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Explained DeskSep 6, 2025
The settlement is the largest payout in the history of US copyright cases. Anthropic, which is behind the Claude family of large language models (LLMs), will pay $3,000 per work to 500,000 authors
Explained DeskSep 6, 2025
Anutin has thus became the third Prime Minister in two years, a week after Paetongtarn Shinawatra was dismissed from the post by the Constitutional Court.
Alind ChauhanSep 6, 2025
A team of researchers based at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (the United States) has tried to shed light on the inner workings of the language models that predict the structure and function of proteins
Arjun SenguptaSep 6, 2025
Why Sobhraj killed so many remains a mystery. What can be said with certainty though is that he had little remorse for his actions
Rishika SinghSep 6, 2025
While a military parade cannot indicate efficacy in the field of battle, it still shows what a country seeks to project to the world and offers a window into its capabilities. Analysts of the Chinese
What are dhussi bandhs? How do they prevent flooding? What challenges do they face today?
Explained DeskSep 6, 2025
Trump first floated the idea in August, when he said that the Department of War sounded “like a better name”. “Defence is too defensive...and we want to be defensive, but we want to be offensive
Punjab, drained by three perennial rivers and a number of smaller tributaries and seasonal rivers, is naturally prone to flooding. But the devastation is made worse by poor governance and decision-making
Hamza KhanSep 5, 2025
The Bill is described as “a decisive step to curb the commercialization of coaching institutes and [to] ensure that they operate within a framework prioritizing the well-being and success of students”.
Trisha MukherjeeSep 5, 2025
A proponent of understated aesthetics, Armani prioritised comfort in his designs, building an empire worth billions and leaving a lasting legacy.
Abhinandita N KashyapSep 5, 2025
Armani redefined tailoring and made luxury accessible, and his influence is seen as much on red carpets as in boardrooms and everyday wardrobes. He created not just clothes but a cultural vocabulary of elegance spanning
Deeptiman TiwarySep 5, 2025
Rules and Orders have been issued to give effect to a sweeping overhaul of India’s system for regulating the entry, stay, and exit of foreign nationals, and to lay down exemptions for certain classes of
Explained DeskSep 5, 2025
The large gold-framed portrait was presented in the coastal city of Mar del Plata, its first appearance in public in 80 years.
Explained DeskSep 4, 2025
New GST Slab 2025-26: Will the new GST rules really make your Diwali brighter? What will be the impact of the govt's revenue loss? Also, what exactly is GST? We answer all your questions, starting
Bashir Ali AbbasSep 4, 2025
Hezbollah has been significantly weakened since last October, when Israel invaded Lebanon and took out its top leadership. But it remains resilient and unwilling to disarm
Hamza KhanSep 4, 2025
Proposed law approves of ‘ghar wapsi’, increases jail term to 20 years and fine to Rs 1 crore for certain kinds of offences, prescribes long public process for voluntary religious conversion
Amaal SheikhSep 4, 2025
This verdict closes a two-year legal battle between the students, the state government and the Telangana High Court, which had twice struck down the rule. Here is what to know
Nikhil GhanekarSep 4, 2025
This category was created based on the recommendations of the Dhebar Commission (1960-61) — led by former Member of Parliament U N Dhebar — which had investigated the various issues faced by STs, and in
Anagha JayakumarSep 4, 2025
The move will give the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) access to the company’s powerful hacking software — known as Graphite — which can hack mobile phones and encrypted messaging applications.
Vineet BhallaSep 4, 2025
The accused have been charged under various provisions of the law, including one that prescribes the death penalty for committing a “terrorist act”. They have spent more than five years in jail, and the trial
Theaterisation seeks to integrate resources of Army, Navy, Air Force into specific ‘theatre’ commands for operational deployment under a single, unified command structure in a specific geographical region.
Suanshu KhuranaSep 3, 2025
While Songs of Paradise is a dramatised account, here’s the real story of Raj Begum, the nightingale of Kashmir, who sang through Kashmir’s political crosswinds.
Incorporation of ‘Indian Knowledge Systems’ have led to inclusion of Vedic mathematics, ayurveda-compliant food, and management practices in the Gita and Ramayana. Opposition states have said these ideas are obsolete and steeped in Hindutva.
Akram MSep 3, 2025
The central government is of the view that the rationalisation proposal by decreasing the slabs would eventually increase tax revenue. Opposition-ruled states, including Karnataka, have disputed this claim, saying that only around 28% of the
Explained DeskSep 3, 2025
Not much is known about Kim’s daughter, who first appeared in public in November 2022 with her father at the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile
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