With wheat facing production challenges amid rising consumption, and rice seeing a surplus problem, the two cereals have become grains apart
Induction of INS Arighaat, India’s second nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine of the Arihant class, significantly boosts India’s nuclear deterrence capabilities, and strengthens its nuclear triad
Not much change in terms of service; bookings and loyalty programme will be automatically transferred
Over the last two decades, breeding and rewilding efforts have borne fruit. Biologist Johannes Fritz and his Austria-based conservation group Waldrappteam have brought the bird’s population in central Europe from zero to almost 300 since 2002.
Bill passed by the Assembly seeks to prevent child marriage, check polygamy, and end the role of kazis in the process of registration of marriages. Some have called the new procedure needlessly complex
The design for Vyomitra’s skull, fashioned by ISRO’s Inertial Systems Unit in the Vikram Sarabhai Space Center in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, was finalised recently.
Since its launch in 2014, the government’s flagship financial inclusion scheme has resulted in the opening of more than half a billion bank accounts.
What amendments has the Bill introduced to the PCM Act? How will the Bill’s amendments to a central law come into force?
The Jamaat was barred from contesting elections in 2013 on the ground that its charter violated Bangladesh's constitution by “opposing secularism”.
The ban is the most sweeping crackdown on FDCs — which are combinations of two or more known drugs in single-dosage form — since 2018, when 328 such drugs were banned.
The government is learnt to be planning a major upgrade of the IMD’s existing capabilities. Take a look at the science behind weather forecasting, and why there is a need for more precision in the wake of climate change-induced unpredictability.
With the Justice Hema Committee report revealing rampant sexual misconduct in the Malayalam film industry, the entire 17-member executive committee of AMMA, including its president and superstar actor Mohanlal, resigned from their posts on Tuesday.
The SC criticised the Delhi High Court’s decision to not apply a key exception for women in the bail provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) when it rejected her bail plea in April.
Under SOSA, the US and India will provide reciprocal priority support for goods and services that promote national defence. The Memorandum of Agreement on the Assignment of Liaison Officers will post Indian armed forces officers in key strategic US Commands.
SEBI has also slapped a Rs 25 crore fine on Ambani for orchestrating a fraudulent scheme that adversely affected RHFL’s stakeholders, as well as confidence in the integrity of governance structures in regulated financial sector entities.
Russia on its part said that it had foiled a Ukrainian attempt to seize land in the neighbouring Bryansk Oblast, about 240 km away from the site of the incursion into Kursk.
Nearly 18 lakh people belonging to 1.9 lakh families were marooned in 43 upazilas of the districts of Comilla, Feni, Chattogram, Khagrachhari, Noakhali, and Moulvibazar
At the annual Jackson Hole symposium, Jerome Powell said the ‘time has come’ to lower interest rates. While he did not furnish further details, the impacts of Powell’s observations will be felt the world over.
New Delhi has framed Prime Minister Modi’s visit to Kyiv as a part of a progression of improving relations.
Findings from one of Chandrayaan 3’s scientific instruments support the hypothesis of a magma ocean on the Moon in its earliest phase. They also suggest a churn of lunar crust, probably caused by an asteroid hit.
The 233-page document provides a damning indictment of the discrimination and exploitation faced by women in the Malayalam film industry.
What are the allegations against Siddaramaiah for which Governor Gehlot has granted sanction to private individuals to seek investigations? What is the 50:50 scheme, and on what basis has the Governor acted?
Climate activists have welcomed Kamala Harris’s choice of Tim Walz as running mate due to his record of climate action. However, even if Harris-Walz win, it is unlikely to significantly change US climate policy
Reservation for SCs and STs was implemented in the open-market recruitments. However, there was no reservation among officers who were promoted from the state civil services.
Hayflick’s discovery fundamentally changed the understanding of aging — especially the thesis that cells are capable of being immortal, and aging is simply a factor of externalities such as disease, diet, and solar radiation.



