In peak apple season, many orchards in Himachal have unexpected visitors. They are forest officials armed with a High Court order to crack down on encroachments on forest land.

The world’s largest and most advanced astronomical observatory, with a telescope that will allow astronomers to study the universe in unprecedented detail, is being set up on Mauna Kea in Hawaii.

Growers of the humble bulb have become victims of political expediency and the official commitment to ‘inflation targeting’.

Almost 16 years after an Indian Airlines aircraft was hijacked and taken to Kandahar, a Bill seeking death penalty for hijackers even in the event of on-ground casualties was cleared by the Cabinet this week. The amendments to the Bill are in line with the Beijing Protocol of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), to […]

There is a view that the post-Omar situation in the Taliban — especially if the divisions within grow sharper — might provide an opening that New Delhi could use to engage with independent-minded factions.

In caste-ridden Bihar, women have been a loyal constituency for the CM Nitish Kumar.

Results of the study showed that individuals who are perceived to be untrustworthy also actually suffer for their phizogs — and that in extreme cases this suffering may be literally fatal.

62 years after the National Malaria Control Programme, among the country’s first public health initiatives, was launched, the disease continues to kill, though not as often as before. ABANTIKA GHOSH does a status check.

Truce has been called for now in the LG-CM battle over the appointment of the Delhi Commission for Women chief. DIPANKAR GHOSE profiles the Commission, its powers and responsibilities.

The LeJ is virulently anti-Shia, its hatred of Shias being the raison d’etre of its existence.

In 2002, an advisory group argued for the creation of a Monetary Policy Committee in India. Much of what it recommended is relevant in the context of the current debate on MPC, based on a revised draft of the Indian Financial Code that was released last week.

Could be tighter security in J&K; they could also have been trying to widen terror arc, says Arun Sharma.

Some 20 years ago, umami was recognised universally as the fifth taste — described variously as ‘meaty’ or ‘savoury’, found typically in meat and seafood.

The RBI and government must ensure that banks overhaul their loan appraisal process.

With more broadbased flows and greater global pressure now on checking illicit fund flows, it should be possible to phase out PNs over the medium term.

Recommendations of 14th Finance Commission, death of Plan panel have reduced Nitish Kumar’s clamour largely to poll-time political posturing.

Even in this low-mortality population, taller women experienced higher child survival, which contributed positively to their increased reproductive success.

With an expert panel deciding in principle to replace gelatin capsules with cellulose-based ones, chemists could soon be asking this question to customers. Abantika Ghosh explains the difference.

On the legal side, negotiated resolutions need to be strictly regulated and be subject to judicial oversight.

All poor across the 1-12 spectrum add up to 28.43% of the urban population.

In the season of Vyapam, Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s govt has brought a law that will identify and blacklist ‘vexatious litigants’.

Data from continued drug trials by Eli Lilly released this week show it might be possible, if the drug is taken early, to slow Alzheimer’s in patients with a mild form of the disease. However, a different set of data, presented by Biogen, failed to show statistically significant benefits for patients on a closely regulated dose. The bottom line: A final assessment will take more time and tests, even though scientists think their line of attack on the disease is the correct one

The Select Committee has merely pointed out that the additional levy would have a cascading effect, and asked the Centre to define ‘supply’.

The Delhi Chief Minister wants PM Narendra Modi to either personally supervise Delhi Police,or to give him control over the force. APURVA explains the context and background of the demand, and what must change for it to be met