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On 2 May 2026, India conducted a nationwide test of its new Cell Broadcast Alert System, sending loud alerts to mobile phones across the country. The system aims to provide instant warnings during emergencies such as natural disasters or man-made incidents. On the same day, rescue operations continued in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, after a tourism boat capsized on the Bargi Dam...

The Supreme Court of India upheld the Election Commission's directive to deploy only Central government and Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) employees as vote counting supervisors for the West Bengal Assembly elections.

The matter was heard by a bench comprising Justices PS Narasimha and Joymalya Bagchi, following the Calcutta High Court’s dismissal of TMC’s earlier pet...

(This article has been republished from The Quint's archives to mark International Labour Day 2026. It was was originally published in May 2023.)

1 May, known as Workers’ Day or May Day, has been set aside as a day to mark the strug...

The stakes are high in Kerala’s 16th assembly election, with voter turnout reaching 78.03 percent, the highest since 1987, and the state having over 2.7 crore registered voters following the

Samina (name changed) is among the survivors-turned-activists from the Dawoodi Bohra Muslim community who have been advocating against the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) in their community for over a decade. She is part of the group behind the