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India may witness a colder winter: What is La Niña?

October 11, 2025 5:09 pm

Experts suggest that La Niña may lead to a colder winter in several parts of India, especially in the northern region. It may result in cold waves and increased snowfall in hilly regions

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Trump’s 100% tariffs on China: How Chinese rare earth export curbs may ignite next trade war

October 11, 2025 3:57 pm

The move follows the sweeping export controls on rare earths and associated technologies announced by China earlier this week. Here is everything to know.

After Nepal and the Philippines, why have youth-led protests rocked Morocco and Madagascar?

October 11, 2025 2:14 pm

Here is what to know about the latest set of agitations, their place in the long history of youth-led agitations and where they differ

Is a market crash looming? AI-fuelled rally in US stocks could unwind, impending bust could singe global markets

October 12, 2025 5:47 am

The relentless rally in AI-focused tech stocks, while stretching valuations, comes alongside genuine worries regarding the monetisation potential of AI, and concerns regarding the health of the world trade system and the US economy

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Lecornu reappointed as French Prime Minister: 3 things to know about French crisis

October 11, 2025 1:05 pm

In a social media post, Lecornu announced that he had accepted the responsibility 'out of duty' and promised to 'put an end to this political crisis that exasperates the French people and to this instability that is harmful to France's image and its interests'

(from left to right) Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Mahatma Gandhi, and Narendra Modi. (Wikimedia Commons, PMO)

The enduring political appeal of swadeshi — and why it is not necessarily good economics

October 11, 2025 12:17 pm

Swadeshi has been one of the most influential ideas in Indian politics since the mid-19th century. But its empirical track record, as a guide for economic policy, has been wanting

Over the past decade, more than 20 US states, including Colorado, have enacted laws prohibiting licensed professionals from offering conversion therapy to minors.

With conversion therapy now before US Supreme Court, how courts have differed on banning it

October 10, 2025 8:09 pm

Conversion therapy refers to psychological or behavioural interventions aimed at changing a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity.

Gold Silver ETF India: An employee displays gold ornaments at a jewellery showroom ahead of 'Dhanteras' festival, in Agartala, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025.

Gold and silver rally continue: What’s sparking the demand, and are price corrections expected?

October 11, 2025 8:17 pm

Gold and silver rally continue, Gold Silver ETF India: Analysts expect some corrections in prices in the near term due to profit booking, but maintain a bullish outlook on gold and silver prices over the long-term.

Nobel Peace Prize 2025: Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado greets supporters in Guanare, Venezuela, on July 17, 2024. Barred from running for president herself, Machado helped galvanise support behind the candidate challenging President Nicolas Maduro in elections. (Adriana Loureiro Fernandez/The New York Times)

Nobel Peace Prize 2025 winner: Maria Corina Machado, ‘Iron Lady’ of Venezuela

October 10, 2025 5:50 pm

Maria Corina Machado, Nobel Peace Prize 2025: Machado has long been one of the strongest advocates for democracy in the country that has long been under a repressive dictatorship.

An artist gives final touches to a voter awareness mural on the wall, in Patna, Bihar, on Wednesday. (ANI Photo)

Bihar’s economy needs jobs and investments, but can it afford pre-poll sops?

October 11, 2025 8:17 pm

The Bihar government has estimated it will spend just under Rs 42,000 crore as capital expenditure in 2025-26. This is only 14 per cent of its total expenditure. How is the rest of the amount being spent, and what do key indicators show about Bihar's economy before elections?

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Quixplained: What to keep in mind as gyms, fitness centres reopen

August 08, 2020 11:44 am

The government has allowed opening of yoga institutes and gymnasiums from August 5 as part of the ‘Unlock 3’ phase.

Quixplained: What's new in the National Education Policy

August 07, 2020 8:31 am

National Education Policy or NEP is a comprehensive framework to guide the development of education in the country. A new policy usually comes along every few decades. The latest policy is India's third. It replaces the 1986 NEP, which was in place for 34 years.

Quixplained: How ‘corona’ of the virus changes into a hairpin shape — and why

August 07, 2020 8:31 am

The spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 — the ‘corona’ in the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 disease — has just revealed new secrets. Researchers have found that the spike protein changes its form after it attaches itself to a human cell, folding in on itself and assuming a rigid hairpin shape.

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Quixplained: India's Rafale vs Pakistan's F16 and China's J20

August 07, 2020 8:31 am

The five Rafale fighter jets that land in Ambala on Wednesday morning will resurrect the Number 17 Golden Arrows squadron of the Indian Air Force. It will take the IAF’s squadron strength to 31. When all the 36 Rafale jets are delivered by 2022, it will take it to 32 squadrons, still well below the 42 squadrons of the sanctioned strength.