In the National Security Presidential Memorandum issued May 8, Trump directed the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Treasury to draw up a roadmap for a return to a full-sanctions regime.

As per the changed law, a “collusive” bribe giver can be punished with up to seven years in jail, and fined. The Select Committee wanted courts to decide the minimum punishment for bribe givers on the merits of the specific case.

What was the significance of the Supreme Court Collegium recommending Justice K M Joseph first among three judges for elevation? What changes after government placed him third in its list?

The Centre has asked Karnataka to consent to allowing night traffic on the highway passing through Bandipur Tiger Reserve. It’s a question with no easy answers.

Two years on, experiment cited by Indian official clicks in Australia. Can India replicate the innovation?

Trade skirmishes raise fears of a global currency war. A look at how it can affect India and other economies.

National Crime Records Bureau data on cases of rape of children registered under IPC Section 376 and POCSO Act Sections 4 and 6 show an 82% jump from 10,854 cases in 2015 to 19,765 in 2016, the last year for which figures are available.

After 1½ years of negotiations, the US has eased controls on high-technology dual-use exports to India, granting exemption under the Strategic Trade Authorisation-1 list. What is the significance of this move?

The survey defines “higher education” as education obtained after 12 years of schooling and of at least nine months’ duration, or obtained after 10 years of schooling and of at least 3 years’ duration.

India-origin Akshay Venkatesh takes number theory to new disciplines, Germany’s Peter Scholze works on ‘perfectoid spaces’

Fertility care, including IVF and surrogacy, is a booming market in India and could be nearing Rs 500 crore, according to some projections.

The forex reserves were $405.14 billion as on July 20, a decline of $19.40 billion from the March 30 figure of 424.36 billion, and $20.94 billion from the highest value of $426.08 billion (April 13).

It is a ground-plus-one structure with eight cells on each floor. Each cell has an attached toilet, washing area and courtyard. Barrack 12 houses high-profile prisoners who are perceived to be facing a threat or who could pose a threat to others.

Why is Monday’s vote in Zimbabwe — the first results of which started to appear Tuesday evening — important for the country and the region?

For the country, a number of ways in which an individual can get citizenship, from birth to naturalisation. For Assam, where NRC has been updated, a special clause for granting or denying citizenship

Within India, 40 lakh persons would represent various fractions of the populations in 21 states, but more than the population of Goa, any Northeast state other than Assam, or any Union Territory other than Delhi.

The recommendations of a Commerce Ministry task force — if accepted and written into policy — can significantly affect e-commerce in India. It could change the way you buy and pay at online marketplaces

Courts in two states acted under provisions of an Ordinance that was replaced by a Bill passed in Lok Sabha Monday

WHO has called for a global effort against ‘envenoming’. Some 50,000 die in India each year due to lack of trained doctors and difficulties in supply of anti-snake venom

Over half of them (33), including two Rajya Sabha MPs, were elected from Bihar, Maharashtra and UP.

Dhangars are currently on the list of Vimukta Jati and Nomadic Tribes (VJNT) in Maharashtra. However, they have been demanding Scheduled Tribe (ST) status for the past several decades.

The order has triggered protests from Sikh groups who want all Sikh women, including those who do not wear a turban, to be exempt from wearing helmets.

Where do 40 lakh Assam residents go after being left out of citizens draft? A look at their immediate legal options, followed by long-term uncertainty for those who could still be “stateless” in India

“Films based on the theme of patriotism are telecast from time to time by Doordarshan. So far 42 patriotic films have been telecast by various DD kendras in the last three years,” I&B Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore said.