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Centralisation of power & excessive policing: The perils of integrating AI in police operations

January 19, 2026 3:06 pm

While the police have said the use of AI would help them increase their efficiency and better handle manpower, experts have raised several concerns about the new technology

How a 'Goldilocks combination' in agriculture has kept food inflation at bay

January 19, 2026 11:02 am

The year 2025-26 has been a bumper crop year thanks to moderate temperatures acting in tandem with surplus monsoon rainfall. The two together have also enabled the current low food inflation.

Pune Grand Tour: How a lapsed ‘cycle city’ clinched India’s biggest international cycling race

January 19, 2026 10:40 am

Pune Grand Challenge Tour Explained: Pune's upgrade journey for the cycle race offers a template — and raises questions — about whether sport-led deadlines can fix long-neglected urban infrastructure.

India gets invite to Trump's Board of Peace — and to deal with many tricky questions

January 19, 2026 11:31 am

Gaza board of peace Explained: Accepting the invite will mean that a sovereign nation joins an organisation of which Trump will remain chairman even when he is not US President. And that is not the only problem with 'Trump's new UN'. We explain.

UN, Thant Myint-U is a writer, historian, conservationist, and a Padma Shri awardee.

An expert explains: ‘India’s role in remaking the UN, into something that helped prevent world war... is profound’

January 19, 2026 11:13 am

Historian and writer Thant Myint-U, author of 'Peacemaker' and grandson of former UN Secretary-General U Thant, on the UN’s credibility crisis, lessons from the non-aligned era, and India’s role in global peace.

As Trump raises the Russia-China spectre over Greenland, what exactly are their interests in the Arctic?

January 19, 2026 10:50 am

US China Russia Arctic: Trump’s claims of Chinese and Russian military submarines and destroyers near Greenland may be incorrect, but both countries have increasingly turned to the Arctic for commercial and strategic reasons.

A lottery will decide Mumbai mayor, and it'll take a week: Here's the rule why

January 19, 2026 2:18 pm

Mumbai New Mayor Reservation, Selection Process Explained: Beyond political negotiations between the BJP and the Shinde-led Sena, legal procedures will determine when Mumbai gets a new mayor. We explain the reservation system involved.

What America's Greenland claim could mean for NATO, Russia, and Canada

January 19, 2026 11:07 am

An American excursion in Greenland would kill NATO in one swoop, with Russia and China the gainers. It could also potentially trigger a nuclear arms race. Here's the big picture.

The Polavaram Project, circa November 2020.

Explained: Telangana’s Supreme Court challenge to Andhra Pradesh’s Polavaram irrigation project

January 18, 2026 2:23 pm

Andhra Pradesh’s Polavaram Irrigation Project aims to transform its drought-prone Rayalaseema region into fertile land by transferring water from the Godavari River and creating a reservoir. Telangana has objected to it for multiple reasons.

Why a blockbuster cancer drug could now get dramatically cheaper in India

January 18, 2026 12:33 pm

The Delhi High Court allowed Indian pharma company Zydus Lifesciences to manufacture and sell a 'biosimilar' version of a global drug giant's cancer drug. This could pave the way for cheaper immunotherapy treatments for cancer patients in India.

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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.