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A vacation bench orally observed that the police may arrest a person but cannot publicly defame them. Here’s what to know.

What was different this time was that Iran launched attacks directly on Israel in retaliation for the latter’s actions in Lebanon. What do the latest developments say about the fate of the war?

“Hydra” can be traced back to Greek mythology, in the name of a multi-headed snake-like monster. Why did Telangana CM Revanth Reddy speak about Hydra?

Last deployed in 2013, the Foreign Currency Non-Resident (Bank) deposit swap scheme was widely seen as being too expensive for RBI to announce this time around. But the logic is the same: the costs seem

During the launch, Union Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said that the blended fuel is meant for specially designed flex-fuel vehicles and not for normal petrol vehicles. Here’s what to know.

What can North Korea, one of the poorest and least integrated nations in the world, offer China? Since their inception, China-North Korea ties have been based on wider geopolitical goals.

Armenia is a major buyer of Indian weapons systems today, making its geopolitical shifts important for New Delhi.

It was in June 1947 that Mountbatten announced, out of the blue, that the British would pack up and leave in 2 months, from the earlier expected one year. We look at the reasons why

Cockroach Janta Party at Jantar Mantar: The story of Jantar Mantar as a protest site begins in 1993. Here's what happened then, and what has happened since

Punjab's farmers are increasingly cultivating maize, a water-intensive crop, during the hottest months of the year. Groundnut, which can be grown in the same period, uses less water and offers better returns. Will farmers embrace

For years now, risky dark shipping tactics have been largely limited the to 'shadow fleets' that transport Iranian and Russian oil. But the West Asia war and the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz

The litigation traces to a 2004 petition filed by a Hyderabad-based anti-trafficking organisation, which argued that victims of commercial sexual exploitation were treated as “criminals” rather than “victims or survivors”. Here’s what to know.

The state is allowing large data centres to operate as 'deemed' power distributors, enabling them to procure electricity directly and cut costs while easing the burden on local utilities

Delhi-NCR suffers from extreme air pollution and the transport sector is a predominant source of pollution. The new clean mobility scheme will incentivise replacement of older vehicles with BS-VI or stricter emission-compliant vehicles. Here’s what

The central bank has kept borrowing costs unchanged but warned that higher oil prices, supply disruptions and global uncertainty could slow growth and push inflation above its target.

Some in Nepal see India as a bullying big brother. New Delhi must not allow Beijing to fan these flames among Nepalese youth.

Mehta's rise has often been portrayed as the classic Indian success story. But his gold exports and processing company, Rajesh Exports, is now at the centre of one of the most serious regulatory actions faced by

The government expects this arrangement to ease the pain for oil companies and Indian airlines amid the West Asia energy shock. It also expects the move to rein in runaway airfares.

The bifurcation of Gujarat’s Border range could help provide space for better supervision, with two Inspectors General now heading the region.

The Malviya Nagar fire in South Delhi has drawn attention to CPR after a local resident used the life-saving technique to assist victims rescued from the smoke-filled building. Here is what to know

When a person undergoes IBC proceedings, a moratorium on legal action with respect to any debt kicks in. But there is little clarity on whether this moratorium covers cheque bounce. The matter has now been

At the heart of the 215-208 vote against Trump is the War Powers Resolution of 1973, a law intended to limit a President's ability to conduct prolonged military operations without Congressional authorisation. Here's what that

Urban fire risk in India: The South Delhi fire that killed 21 people took place in a hotel that was originally a residential structure. According to official data, 6 out of every 10 fire-related deaths

OpenAI said one of its internal models had made a breakthrough with a challenge first posed by Hungarian mathematician Paul Erdős in 1946. Experts say this result could indicate that AI is capable of doing

The rupee’s ongoing weakness has been diagnosed as a capital flows issue. But it is primarily low global interest rates, and not any intrinsic country-specific quality, that have led to India attracting foreign capital for