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The Explained Desk of The Indian Express writes analyses and explanatory articles on a range of topics, including current affairs, politics, global events, sports, health and lifestyle.
March 1, 2020
Asia Bibi was previously given granted a one-year leave of stay in Canada. This is set to expire in less than three months. Bibi said that she needed time to make a decision about whether to move to the country.
March 3, 2020
March 1, 2020
All respiratory illnesses, including both the coronavirus and influenza, are the most dangerous for individuals above the age of 65. Those with poor immunity or chronic illnesses are also at greater risk than others.
March 3, 2020
February 29, 2020
With her calls for climate realism, Naombi Seibt has been called a sympathiser of Germany’s far-right AfD (Alternative for Germany) that supports climate change denialists.
March 3, 2020
February 29, 2020
The more stringent the BS norm, lower is the tolerance for pollutants in automobile tailpipe emissions. In effect, as India moves up the BS scale, automobiles become cleaner and greener.
March 3, 2020
February 29, 2020
Referring to “period dignity”, the legislation aims to develop a universal system in Scotland, which will provide free sanitary products for “anyone who needs them”.
March 1, 2020
February 29, 2020
The World Health Organization has increased the assessment of the risk of spread and risk of the impact of the coronavirus from “high” to “very high” at the global level.
March 1, 2020
February 28, 2020
The UK Court of Appeals has held that the government’s decision to allow the Heathrow expansion was unlawful. However, this might not be the end of the road for the project.
March 1, 2020
February 28, 2020
In 1986, the Government of India designated February 28 as National Science Day, to commemorate the announcement of the discovery of the “Raman effect”.
March 1, 2020
February 28, 2020
Because of the red tinge, such ice in Antarctica is often dubbed "watermelon snow".
February 29, 2020
February 28, 2020
Investors hit the sell button in early trade Friday, with Indian market indices, tracking the slide in global markets, dropping to near 5-month lows.
March 1, 2020
February 27, 2020
The novel coronavirus disease that emerged in Wuhan, China, in the final days of last year, is now in at least 47 countries around the world, spanning every continent except Antarctica.
March 11, 2020
February 27, 2020
Earlier in February, Pakistan declared the locust infestation a national emergency. Even so, it is not the only country with a problem. As per the United Nations, the situation is “extremely alarming” in the Horn of Africa, where widespread breeding is in progress.
February 28, 2020
February 26, 2020
The incoming 24 multirole MH-60 Romeo helicopters are expected to boost the Indian Navy's efforts to expand its role in the Indian Ocean Region.
February 27, 2020
February 26, 2020
Hosni Mubarak’s rule over Egypt was marked by the imposition of emergency that was renewed multiple times, rigged elections, the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty that isolated Egypt, and bringing in economic reforms in the 2000s.
February 27, 2020
February 25, 2020
Observers have referred to the proposal as a means of countering China’s Belt and Road Initiative.
February 26, 2020
February 25, 2020
The strength of Rajya Sabha is 238 currently. In all, seven seats are vacant. Counting of votes will begin an hour after polls close on March 26.
March 7, 2020
February 24, 2020
The outbreak in Italy is the biggest in the world outside of Asia, and has triggered widespread fears across Europe.
February 25, 2020
February 24, 2020
Mud packs were applied on the surface of the monument first in 1994, and then again in 2001, 2008, and, most recently, beginning 2014.
February 25, 2020
February 23, 2020
To keep in tune with the Earth’s orbit, the calendar needs to keep adding February 29 from time to time.
February 25, 2020
February 23, 2020
Biojet fuel, PM Narendra Modi said, is prepared from “non-edible tree borne oil”, and is procured from various tribal areas of India.
February 25, 2020
February 23, 2020
The Nevada results are a clear sign of Bernie Sanders’s broad appeal in racially diverse states, whose demography approximates that of the Democratic Party.
February 25, 2020
February 22, 2020
“Across our two countries, we have Hindus and Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Jews and Buddhists. We remember the wisdom of Gandhiji who said, 'for me, different religions are flowers from the same garden or branches of the same majestic tree',” Obama said on his visit in 2015.
February 23, 2020
February 22, 2020
Bernie Sanders said he received the briefing a month ago, a piece of information, which was made public after a report in The Washington Post yesterday revealed that Trump had also been informed of Russian involvement.
February 23, 2020
February 22, 2020
Delhi's happiness curriculum: The objectives of the happiness curriculum include developing self-awareness and mindfulness, inculcating skills of critical thinking and inquiry, enabling learners to communicate effectively and helping learners to apply life skills to deal with stressful and conflicting situations around them.
February 23, 2020
February 22, 2020
Roger Stone worked as a lobbyist for Trump's casino business in the 1990s, and on Trump’s unsuccessful bid for the presidency in 2000.
February 23, 2020