic circulations, the monsoon trough and moisture from two seas are temporarily overpowering one of the world's strongest climate phenomena

The protest by the Cockroach Janta Party at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar refuses to die down. The group have made a fourth demand to the Centre, asking that no FIRs are filed against the agitators and that no legal action be taken. The government has expressed willingness to speak to the protesters, but refused to accede on the resignation of Education Minister Dharmandra Pradhan