Morning Digest: Nilekani to lead high-powered task force on exam reforms; Wangchuk to be discharged from hospital today, and more

Nilekani to lead high-powered task force on exam reforms: ModiPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday (July 26, 2026) announced the constitution of a high-powered task force, to be headed by former UIDAI chairman Nandan Nilekani, to recommend steps to make the country’s examination system leak-proof and technology-driven.“We should ensure that our exam system can be trusted, transparent and tech-savvy. Under the leadership of renowned technology expert Nandan Nilekani, a high-powered task force will be formed, which will focus on exam reforms,” Mr.

Modi said.Sonam Wangchuk to be discharged from hospital on July 27Activist Sonam Wangchuk will be discharged from Medanta Hospital in Gurugram on Monday (July 27, 2026) and will visit Rajghat to pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi before leaving for Ladakh, his team said.Mr.

Wangchuk, who is recovering in the hospital after he broke his 26-day fast late Thursday night (July 24, 2026) is expected to be discharged at around 11.30 a.m.

on Monday (July 27, 2026).Suspect in deadly Berlin Pride attack killed in confrontation with police, officials sayThe suspect in the deadly Berlin Pride attack that left one person dead and 29 injured was shot and killed by police during a confrontation on Sunday in a suburb of the city, authorities said.Abdul Ballout, a German citizen with Lebanese roots, was killed following a search that lasted nearly 24 hours after the attack in downtown Berlin.

Berlin prosecutors said the suspect had previously sought to join the militant Islamic State group.Search underway for 17 missing crew after Vietnamese cargo ship sinks in South China SeaA multinational search by Vietnamese, Philippine and Chinese rescuers was underway on Sunday for 17 crew members missing after a cargo ship sank in bad weather off a Chinese-occupied shoal in the disputed South China Sea.The Vietnamese cargo vessel Khoi Nguyen 18, carrying 62 people, sank late Saturday (July 25, 2026) near Fiery Cross Reef, which is a Chinese-built island and a military outpost in the hotly contested Spratly Islands.

Participants at Mumbai victory rally hint next issue should be E20Thousands of Gen Z and millennials gathered at the rally to celebrate the success of the protest spearheaded by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), raising slogans such as “Our right, keep it here”, “Bharat Mata Ki Jai”, “This country is ours, and we belong to this country,” and calling for the resignations of Mr. Gadkari and Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.Mr.

Uddhav Thackeray advised Prime Minister Narendra Modi to pay attention to the country, instead of engaging BJP Ministers and MPs to engineer defections. “India has come together; caste, religion and every other divide is vanishing. It is no more BJP versus the Opposition, but BJP versus the country,” said Mr.

Thackeray while addressing the protesters. AITA rejects panel’s proposal to have five SOM in ECThe Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) of the All India Tennis Association (AITA) is understood to have been held in a cordial atmosphere in New Delhi on Sunday (July 26, 2026).Justice (retd.)

Gita Mittal, the court-appointed administrator tasked with bringing the AITA’s Constitution in line with the National Sports Governance Act, addressed the Meeting at the beginning before amendments to the Constitution were put to vote clause by clause, The Hindu has learnt.Suvendu Adhikari ascribes Kolkata violence to ‘foreign fundamentalist forces’West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday (July 26, 2026) claimed that Islamic fundamentalists, possibly with the backing of foreign forces, had perpetrated the violence during protests in Kolkata on Friday (July 24, 2026).Protests against the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) question paper leak in Kolkata turned violent on Friday as protesters clashed with the police, prompting security forces to baton charge and fire tear gas shells to disperse the agitators.

Iran halts ‘retaliatory strikes’ after lull in U.S. attacksExtending the weekend lull in fighting in West Asia, with the United States having halted operations after 13 days of strikes, Iran announced on Sunday (July 26, 2026) that it too was halting its operations.

Iran’s army spokesman Mohammad Akraminia was reported as saying: “Since our strategy has essentially been retaliatory, we have also halted our retaliatory operations.”Russian and Ukrainian strikes kill at least 10Russian and Ukrainian strikes killed at least 10 people on Sunday (July 26, 2026), with Kyiv saying Moscow attacked a supermarket in northern Ukraine and Russia accusing Kyiv of striking a bus stop in the occupied east. The strikes come a day after 20 people were killed on both sides of the frontline, with both Kyiv and Moscow intensifying attacks while diplomacy to end the war — launched by Russia in 2022 — is at a deadlock.

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