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APSep 16, 2025
Sweeping new regulations will change how cars look, sound and run. The goal is to make them more 'agile, competitive, safer and more sustainable,' governing body FIA says.
Rishika SinghSep 16, 2025
China’s scrutiny of Nvidia is not being seen as an isolated case, but the latest in a series of actions in its AI race with the United States.
Damini NathSep 16, 2025
While employee unions continue to demand a return to the Old Pension Scheme, the government last August announced the UPS. Here's what this scheme is, and why it is slow to take off.
Explained DeskSep 15, 2025
 What has TikTok’s journey been in the US, and what has happened under Trump?
Anagha JayakumarSep 15, 2025
What are stablecoins, and how are they different from other cryptocurrencies? What risks have regulators flagged regarding stablecoins?
Anusree K CSep 15, 2025
77th Primetime Emmys Awards, Emmy Awards winners: Here's a breakdown of television’s top prize — its origin, who runs it, how the winners are chosen, and a look at major historic wins.
Harish DamodaranSep 15, 2025
Corn import tariffs India: For now, it is unlikely that India will relent to the US demand to cut tariffs or allow imports of GM corn. That likelihood is even less ahead of assembly elections
Vineet BhallaSep 15, 2025
Supreme Court Waqf Amendment: While refusing to put a blanket stay on the entire amended Waqf law, the SC temporarily put on hold certain provisions. We explain what the court said.
Shubham TiggaSep 15, 2025
This is an age old system of self-governance among Jharkhand’s Ho adivasi community, which, since British times, has been a central feature of the state’s administrative apparatus.
Apurva VishwanathSep 15, 2025
Whether the Supreme Court can set a timeline for the President and state Governors to give their assent to legislative Bills has become a contested federalism issue. What have the states and the Centre argued?
Harish DamodaranSep 15, 2025
Tractor sales are buoyant this year and poised to cross the one-million mark for the first time, on the back of a good monsoon. GST rate cut should further help, though there are transition problems
Rishika SinghSep 14, 2025
Every week, we recap highlights of the news from China. This week, Trump threatened tariffs on China via Europe, and a survey showed the changing global perceptions of China in recent years.
Explained DeskSep 14, 2025
Unite the Kingdom rally: What exactly happened in London on Saturday, and who is Tommy Robinson? Why are so many in the UK angry, and with whom? We explain, in three points.
New York TimesSep 14, 2025
Charlie Kirk murder: Several unfired cartridges were found along with the rifle, and soon, it was reported that some were engraved with “transgender” ideology. But in the lab, analysts did bot find transgender messaging. Some
Amaal SheikhSep 14, 2025
The benchmark for how India treats foreign divorce decrees was set more than three decades ago in Y. Narasimha Rao v. Venkata Lakshmi (1991). Here is what courts have ruled over time.
The study, which involved schools that adopted PAL and those that didn’t, showed that learning rates doubled among students who used it. What is PAL?
YasheeSep 14, 2025
Official language of India, Hindi Diwas 2025: What debates did the Constituent Assembly see on the adoption of Hindi, Hindustani, or Sanskrit as the official language? What was the Munshi-Ayyangar formula?
Arjun SenguptaSep 13, 2025
The Battles of Imphal & Kohima gave the Japanese Army on of its biggest ever defeats, and put a nail in the coffin in its imperial ambitions
Anagha JayakumarSep 13, 2025
The manner of Karki’s appointment has generated curiosity, with protesters flocking to the messaging app Discord to cast an informal vote in her favour. Here is what to know about the platform dubbed “Slack for
Sardar Patel had famously said that an independent Hyderabad would constitute a “cancer in the belly of India”.
Arjun SenguptaSep 13, 2025
Charlie Kirk, who was struck down by an assassin’s bullet, was a gun rights advocate. There are more guns than there are people in the United States. As other countries took common-sense steps on gun
Rishika SinghSep 13, 2025
In India, the term first gained traction in early 2017, after Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut used it to describe director Karan Johar on a talk show. She called him a “flagbearer of nepotism”, saying he
Vineet BhallaSep 12, 2025
The arrest of AAP MLA Mehraj Malik is not the first time a sitting Jammu & Kashmir MLA has been arrested. The Supreme Court’s decision after the arrest of Bhim Singh in 1985 remains a
Data show that political violence in America is rising, becoming more partisan, and more focused on elected officials. Behind this disturbing trend is polarisation, misinformation, and the easy availability of deadly firearms
Sukrita BaruahSep 12, 2025
Twenty seven months after the conflict in Manipur began in 2023, a number of key issues remain unresolved in the state. Here’s what you need to know
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