Rahel Philipose is a Senior Sub Editor at the indianexpress.com news desk. She writes the Express' morning newsletter, The Daily Briefing. She also co-hosts and produces The Indian Express' flagship news podcast, 3 Things. Through her short-form video series 'Explained in 60', she breaks down some of the biggest developments from India and around the world. Rahel graduated from Lady Shri Ram College for Women in New Delhi and the Asian College of Journalism in Chennai. She has previously worked at Inshorts, a Noida-based news aggregator app.

March 17, 2022 07:19 IST
From China’s push for reviving bilateral dialogue to the aftermath of Assembly elections, here are the top reads from today’s edition.
Thu, Mar 17, 2022
March 16, 2022 08:00 IST
From the Karnataka High Court upholding the hijab ban, to Bhagwant Mann’s ‘Rang De Basanti’-themed swearing-in ceremony in Punjab — here are the top stories from today’s edition of The Indian Express.
Wed, Mar 16, 2022
March 14, 2022 07:56 IST
The International Criminal Court has launched an investigation into alleged war crimes committed following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. What is a war crime, and why are Russian actions being called war crimes?
Thu, Mar 17, 2022
March 13, 2022 08:06 IST
From the Congress Working Committee's meeting later today, to Sikkim's plans to provide free sanitary pads to all adolescent girls at government schools — here are today's big stories.
Sun, Mar 13, 2022
March 12, 2022 07:56 IST
After a high-octane electoral battle, make sense of the day’s news and ideas. We guide you through what’s happening — and why it matters.
Sat, Mar 12, 2022
March 10, 2022 07:27 IST
On the eve of the counting of votes in Uttar Pradesh, the Election Commission announced that the Delhi Chief Electoral Officer would be deputed as special officer in Meerut, while the Bihar CEO would supervise counting in Varanasi.
Thu, Mar 10, 2022
March 09, 2022 08:00 IST
It has been 71 innings across formats, a stretch of 838 days, since Virat Kohli last scored a hundred. The last time the nation waited so anxiously or expectantly for a hundred was for The Hundredth Hundred, which became a sporting event in itself.
Wed, Mar 09, 2022
March 06, 2022 07:50 IST
As Uttar Pradesh votes for the last time during the Assembly elections tomorrow, on one side are “Modi-Yogi” and the phalanx of Suraksha-Hindutva-Govt Schemes, and on the other is Akhilesh’s appeal, resting on several discontents and the SP's traditional vote base.
Sun, Mar 06, 2022
March 05, 2022 07:54 IST
Public listed companies should try to open up more with investors to help them make the right investment choices, says Falguni Nayar, founder & CEO of online beauty and personal care platform Nykaa, at The Indian Express e-adda.
Sat, Mar 05, 2022
March 04, 2022 07:26 IST
The Russian invasion of Ukraine threatens to derail the inflation calculations of the Reserve Bank of India, according to experts who have concerns over its accommodative policy stance.
Fri, Mar 04, 2022
March 03, 2022 19:28 IST
Russia's richest man, Alexei Mordashov, has been blacklisted by the European Union. Who is he, and why was he blacklisted? How has he responded?
Fri, Mar 04, 2022
March 03, 2022 10:26 IST
Russian invasion: Amid the war in Ukraine, NATO has been rapidly deploying troops to member countries across eastern Europe. Why hasn't the alliance sent troops to Ukraine? What is Article 5, NATO's provision that could result in a wider war?
Sat, Mar 05, 2022
March 03, 2022 07:36 IST
Restrictions on the use of airspace by the West on Russia and vice-versa is expected to impact travellers from India to the US.
Thu, Mar 03, 2022
March 02, 2022 07:32 IST
The Indian student's death complicates New Delhi’s diplomatic hand — it had been projecting itself as a neutral actor, refusing to take sides in the Russia-Ukraine war.
Wed, Mar 02, 2022
February 28, 2022 13:25 IST
Russia Ukraine war: The world's largest cargo aircraft, the Antonov AN-225 or ‘Mriya’, has been destroyed by Russian troops during an attack on an airport near Kyiv. What do we know about the Antonov AN-225?
Tue, Mar 01, 2022
February 26, 2022 08:04 IST
Former group operating officer of the National Stock Exchange Anand Subramanian has been arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation in connection with its probe into a 2018 case of manipulation of the bourse.
Sat, Feb 26, 2022
February 25, 2022 22:08 IST
Located around 16 km away from the city of Chernobyl and a little over 100 km away from Ukraine’s capital city of Kyiv, the power plant witnessed the world’s worst nuclear disaster in 1986.
Thu, Mar 03, 2022
February 25, 2022 08:02 IST
Meanwhile, on the election front, with caste equations making Ayodhya a sticky wicket for the BJP, the RSS has hit the ground for the prestige contest in the town which lies at the heart of the Sangh Parivar’s Hindutva project.
Fri, Feb 25, 2022
February 24, 2022 12:32 IST
A woman has been cured of HIV after receiving a transplant of umbilical cord blood. What do we know about this breakthrough treatment? Why is this significant?
Thu, Feb 24, 2022
February 23, 2022 07:40 IST
Advocate General Prabhuling Navadgi told a full bench of the Karnataka High Court, comprising Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, Justice Krishna Dixit and Justice J M Khazi, that wearing the hijab is an optional practice in Islam and, as a consequence, is not an obligatory religious practice.
Wed, Feb 23, 2022
February 18, 2022 07:30 IST
During a passionate debate in Singapore’s parliament earlier this week, the city-state’s prime minister Lee Hsien Loong made a controversial statement about Indian MPs that has now landed him in hot water.
Fri, Feb 18, 2022
February 17, 2022 07:35 IST
Tired of the Congress “corruption and laziness”, and still unwilling to forgive the BJP for its contentious farm laws, people residing along Punjab’s borders are increasingly being drawn to the AAP
Tue, Apr 26, 2022
February 16, 2022 07:54 IST
Deep Sidhu was twice arrested after being accused of playing a part in the conspiracy to hoist a Sikh flag at Red Fort on Republic Day.
Tue, Apr 26, 2022
February 13, 2022 08:09 IST
For ruling BJP, first state poll without Parrikar; up against Cong, AAP, TMC
Tue, Apr 26, 2022
February 12, 2022 08:00 IST
After at least 60 people died from consuming illicit liquor in just four months, the Bihar government is considering the use of “scan tunnels” to prevent liquor smuggling from adjoining states of UP, Jharkhand and West Bengal, and from Nepal.
Sat, Feb 12, 2022



