Higher kharif plantings on the back of good monsoon so far, plus benign international prices, offers hope of an easing of inflationary pressures in the months ahead

Mpox, previously known as monkeypox, is a self-limiting viral infection caused by mpox virus (MPXV). At least 99,176 cases and 208 deaths due to mpox have been reported from 116 countries since 2022, according to data from the WHO.

It is fairly common for vice presidents to run for the top job after their term. But very few of them actually succeed.

The findings challenge the long-held belief that microwave radiation used to warm food completely kills bacteria, which can cause food-borne illnesses.

Bangladesh’s minority Hindus have faced more than 200 attacks in 50-odd districts since the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League government on August 5. As policing collapsed, at least five people were reported killed in attacks on Hindu families, institutions, and temples.

The broiler integration companies have turned poultry farming – traditionally based on rearing 10-20 free-range/backyard breed birds fed on agricultural byproducts and kitchen waste – into a commercial enterprise even for smallholders.

Joint committees are set up by a motion passed in one House and agreed to by the other. The details of membership and subjects relating to a particular JPC are decided by Parliament.

Cultivators with fields upstream are afraid that draining of the reservoir to carry out repairs will impact irrigation; those downstream have the same fear, apart from apprehensions of flooding due to increased outflows from the dam.

From boasting a population of 20,000-50,000 in the mid-1940s, India’s Jewish population today is estimated to comprise 4,000-5,000 members.

Hindenburg alleged on Saturday that Sebi chief Madhabi Puri Buch and her husband, Dhaval Buch, had stakes in offshore funds used in the alleged Adani money siphoning scandal.

First announced in Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s interim Budget speech in February 2023, the CPP is also targeted at enhancing the quality of fruit crops across the nation.

Astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore may be cooped up in ISS till February 2025 due to glitches in the Boeing spacecraft that took them to space. Can ISS accommodate them? How will their bodies react?

The US Justice Department and several states had sued Google for illegally cementing its dominance, in part, by annually paying the likes of Apple and Samsung billions of dollars to have Google automatically handle search queries on smartphones and web browsers.

From winning the Nobel that made him one of the world’s most famous Bangladeshis to facing the heavy hand of Hasina’s hostility to being chosen by the students who ultimately pulled her down, Muhammad Yunus has traversed a remarkable arc. At 84, he begins a new job, that of reuniting his bruised, divided country.

In parts of East Antarctica, the relatively higher-elevation swathe that makes up two-thirds of the world’s coldest continent, temperatures are currently in the range of minus 25 degrees to minus 30 degrees Celsius.

A Bill seeking to amend the 1995 Waqf Act, and proposing sweeping changes to how Waqfs are governed and regulated, has been referred to a Joint Committee of Parliament following protests by opposition MPs.

Studies have shown that with temperatures soaring across the world, wildfires are becoming more common and intense. This could be spiking the occurrence of pyrocumulonimbus clouds.

It is the 190-foot structure built by the Army to move vehicles and machinery in landslide-ravaged Wayanad.

The Punjab government faces a serious funds crunch, and some experts have raised questions over the technical viability of the proposed project.

The NDMA does not have any administrative financial powers. Routing every small decision through the Home Ministry is an inefficient and time-consuming process.

Opposition leaders including Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi protested at Parliament’s Makar Dwar on Tuesday, demanding the withdrawal of GST on life insurance and health insurance premiums.

People have run faster races in the past, but no race has been as close as this one. The photo finish cameras at the finish line found Lyles to have just edged out Kishane Thompson.

In trade terms, Bangladesh is India’s biggest partner in the subcontinent, and India is Bangladesh’s second biggest partner in Asia after China. Sheikh Hasina's ouster and internal crisis in Bangladesh could hamper these trade ties.

Hasina’s regime brought political stability and economic growth to the country. India was one of the beneficiaries of her return, and a benefactor as well.