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The biggest and most powerful gun lobby group in the US is the National Rifle Association (NRA), which has for years mounted determined and fierce opposition to all efforts to reduce or restrict access to lethal firearms.

It is the country’s first such case since 1992 and the second imported case of wild poliovirus in Southern Africa this year. An outbreak was reported in Malawi earlier this year.

The study notes that economic losses due to modern forms of pollution have increased as a proportion of GDP between 2000 and 2019 in India, China, and Nigeria.

This provision of the Constitution gives the country's top court wide powers to do "complete justice" in a case. Article 142, which started out as draft article 118, was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on May 27, 1949.

The Indian Railways is the country's biggest job provider employing an estimated 1.4 million people. It also attracts applicants in droves with almost all recruitment drives seeing a massive rush.

The photograph provides evidence that the object at the centre of the Milky Way, which has been a subject of speculation for decades, is indeed a black hole.

INSACOG was established in December 2020 as a joint initiative of the Union Health Ministry of Health and Department of Biotechnology (DBT) (under the Ministry of Science and Technology).

With about a third of its labour force engaged in agriculture, Thailand has been trying to promote cannabis as a cash crop for some time now. In fact, in 2018, it became the first country in the Southeast Asian region to legalise the use of cannabis for medical use.

Tomato flu — what are the causes, symptoms, treatments and precautions? We explain.

On May 4, NASA's InSight lander detected a quake on Mars, the largest ever observed on another planet. What is a 'marsquake', and what causes it?

Patron has so far detected more than 200 explosives, according to Ukrainian claims, potentially saving dozens of lives and preventing serious injuries.

Adopting names for cyclones makes it easier for people to remember, as opposed to numbers and technical terms.

Health authorities in the United Kingdom have confirmed a case of monkeypox, a rare viral infection similar to smallpox, in an individual who recently travelled to that country from Nigeria.

We take a look at the history, politics and commerce of Mother's Day, through the story of its founder, Anna Jarvis.

Sebi has categorised front running as a form of market manipulation and insider trading.

We explain the different methods for calculating age prevalent in South Korea, why age is particularly significant in South Korean society, and why the need for a change was felt.

An anchor investor in an IPO is a qualified institutional buyer (QIB) like a foreign portfolio investor or mutual fund or insurance company which invests before the IPO is made available to the public as per Sebi regulations.

Why is there a coal shortage? Which states are worst hit? What happens now? Take a look.

The research, On Oreology, The Fracture and Flow of ‘Milk’s Favorite Cookie, was published this month in the journal Physics of Fluids.

The military action, though not confirmed by authorities in Islamabad, is believed to be in retaliation for the deaths of seven Pakistani soldiers in the North Waziristan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on the border with Afghanistan.

Two researchers from Columbia Business School and Stanford School of Business conducted a laboratory study and a field study across five countries, which show that videoconferencing inhibits the production of creative ideas.

We explain why the FDA has zeroed in on menthol cigarettes, why these cigarettes are used more by the African American community, and the debate around the proposal

The study has used something called a “life table”, which is a tool that lists the remaining life expectancy and probability of death across a range of age groups.

Ukraine has offered 'sincere apologies to Japan for this mistake' and said it had 'no intention to offend the friendly people of Japan.' We explain the row over Emperor Hirohito.

Section 144 of the CrPC: This colonial-era law, which has been retained in the Code, empowers a district magistrate, a sub-divisional magistrate, or any other executive magistrate empowered by the state government, to issue orders to prevent and address urgent cases of apprehended danger or nuisance.