The Punjab government said 90,422 stubble management machines were distributed in the past four years under Corp Residue Management (CRM) scheme. Of these, 79,295 machines were checked physically but end users couldn’t account for 11,275

The economy’s slowdown happened after Nehru. Average GDP growth fell to 3.4% from 1965-66 to 1971-72 and to 3.1% during the subsequent seven years.

Chhattisgarh has sought to take back land that it says was given to its Forest Department 'by mistake'. There is a history to this argument going back decades. Are forests forever, as the Supreme Court

California has approved a ban on the sale of new petroleum-powered vehicles by 2035. How will this work? Why is it important? Are there challenges? What about India's stance?

Moderna's Covid vaccine — its lone commercial product — has brought in $10.4 billion in revenue this year while Pfizer's vaccine brought in about $22 billion.

Why does the Nepal government have reservations about India's Agnipath scheme for recruitment in the armed forces? What about the Tripartite Agreement between India, Nepal and the UK?

China has taken India to international arbitration over a mega Rs 471-crore Indian Railways contract that was terminated in the aftermath of the border standoff in 2020. What is the dispute, and what do both

Why are big tech companies increasing the prices of their products ahead of the busy holiday shopping season? We explain.

The IAC-1, which after commissioning is named 'INS Vikrant' after India's beloved first aircraft carrier, catapults India into a small club of nations that can build these elite warships. An aircraft carrier is a core

In its disclosure to the stock exchanges, NDTV has said a SEBI order from November 27, 2020 restrained Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy from accessing the securities market, and prohibited them from buying and selling

In the last couple of years, Colleen Hoover's books have made it to nearly every bestseller list in the US, with sometimes as many as six books in the top 10.

Simply put, this specialised olfactory sense goes against the common olfactory understanding of ‘one neuron, one receptor’. In humans, for example, whenever a smell hits the nose, it triggers a sensory receptor after which corresponding

A year after the Taliban returned to power in Kabul, The Indian Express travelled to Afghanistan to report on what has changed on the ground since the time they were last in power, what’s on

As the pandemic hit lives, the economy, and livelihoods, 2021-22 witnessed a sharp spike in insurance policies being surrendered ahead of their maturity. What should you look for before surrendering your policy?

PM Modi first introduced the concept during the first National Ganga Council meeting in Kanpur in 2019, where he urged for a shift from Namami Gange, the Union Government’s flagship project to clean the Ganga,

Despite its association for centuries with the Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain religions, many in Europe and America see the swastika only as the defining symbol of Adolf Hitler's Nazi ideology. What is the new California

With another recruitment scam coming to light in Karnataka, Congress state chief DK Shivakumar said amid rising unemployment, 'scams like this are posing a threat to youth's future'. What is the KPTCL recruitment scam, and

The Vice Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University, Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit, recently criticised the Manusmriti, the ancient Sanskrit text, over its gender bias.

The Portuguese government agreed to loan the heart to Brazil for three weeks for the bicentennial celebration, after which it arrived in Brasilia in an airforce plane and its stay will be treated as a

Govt wants all bags of subsidised fertiliser to prominently say 'Bharat' and mention the subsidy scheme. But this might disincentivise manufacturers, and the scheme's political fallout remains to be seen.  

The Supreme Court Thursday took on record the report of the committee appointed by it to investigate allegations that personal phones were targeted illegally using Pegasus spyware. What has the committee found? To recall, what

Quiet quitting: While some acknowledge the need to strike a healthy work-life balance through quiet quitting, others consider it to be lazy, disloyal and potentially indicative of an overall downward spiral.

New research, published in the journal Current Biology, suggests that dogs can also cry happy tears when they meet their owners.

The Supreme Court will take up a review of its July 27 judgment upholding the law in an unusual open-court hearing today. What did the verdict say, and on what grounds have the petitioners sought

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