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What is the significance of Sunday’s election in the storied Spanish region? Was the election in fact a referendum for breaking away from Spain? What happens now?

The Forward Contracts Regulation Act (FCRA) stands repealed, and the regulation of the commodity derivatives market shifts to Sebi under the Securities Contracts Regulation Act (SCRA), 1956.

The municipal body’s financial losses from water works has reportedly increased by Rs 60 crore per annum, leading to demands, from both opposition parties and the local community, for the ouster of the private player.

The 81-year old politician is under a cloud once again with a CBI FIR lodged against him and his family including wife Pratibha Singh, a former Congress MP.

The political discourse that began with development and an engaging and healthy debate on "my development versus your development" threatens to get bogged down in the quagmire of caste.

What may have prompted this merger is the over Rs. 5,000 Crore NSEL scam. But, this has long been in the making.

The ASTROSAT, launched this morning, is India's first attempt at setting up an observatory in space, a place from where it can study cosmological phenomena.

A series of ponzi schemes, many of which were linked to plantation schemes, including teak plantations, promised investors very attractive returns.

Gaidinliu, who belonged to the Zeliangrong tribe — a conglomeration of the Zeme, Liangmei and Rongmei tribes that she created — was born in Luankau, 200 km west of Imphal, and worked across three states

No one knows what has led to the ‘improvement’; lack of standardised data collection often yields contradictory results, undermines policy evaluation.

Why Bhattarai, after three decades, will not be considered a communist anymore.

It is hard to overlook India’s contribution to the success of Silicon Valley companies. Two of the giants here, Google and Microsoft, have Indians at the helm. All others have Indian-born executives in top positions.

Indian taxes are not so much administered by laws as by the rules these officers take it upon themselves to write when the political masters have completed drafting the broad strokes.

When Barack Obama and Xi Jinping meet, both men will be aware of the catastrophic consequences of great-power confrontation.

Narendra Modi’s move to Delhi has awakened dormant political forces. Return of caste unrest is rooted in flaws in ‘Gujarat Model’

Sustainable Development Goals are also wider in nature, and include, for the first time, specific goals on economic indicators.

The worst situation is in the 31 reservoirs of southern India, which are together filled to only 35 per cent of their capacity. These should normally be filled to 81 per cent of their capacity

Ganguly is appointed the president of the CAB, ending the suspense on who will take over the state cricket body post Dalmiya.

Grand Alliance's 'MYKED' versus NDA's 'DUEY': Both have played to their respective social strengths and tried to poach on each other's constituency

Resistance to antibiotics is rising worldwide, including in India, and emerging as a powerful threat to public health, as the ability to fight infections such as tuberculosis is diminished.

Volkswagen, world’s largest automaker by sales, used a defeat device to rig emissions tests of diesel vehicles to cheat regulators. What is it? How does the ‘device’ work?

Nepal’s seventh constitution in 67 years was promulgated in Kathmandu on Sunday. Apart from the seven provisions to which New Delhi has objected — the source of violent Madhesi protests along the border with India

What is the background of EBC reservation in Rajasthan and what is likely to happen now.

Public expenditure on health in India in terms of percentage of GDP has not increased in the last few years and the share of the central government has been steadily declining over the years.

As per the health profile report, the number of diabetic persons in Gujarat stands at 1,61,578 which is 20.5 per cent of the total 7,87,435 population screened.