News Dabba for 03 September 2025: Five stories for a balanced news diet

Indie Journal brings you the daily updates that the internet is talking about through various news websites. Here's a glance through some of the National and International news updates, from heavy rains in North India, CAA cut-off date extended, to Putin, Kim and Xi's show of strength.

Heavy rains over north India likely to recede from Thursday, Hindustan Times

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued yellow alert warning for Delhi till 7.24 pm, Hindustan Times reports. As per IMD nowcast, Ghaziabad and Noida remain under orange alert while Gurugram and Faridabad have a red alert warning on. Meanwhile, a heavy rain alert for Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, and Punjab remains in place as the states continue to battle floods and landslides. In view of the heavy rain alerts, several states and cities have announced a closure of schools for the safety of students, the report adds. Read the full report here.

CAA cut-off date extended, India Today reports

Members of minority communities from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan -- Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians -- who came to India till December 31, 2024, to escape religious persecution will be allowed to stay in the country without passport or other travel documents, according to the Union Home Ministry. India Today reports that according to the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), which came into force last year, members of these persecuted minorities who came to India on or before December 31, 2014, will be granted Indian citizenship. Read the full report here.

Landslides, heavy rain block key roads in J&K, NDTV

Massive landslides and flash floods have blocked key roads, including the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway in Jammu and Kashmir, NDTV reports. Two people - a mother and daughter - were killed after their house collapsed in the Sunderbani area of Rajouri district, as dozens of homes have been damaged due to heavy rains and landslides in the region. Hundreds of vehicles, including trucks carrying essential supplies, are also stranded on the highway that was partially opened on Sunday after a week-long closure due to last week's heavy rains and floods. Read the full report here.

Al Jazeera: Hope fades for finding survivors after Afghan quake kills more than 1,400

Hope is fading of finding survivors in the rubble of homes devastated by a powerful earthquake in eastern Afghanistan over the weekend that killed more than 1,400 people, Al Jazeera reports, as emergency services struggle to reach remote villages. A magnitude 6 earthquake hit the mountainous region bordering Pakistan on Sunday, leaving residents huddled in the open air for fear of powerful aftershocks and desperately trying to pull people from under flattened buildings. The report mentions that the vast majority of the casualties were in Kunar province, with a dozen dead and hundreds hurt in nearby Nangarhar and Laghman provinces. Read the full report here.

BBC on Putin and Kim join Xi in show of strength at huge military parade

China's President Xi Jinping unveiled laser weapons, nuclear ballistic missiles and giant underwater drones at a massive military parade 80 years on from the country's victory over Japan in World War Two, BBC reports. Russia's Vladimir Putin and North Korea's Kim Jong Un joined Xi, along with dozens of other heads of state - and only two Western leaders. The three leaders meeting together for the first time is the most enduring image from the choreographed spectacle, the report writes. Meanwhile, Donald Trump, who was not at the parade, berated Xi on social media. Read the full report here.