Several police officers said the judgment has opened up grey areas, and guidelines will be needed to deal with cases where, say, a gay individual withdraws “consent” and lodges a complaint against their partner. India’s laws on sexual assault do not recognise men as victims of rape.

While the government has not made public the details of the panel’s report the Legislative Council is expected to have 49 members, 1/3rd of the 147 in the Assembly.

At the rate Amazon is growing, market watchers believe that it is a matter of when, not if, Amazon’s stock market valuation eclipses that of Apple.

Google does not disclose much about its search formula because of two reasons: one, its entire business is based on it, and two, a lot of people would try to game the system if they got to know how it was done.

A quarter century of struggle by the LGBTQI community to exercise their right of free choice ended in the Supreme Court today. This is the story of the long legal battle, and its many ups and downs.

The last reimbursement under CSF was $550 million, made in FY2016. The reprogrammed $300 was part of the $900 million authorised for FY2017.

Justice Dhingra committee challenged by Hooda, govt won’t release report until court decides on petition. Will new FIR have a bearing on probe?

The Trump administration informed Congress that the President intended to “sign a (revised) trade agreement with Mexico — and Canada, if it is willing — 90 days from now”.

Vice President Venkaiah Naidu has sought a consensus on a Code of Conduct for MPs and MLAs. This has been a longstanding concern — progress has been slow and uneven, however.

Fuel prices jump as rupee hits another low, driven by rise in global crude prices and political uncertainty. How do these factors impact the national economy, what are India’s options for addressing the situation?

Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra is set to retire on October 2. The Bench he heads has reserved its judgment on some important issues and is expected to rule on these before the retirement date.

The Vatican has for centuries bristled with power tussles, and the scandal has been seen as the “usually shadowy backstabbing giving way to open combat”.

In design for near future, what kind of aircraft will fly, how high and how far? A look at the plans, the challenges and possible solutions to these

US economists ponder new concepts ‘monopsony’ and ‘Amazon effect’, correlate these with low wage growth and investment spending

After creditors selected Adani Wilmar’s resolution plan, Patanjali has moved the Mumbai bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) seeking disqualification of the plan. Why is the acquisition important, and what is the dispute?

Among the High Courts, Bombay had the highest pendency with 4.64 lakh cases as of Saturday, followed by Punjab & Haryana with 4.05 lakh and Hyderabad with 3.58 lakh

Six years after discovery, Higgs boson validates a prediction. Soon, an upgrade to Large Hadron Collider will allow CERN scientists to produce more of these particles for testing Standard Model of physics

An IDSA analysis argues that increase will lead to capital spending cuts elsewhere; way ahead lies in fixing imbalance in the defence budget.

The meteor came off a particularly large object, believed to have been part of an asteroid, and it passed close to Earth, over a heavily populated city.

The report, tabled in the Assembly Monday, has indicted then Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal in connection with the police firing on Sikhs protesting the sacrilege.

One of the objectives of demonetisation was to curb the increasing prevalence of counterfeit currency in the system. Since FY2014, the number of counterfeit notes increased rapidly and reached 7.62 lakh in FY17. This number declined to 5.23 lakh in FY18.

DGCA has identified multiple categories of drones, which can be broadly classified as Nano (weighing up to 250 g), Micro (more than 250 g but less than 2 kg) and Small and above (weighing 2 kg or more).

Here is how India’s central laws against terrorism have evolved over the years.

Health Ministry panel red-flags after-effects of Johnson & Johnson hip replacement systems, withdrawn worldwide. What are these complications, and how have India and other countries addressed them?