Criticising the Budget in Parliament, Rahul had said that a “lotus shaped chakravyuh” controlled by six men had trapped India’s people in the same way that Abhimanyu, Arjuna’s young son, had been trapped and killed by the Kauravas in a chakravyuh or padmavyuh on the battlefield of Kurukshetra.

The targeted killings of top Hamas and Hezbollah leaders have increased the possibility of all-out war in West Asia to perhaps its highest level since the October 7 attacks on Israel. What could Iran do now?

Compared to OBCs, the SC creamy layer issue is fraught. Despite the benefits of affirmative action, can the historic injustices of caste be wiped out? For OBCs the economic and social criteria perhaps allows upward mobility from backwardness but the same cannot be said for SCs and STs.

Are all Scheduled Castes to be treated similarly? Can states tinker with SC list? What is the yardstick for sub-classification? Here is what the Supreme Court ruled.

The Bombardier CRJ200, operated by Nepal’s Saurya Airlines, might have entered a ‘wing stall’ before it crashed near the runway at Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan International Airport on July 24.

The roots of the ‘axis of resistance’ go back to the Iranian Revolution of 1979, which paved the way for radical Shia Muslim clerics to come to power.

The city also attempted to renovate the sewage system and upgrade its water treatment plants.

Ministry of Mines has scrapped the auction for the lithium block in J&K’S Reasi for the second time. Difficulty in extracting and processing lithium, and sub-par reporting standards have kept investors away.

Neighbours of Venezuela have issued mixed reactions. Maduro’s long-term allies, Cuba, Bolivia and Nicaragua welcomed the result.

The extreme heat which is affecting take-offs and landing of aircraft is a consequence of global warming. Studies have found that an increase in temperatures has already started to disrupt air travel.

Israel said on Sunday it would strike hard at Hezbollah after accusing the group of killing 12 children and teenagers in a rocket attack on a football field in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. Hezbollah denied any responsibility.

The number of deaths caused by the Covid-19 pandemic is a vital piece of health and demographic data that has important economic and policy implications. Why does the debate over Covid deaths remain unsettled?

On July 12, when the SC granted bail to Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, it raised larger concerns over the ED’s power to arrest. Kejriwal, challenging the legality of his arrest, argued that the ED had no sufficient grounds to arrest him.

In states like Uttarakhand, Maharashtra, Punjab, and Haryana, 30-40% of mothers of young children have had schooling beyond Grade 10. In Tamil Nadu, this figure is close to 43%, while in Himachal, it is higher than 54%. Kerala tops this list with almost 72% of these mothers receiving high school education.

India does not have a statutory framework that prescribes the right to be forgotten. The SC has now agreed to hear a case that will likely shape the contours of this right.

As the number of cancer cases in India is on the rise, the government’s decision to make three crucial cancer drugs cheaper has come as a relief for patients. What are these drugs? How do they work?

These are drugs that can delay the changes of puberty in transgender and gender-diverse teens. During puberty, a child’s body goes through physical changes in the process of becoming an adult capable of sexual reproduction.

AI, which is expected to enable transformative changes across several domains, including attempts to find solutions to climate change, has a very heavy emissions footprint, the scale of which is becoming evident only now.

All evidence points to the planet being in a climate emergency, driven by anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gasses (GHG). In this context, mega sporting events, with their massive carbon footprint, might appear to be profligacy humanity can ill-afford.

Royalty is not a tax, the Supreme Court has ruled. States have the power to tax mining activities. How did this long-pending matter reach a nine-judge Constitution Bench; what issues did the judges consider?

On September 15, 2015, the Centre for Genetic Manipulation of Crop Plants (CGMCP) at the Delhi University sought the GEAC’s approval for the environmental release of a genetically engineered hybrid mustard called DMH-11 (commonly known as GM mustard).

The survey pegs the GDP growth rate for the current financial year (FY 2024-25) between 6.5% and 7%.

This ruling by Justices Fazl Ali and O Chinappa Reddy has been the precedent in administrative law that ideological inclinations, even towards the RSS, cannot be the sole ground for denying public employment.

Following a directive issued by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) earlier this month, employees can now participate in the activities of the RSS without attracting disciplinary action under the rules of conduct applicable to them.