The Centre on Saturday revoked with immediate effect the detention of climate activist Sonam Wangchuk under the National Security Act (NSA), nearly six months after he was arrested following violent protests in Leh that left four people dead.

Sheikh Din Mohammad, a Patna native, pioneered the introduction of Champi, a traditional Indian head-body massage, to the West. Despite the multi-billion-dollar global industry of therapeutic messaging products today, the man behind it all remains unknown in his birth country. Born in 1759 in Patna's Diwan Mohalla, Din Mohammad was raised by a British officer, Captain Evan Baker, after his father's death. He learned surgical skills and discipline in the army before moving to Ireland with Baker. There, he adapted to the local culture, fell in love with a local girl named Jane Daly, converted to Christianity, and changed his name to Sake Dean Mahomed. He then began writing and published the first book in English by an Indian,