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It's been more than four days since 40 construction workers have been trapped in a tunnel in Uttarakhand, but far from losing hope and letting their morale flag, they are eager to let their families know that they are okay. A supervisor from Uttarakhand assured his son not to worry on Tuesday, and another labourer was heard telling an official something along similar lines in an audio clip that surfaced on Thursday.

Rescue operations to evacuate 40 construction workers trapped under debris at a collapsed tunnel in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi district entered Day 5 today. NDTV speaks to the Director General of the NDRF on the current situation and the rescue plan going forward 

A glass half-empty or half-full is a question many would be left with at the conclusion of talks between US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in their first meeting in more than a year. This meeting in San Francisco comes at a time when ties between Beijing and Washington have been increasingly tense.

As India watches the victory and historic moment for Virat Kohli reaching his 50th ODI ton coupled with a match winning spell of 7 for 57 by MD Shami. Is this India's world cup?

Two days before crucial voting on all 230 seats in Madhya Pradesh and on 70 seats in Chhattisgarh, the BJP's biggest mascot Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on a mission. The objective is to woo the crucial Tribal votes in the poll-bound states. The Prime Minister on Wednesday visited the native village of tribal icon Birsa Munda in Jharkhand's Khunti on his birth anniversary and launched a welfare scheme for the tribal community. While these mega-events may be happening in Jharkhand, the target audience is the Tribal voters in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan. Will the Prime Minister's Tribal outreach pay electoral dividends in the upcoming state elections?

All is not well in the opposition I.N.D.I.A. group. Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav once again made a taint at ally Congress, this time over Congress's push for a nationwide Caste census. Rahul Gandhi has called the caste census an X-ray that will reveal the exact OBC population and policies will be framed for their welfare. We ask if this alliance is a non-starter with more differences than commonalities, with an expert panel senior journalists Sharat Pradhan, Rasheed Kidwai, Smita Prakash Editor of ANI and political analyst Manisha Priyam.

In 2018, the Supreme Court struck down Section 497 of IPC that penalized a man for having sex with another man's wife. The court, in its landmark ruling, had then said that the adultery law was archaic and reduced a woman to just a man's wife and treated her like a man's property. Now, in what seems to be a retrograde move, The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs, which has examined the three Bills that are set to replace the Indian Penal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure, and the Indian Evidence Act, has recommended the restoration of adultery as a crime, on gender-neutral lines. We find out the legal and social impact of this move with Former Home Minister P. Chidambaram and Supreme Court Advocate Aashutosh Srivastava.

A thick toxic haze or 'smog' returned to Delhi, Noida, Gurugram and surrounding places on Monday morning, after people burst crackers on Diwali night, violating the Supreme Court's ban order, leading to heavy pollution across the National Capital Region (NCR) - which has been battling with deteriorating air quality. All the gains made due to rain on Friday literally went up in smoke on Sunday evening.

A theatre in Malegaon was transformed into a war zone of sorts by frenzied Salman Khan fans as they gathered to watch 'Tiger 3' on Diwali evening. Inside the packed theater, pandemonium reigned for over a minute as firecrackers burst incessantly. The harrowing memories of the Uphaar Cinema tragedy in Delhi still linger. Thankfully, another Uphaar-like catastrophe was narrowly avoided. Will we ever learn from our mistakes and act responsibly? Where does the buck stop?

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak restructured his cabinet, dismissing Home Secretary Suella Braverman and appointing James Cleverly in her stead. In a surprising turn of events, former Prime Minister David Cameron re-entered government, taking the helm of the Foreign Office. Suella Braverman's dismissal stemmed from her controversial remarks regarding pro-Palestine demonstrations in London.