2018  

Actors Sushant Singh Rajput and Jacqueline Fernandez’s Drive will release on June 28. It was earlier scheduled to release in March 2018.

The killer dengue virus spreads like wildfire. A whopping number of 17,265 cases and five deaths in 2017 were reported in Karnataka, but there was a sharp decline last year. A report from the National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP) said that 3,161 cases and four deaths were reported in 2018. The officials credited effective surveillance as the key reason for this decline

The year 2018 has passed by and on new year's day let's identify characters that sought to divide the nation in the past 12 months. Through their hate speeches, ethnic biases and fatwas, they had tried to break the unity of the country. Here's a list of people/institution who have bagged this dubious distinction.

Ishant Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami combined together took a total of 136 wickets in 2018 to go past the record of 131 wickets taken by the fearsome West Indies fast bowlers Joel Garner, Michael Holding and Malcolm Marshall, when playing together

While the Modi government sealed a deal for Rafale aircraft at a much lesser cost than what the UPA would have, the purchase of Triumf missiles from Russia was a massive boost to its air power

While the prices of the non-subsidised LPG cylinder has been slashed down by Rs 120.50 since the time the cost had peaked in November 2018, prices of the subsidised LPG cylinders were on Monday cut by Rs 5.91
 

Indian sportswomen did the nation proud by winning medals at various international events in 2018. Mary Kom, Hima Das, Dutee Chand, Saina Nehwal, PV Sindhu, Manika Batra and others hogged the limelight

Every year carries with it truckloads of memories, some good and some bad. There are incidents that have ignited emotional arguments. There are films that have turned into political issues. And there are divine shrines that have transformed into battlefields. Year 2018 has its fair share of stories, controversies and issues. And all of them have impacted southern India.
 

Some of the judgments of 2018 have been unanimously hailed. While some verdicts have been welcomed, others have been criticised.  Many consider that if anything, it is a clear sign that the court has not played favorites.