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This is not the first time that India and Canada have locked horns over an issue connected to the Khalistan movement in Canada. The tussle goes back to 1982 when then PM Indira Gandhi spoke

India Canada Diplomatic Row: While Justin Trudeau has used strong language against India, what are the specifics of the allegations, and what evidence has been provided? Here's what the Canadian police have said, and what

Mainland China authorities are viewed more positively in Macao than in Hong Kong, the other Chinese Special Administrative Region. Here is the context for its recent election, and how it marked some changes.

In an interview to YouTube channel Everyday Astronaut, Musk said that his vision is that Mechazilla will one day be able to turn around and set a rocket back on the launchpad, perhaps as little

The Nobel laureates in the economic sciences have demonstrated the importance of societal institutions for a country’s prosperity. Societies with a poor rule of law and exploitative institutions do not generate growth or change for

While Jaishankar is not expected to have very meaningful bilateral meetings in Islamabad, in an India-Pakistan context, a multilateral visit too carries possibilities.

Christopher Columbus’s arrival in the Americas in 1492 sparked centuries of European conquest and colonisation in the continent.

China announced military drills near Taiwan in what it claims is retaliation for Taiwan President Lai Ching-te's 'dangerously separatist remarks' on October 10. Here is all you need to know.

SCO meet in Pakistan: Why is an organisation that has China and Pakistan as members, important for India? What issues are likely to be taken up at the meeting, which will be attended by External

A highly advanced American missile defence system, along with US troops to operate it, will now be present in Israel. What can this mean for the violence in West Asia?

Maharashtra cabinet announcement: Light motor vehicles will no longer have to pay toll of Rs 45 at five of Mumbai's entry points. Here is what this will mean for commuters and the govt.

If The Vegetarian marked Han’s ascendancy in the Anglophone sphere, then the Nobel Prize in Literature, awarded on October 10, conferred global recognition. Here is what makes her works stand out.

The 57-year-old Saibaba had a 90% disability due to a polio infection contracted during his childhood, leaving him paralysed from the waist down. Upon his release from Nagpur jail on March 7, he spoke about

Many drugs and therapies for rare diseases are patented, which makes them expensive. The market for these drugs is small and development costs high, so pharmaceutical firms don’t find it profitable to produce them. Manufacturing

Baba Siddique murder case: Punjab-based gangster Lawrence Bishnoi was also named in the killing of singer Sidhu Moosewala. What are his origins and who is the gang known to target? Why has his group made

The diagnosis of a 75-year-old, who had recently travelled to Vietnam and Cambodia, and initially sought medical attention for body pain and fatigue, marks the state’s first report of the rare disease. We explain

Already popular through K-pop, the TV series "Squid Game" and the Oscar success "Parasite," South Korean culture is once again in the spotlight with Han Kang's Nobel Prize win. But how did the K-wave start?

A deadly new weapon in the Russia-Ukraine War, dragon drones are known to emit a molten metal that burns at 2,427 degree Celsius, essentially raining down fire.

With Japanese atom bomb survivors’ organisation Nihon Hidankyo winning the Nobel Peace Prize, a look at the ghastly effects of a nuclear detonation which have been at the core of the argument for disarmament

Some have criticised the Nobel Committee for allegedly snubbing Rosalind Lee, the colleague and wife of the Nobel laureate Victor Ambros. Charges alleging sexism have been levelled earlier, too.

The hurricane has now weakened and moved off over to the North Atlantic Ocean, the National Hurricane Center, a US government agency, said on Thursday.

UNIFIL is supposed to prevent violations in the border zone and report breaches to the UN Security Council. Two members of a UN peacekeeping mission, operating along Lebanon’s border with Israel, were recently injured.

The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, an organisation of survivors of the Hiroshima-Nagasaki bombings. In doing so, the Nobel Committee has highlighted the power of their testimonies and the need for

The parents of the 30-year-old man who died of cancer in 2020 had moved the Delhi High Court after a hospital, which had cryopreserved their son’s frozen semen sample, refused to release it

A deadly fire accident on a Thai school bus has reignited a debate about road safety. Southeast Asia has one of the highest rates of traffic fatalities in the world.