The actress Rani Mukerji received the Best Actress award at the 71 st National Film Awards in Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi, as a result of her acting in Mrs Chatterjee Vs Norway.

Sonam Wangchuk, an activist, has terminated his 15-day hunger strike that sought the statehood of Ladakh, after violent protests in Leh. He spoke of his sadness, that his plea of a peaceful protest had not worked, when violence erupted on the last day.

Once again, Nerves of steel came into play as Bangladesh won a nail-biting match over Sri Lanka at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium and managed to reach a target of 169 with a single ball left. Not only did the win land Bangladesh to the Asia Cup 2025 Super Fours, it also took away the eight straight match winning streak of Sri Lanka in the T20 Asia Cup.

Vidhu Vinod Chopra's 12 th fail Wins National Award, Filmmaker emphasises Truth over Glory.

Inspirational drama 12th Fail by director Vidhu Vinod Chopra won a national award in an event organized in New Delhi on September 23, 2025. The movie is a true-life story of IPS officer Manoj Kumar Sharma and one of the reasons is that people and critics can relate with the movie as it shows how the officer rose to the position of police officer despite being a poor child.

India and Pakistan experienced two opposite sporting stories within the same weekend one in the cricket field and the other in athletics. As the young Indian cricket team subdued the Pakistani team in the Asia Cup Super 4s, the country Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra suffered his first off-day at the Tokyo world athletics championships.