IWN — IndiaIndependent news. No ads.https://iwn.lucarnepro.fr/en-inBhutan glacial lake outburst sends flood alerts to West Bengal and Assamhttps://iwn.lucarnepro.fr/in/2026/10/30/bhutan-glacial-lake-flood-alerts/https://iwn.lucarnepro.fr/in/2026/10/30/bhutan-glacial-lake-flood-alerts/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.Fri, 30 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTEnvironmentSupreme Court proposes that banks compensate victims of ‘digital arrest’ fraudhttps://iwn.lucarnepro.fr/in/2026/10/30/supreme-court-banks-digital-arrest/https://iwn.lucarnepro.fr/in/2026/10/30/supreme-court-banks-digital-arrest/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.Fri, 30 Oct 2026 11:40:00 GMTSocietyCyclone Arnab weakens after hitting Andhra Pradesh coast, with at least three deadhttps://iwn.lucarnepro.fr/in/2026/10/30/cyclone-arnab-andhra-landfall/https://iwn.lucarnepro.fr/in/2026/10/30/cyclone-arnab-andhra-landfall/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.Fri, 30 Oct 2026 11:20:00 GMTIndiaChristine Lagarde to leave European Central Bank in February, months before her term endshttps://iwn.lucarnepro.fr/in/2026/10/30/lagarde-resigns-ecb-early/https://iwn.lucarnepro.fr/in/2026/10/30/lagarde-resigns-ecb-early/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.Fri, 30 Oct 2026 11:10:00 GMTBusiness