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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.
The dispute between Maharashtra and Karnataka over Belgaum and other border areas is a longstanding issue between the two states, and has been pending before the Supreme Court for many years.
As per the Guinness World Records, the row represents, among other firsts, the first row on the Southern Ocean, the first row across the Drake Passage and the first row to the Antarctic continent.
The Indian Express has found that at least four municipalities in the country have reported a rise in applications for birth certificates after the final NRC for Assam was published.
According to Amnesty International, at least 690 executions were carried out in 20 countries in 2018, which is a decrease of over 31 per cent compared to 2017.
The new capital being developed at Amaravati, Reddy hinted, could become the “Legislative Capital”, port city Visakhapatnam the “Executive Capital” and Kurnool the “Judicial Capital”.
A German student at IIT Madras has said he was asked to leave India for participating in a protest against CAA and NRC. IIT Madras was established with the help of West German technical expertise.
According to a press release issued by the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, GGI is a uniform tool that will help in assessing the status of governance and the impact of interventions undertaken by governments across all states and UTs.
Cutting through the mighty Pir Panjal range, the Rohtang tunnel will reduce the distance between Manali and Leh by 46 kilometres, and save crores of rupees in transport costs. It will also provide all-weather connectivity to remote border areas of Himachal Pradesh and Ladakh.
Annular Solar Eclipse 2019: An eclipse happens when the moon while orbiting the Earth, comes in between the sun and the Earth, due to which the moon blocks the sun’s light from reaching the Earth, causing an eclipse of the sun or a solar eclipse.
Born in 1879, Periyar is remembered for the Self Respect Movement to redeem the identity and self-respect of Tamils. He envisaged a Dravida homeland of Dravida Nadu, and launched a political party, Dravidar Kazhagam (DK).
Other than Sultan, the Gorewada Centre was also home to Rajkumar, who was in the news in 2017 after he entered a wedding area at Tumsar in Maharashtra. The video of the incident went viral.
Levick spent the southern hemisphere summer of 1911-1912 in a rookery of Adélie penguins and observed their behaviours, including courting, mating, and even homosexuality. He wrote about it, but his findings were so scandalous for the time that they were deemed not fit for publication.
In the 1990s, Algeria was gripped by a bloody civil war between the military establishment and Islamist groups. It was during the conflict, in 1994, that Salah was appointed as the head of Algeria's land forces.
As per the MEA rules, an OCI card needs to be re-issued every time a passport is renewed by cardholders below the age of 20 years and those who have completed the age of 50 years.
Dass was born as Richard Alpert and went on to become a prominent psychologist and psychedelic pioneer at Harvard University along with fellow academician Dr. Timothy Leary.
The Art of War is credited to a Chinese philosopher and military strategist named Sun Tzu, who is believed to have lived 2,500 years ago, between 544 BC and 496 BC.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Sunday, Dec. 22, apologised for taking a family vacation in Hawaii as deadly bushfires raged across several states, destroying homes and claiming the lives of two volunteer firefighters.
In its statement, the carrier said that Thakur was asked by its crew on the Delhi-Bhopal flight to move to a non-emergency row seat as she was in a wheelchair but the MP refused, causing the flight to be delayed.
