News Dabba for 14 August 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 US warning of more tariffs on India, Kishtawar cloudburst, to top court on Bihar SIR.

US warns of more tariffs on India if Trump-Putin talks in Alaska ‘don’t go well': Hindustan Times

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday issued a warning that Washington could increase the secondary tariffs on India if "things don't go well" between President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, during the meeting this weekend. A Hindustan Times report says that Trump and Putin will hold talks in Alaska on August 15, Friday, in Alaska in a bid to end the war in Ukraine, which was triggered by Russia's full-scale invasion of the country in February 2022. Initially, Trump had imposed a 25 per cent tariff on Indian goods. However, on August 7, the US President slapped an additional 25 percent tariff on the country for its oil purchase from Russia, taking the total levy rate to 50 percent, the report mentions. Read the full report here.

Massive cloudburst hits Kishtwar in Jammu-Kashmir, Indian Express

A massive cloudburst has struck the remote village of Chishoti in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district, and officials fear it may have resulted in several casualties, Indian Express reports. The cloudburst comes amid the ongoing Machail Mata pilgrimage in the area. Chishoti is the last point where pilgrims park their vehicles and embark on their journey on foot to the Machail Mata temple, situated at an altitude of 2,800 metres. The report says that the yatra, in which thousands of people from across Jammu division participate, had started on July 25 and was scheduled to culminate on September 5. Read the full report here.

Charities say, new Israeli rules stopping critical aid getting into Gaza, BBC reports

More than 100 organisations have signed a joint letter calling on Israel to stop the "weaponisation of aid" into Gaza, as starvation deepens, BBC reports. Humanitarian groups, including Oxfam and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), say they are increasingly being told they are "not authorised" to deliver aid, unless they comply with the stricter Israeli regulations. Groups risk being banned if they "delegitimise" the state of Israel or do not provide detailed information about Palestinian staff, the letter says. Read the full report here.

Top court on Bihar SIR: Name 65 Lakh Taken Off Bihar Voter List, Give Reason

The names of 65 lakh people removed from the voter list in Bihar must be uploaded on the Election Commission websites along with the reason for deletion by Tuesday, the Supreme Court told the poll body today. NDTV reports that the court also said this list must be publicised so that every voter can access it. In a key ruling, the court also said those whose names have been wrongly deleted can submit their claims along with a copy of their Aadhaar cards. This is significant because the petitions challenging the Special Intensive Revision had flagged the exclusion of Aadhaar as proof and said this would affect many voters. Read the full report here.

Cholera kills 40 as Sudan faces worst outbreak in years, Al Jazeera

At least 40 people have died from cholera in Sudan’s Darfur region, Al Jazeera reports, in what medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) described as the country’s worst outbreak in years. MSF said on Thursday that the vast western region, already devastated by more than two years of fighting between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), is bearing the brunt of an outbreak that began a year ago. Nationwide, health authorities have reported 99,700 suspected cases and 2,470 deaths linked to cholera since August 2023, the report says. Read the full report here.