Who is Naim Qassem: What is the significance of Qassem’s appointment at this juncture of the Israel-Palestine conflict, in which Hezbollah has been involved? We explain.
Online scams involve people gaining the trust of their potential victims and then manipulating them into parting with their money.
Odisha has already evacuated over a million people from areas likely to be affected by cyclone Dana. What exactly does a landfall mean and how long does its impact usually last? We explain.
What is the BRICS? How important is the grouping amid an increasingly tense world? What does an expanded BRICS mean for India? We explain.
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024: What have David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John M Jumper worked on, and why is it important? We explain.
Nobel Prize in Physics 2024: How did John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton 'helped lay the foundation' for machine learning? We explain.
Jammu Kashmir Election Results 2024: Since Independence, NC and PDP leaders have dominated the politics of Jammu & Kashmir. Here is a brief recall.
On Monday, Tamil Nadu Health Minister Ma Subramanian said the deaths of five people following an IAF event in Marina Beach were due to “high temperature”. Humidity is also a major factor in such incidents. Here’s why.
Both presidential candidates are focused on seven electorally crucial “swing states”, where the race for the White House is widely expected to be won or lost.
Israel's air defence system is designed to protect against missiles fired from short distances (like by Hamas) to longer ranges (missiles that fly outside the Earth's atmosphere). Here's what its various elements are, and how they work.
Anyone over the age of 18 years can legally consent to become a cadaver donor. Apart from training doctors, cadavers can also be used for developing new medical devices and studying the physiological impact of various diseases.
The CBI is governed by The Delhi Special Police Establishment (DSPE) Act, 1946, which mandates that the agency must obtain the state government’s consent. What happens when consent is withdrawn?
Mini-moons are asteroids that fail to escape Earth’s gravity and end up orbiting the planet for some time. Why are they significant for scientists to study?
Analysts said that the US jobs data for August, to be published later today, will influence the near-term trend in the market.
The Pew Research Center studied public attitudes about the religious qualities of national leaders in 35 countries around the world. Here is what it found.
Approximately 14,000 Indians are currently residing in Brunei, which is also a major oil producer in Southeast Asia.
While Iran and the United States do not have formal relations now, that was not always the case. Their strained ties at present have also impacted countries like India, given US sanctions on business dealings with Iran.
On this day in 1939, Nazi German troops commenced an invasion of Poland, triggering the start of World War II. We explain.
What is the difference between A1 and A2 milk? Why did FSSAI direct food business operators to not make claims regarding this?
SpaceX developed Crew Dragon as part of NASA’s plan to hand over space station flights to American companies after the space agency retired its space shuttle in 2011. Here is a look at its features.
Israel and the Lebanon-based militant group Hezbollah saw a major exchange of fire on Sunday, raising concerns over another front of conflict opening up in the Middle East.
The Ukrainian airspace has been closed ever since Russia launched its invasion in February 2022. World leaders, such as US President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron, have since used trains to visit the country.
While the expression “once in a blue moon” implies a rare or unusual occurrence, blue moons are surprisingly not a rare astronomical phenomenon. However, the sighting of a blue moon and a supermoon in the same instance is uncommon and will next be seen in January 2037.
We explain why SSLVs were developed and how they differ from the other major launch vehicles used thus far — the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) and the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV).
Elon Musk cited a “massive DDoS attack” for the technical glitches during his recent audio interview with Donald Trump on X. We explain how such attacks work.





