Friday, 30 October 2026 · Updated 6:00 pm
Floodwater from Sintaphu lake in northern Bhutan destroyed a hot spring complex and a stretch of highway on Thursday evening. Authorities in West Bengal and Assam have since issued alerts and ordered evacuations along rivers that carry the water into India.
A bench led by Chief Justice Surya Kant has said RBI’s planned rules must make financial institutions repay at least the amount lost where they failed in due diligence. The government’s top law officer says the rules are meant to be operational by December.
The very severe cyclonic storm made landfall on Wednesday after large evacuations in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha. It has since weakened, but heavy rain and flash-flood risk continued in southern Odisha.
The ECB president announced on Thursday that she will step down on 7 February 2027, about nine months early. EU leaders must now choose a successor, with analysts linking the timing to France’s 2027 presidential election.
Today's lead is the glacial lake outburst in Bhutan, because it is the freshest story and has already triggered alerts and evacuations in West Bengal and Assam. The other three articles cover the Supreme Court's proposal on bank liability for digital arrest fraud, the aftermath of Cyclone Arnab on the east coast, and the early departure of ECB president Christine Lagarde. The briefs add electoral rolls, the Uniform Civil Code, legislative council results, a satellite launch, and two large technology deals abroad. Several major Indian newspapers cannot be read by our newsroom, so we relied on sources we could read and open, and we left out stories that rested on a single report.
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