The discovery of the DNA structure sparked a flurry of new research, birthing fields like molecular biology, biotechnology, gene modification and editing.

The recent guidelines suggest risk management within the existing framework of laws under the guiding principle of ‘Do No Harm’.

Speaking at the fund’s launch event on November 6, Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva described the TFFF as 'an unprecedented initiative'. He also said that 'for the first time, Global South countries will have protagonism in the forest agenda'

Lalu brought about a decisive shift of political power in Bihar. But the high rate of crimes and lagging growth under him shadow his legacy.

While foreign policy analysts have come to expect the unexpected from Trump, this was unusual even within that context. It was, after all, a US President acknowledging China’s great power status, treating it as somewhat equal to the US in the global power hierarchy.

Two years into the conflict in Sudan, over 150,000 people are reportedly dead. Only a few years earlier, the country was at the threshold of democratic change. What derailed its path towards peace?

The statistics ministry has proposed some drastic changes to how it calculates housing inflation for the new CPI series, which will be released starting February.

James A Robinson, the Nobel Memorial Prize winner in Economic Sciences in 2024, spoke about why Mamdani’s policy prescriptions may not help tackle current problems in the US, such as income inequality.

On the first election day in Trump’s second term, Democrats across the ideological spectrum won major victories, breathing life into the party.

Karpoori thakur biography, Bihar 11th chief minister: Karpoori Thakur came to the CM's chair twice, never completing a full term. But amid instability and coalition push-and-pull, he managed to plant the seeds of transformative affirmative action for backward castes.

Consumption of the highly subsidised price-controlled fertiliser is growing much faster than domestic production, calling for deft demand-supply management.

Most elite defenders are endowed with aerial prowess; so why is a long throw, that's slower and loopier than a corner kick, dangerous?

The case was triggered by a summons issued by the Enforcement Directorate to two senior advocates of the SC, Arvind Datar and Pratap Venugopal, which the Bar Associations had widely condemned.

It has been 20 years since the RJD lost power in Bihar, but Tejashwi Yadav is still fighting the baggage of ‘jungle raj’, which evokes memories of a high crime rate and a desperate migration out of the state.

Google DeepMind’s AI model generated a ‘novel hypothesis’ about how cancer cells behave, confirmed through lab experiments. What is this breakthrough, and what can it mean for cancer treatment?

A recent investigation by The Indian Express revealed that more than 22% of India’s nearly 5,300 legislators in Parliament, and state Assemblies and Councils have familial ties to current or former legislators. Why are dynasties so entrenched in Indian politics?

What is the genesis of László Krasznahorkai's writing? Why would anybody write a novel, their very first novel, that could potentially invite the ire of a communist dictatorship? In the answers to this lie the secret of the Hungarian's genius.

In a year when scores of Indian immigrants were deported from the US under the Trump administration, issues of immigration have come starkly into focus. Here’s what the government plans to do.

The significance of the Taliban leader’s visit to Darul Uloom was 'personal' for him and 'political' for the new Kabul-Delhi engagement. We explain why.

A change in methodology has meant that the latest estimates of India’s elephant population are not directly comparable with previous ones. But looking beyond the numbers, India’s national heritage animal continues to face significant challenges

Pakistan Afghanistan relations: Afghanistan was the only country to oppose Pakistan’s entry into the UN. Despite some shared ties, there has been much to divide Pakistan and Afghanistan. Here are the five broad issues.

Opposition MPs, including Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch, have criticised the Prime Minister Keir Starmer-led Labour government for its handling of the issue.

The police crime branch said that it prima facie found an “organised criminal syndicate” that planned to subvert the examination process.

A programme that was originally meant to support sugarcane growers has attracted Rs 40,000 crore of investment and turned out more beneficial for standalone grain-based ethanol manufacturers