Rats appear to have tunnelled their way to a victory in Jharkhand, where they supposedly ate 200 kg of ganja that was part of the evidence in a drugs case

The protests are reminiscent of a dark and recent chapter in Iran’s post-1979 history when it faced a moment of reckoning over the custodial death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who had been accused of violating dress codes by the notorious morality police

The new tax could wipe out 16–22 per cent of the actual prices received, force contract renegotiations, and weaken the presence of Indian products in the EU — a market that absorbs about 22 per cent of India’s steel and aluminium exports

Over the last few days, strikes by workers engaged by companies such as Swiggy, Zomato and Zepto calling for a ban on 10-minute delivery services have drawn attention to this issue. It requires careful consideration on the way forward

This is the front page of The Indian Express published on January 1, 1986.

Renewable energy use has increased appreciably in the last decade. Last year, green fuels edged out coal as the biggest source of electricity. The clean energy graph moved northwards in large parts of the Global South, including India

Vigilantes attacked a birthday party of a 22-year-old woman, purportedly because two young people in the group belonged to the Muslim community. And yet listen to her, three days later, and amid the bleakness, there is reason to hope.

When the state aligns itself, implicitly or explicitly, with perpetrators of violence, it signals active protection of those behind it. This is what the attempt by a BJP-led government to abandon prosecution in a case of mob lynching reflects

“Navigating uncertainty” is something India is apparently excellent at, and “walking the diplomatic tightrope” isn't the same as sitting on the sidelines. And then, a new “multilateralism” can save the “rules-based order”. Phew

Driven by ECTA, trade between Australia and India has crossed 50 billion Australian dollars, or Rs 3 lakh crore, for the first time. Over the past five years, our two-way goods trade has doubled

This is the front page of The Indian Express published on December 31, 1985.

In her crusade against the military establishment and the Awami League, she built a terrifying dam of street power

For decades, citizens from the Northeast have, all too often, been made to feel exoticised and othered, mocked and frequently targeted

At 230 seats, the INDIA alliance collectively holds not just the right, but the solemn duty, to offer a united alternative

The cricketers were not the only ones who made it a year of women's sports for India

This is the front page of The Indian Express published on December 30, 1985.

The decision to put the 100-m rule in abeyance is a much-needed course correction

Bardot, who died on Sunday at the age of 91, embodies a modernity that critics and audiences strained to interpret even as they consumed it

For several weeks now, Ukraine has been confronted with a stark choice: Surrender territory in the east and accede to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s demands, or continue fighting a war of attrition with mounting costs

The decentralisation of leadership within Congress will augur well for its future just as the centralisation in the BJP is likely to be its undoing

We expect GDP growth of 6.7 per cent and inflation at 5 per cent, largely driven by the low base effect, in fiscal 2027

This is the front page of The Indian Express published on December 29, 1985.

India’s challenge is to balance engagement with Naypyidaw and non-state actors who control large stretches of the border.

For the GST rates on air purifiers to be lowered, neither the Centre alone, nor only the states — and certainly not the courts — can decide