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Super Typhoon ‘Hinnamnor’: According to a forecast from Japan Meteorological Agency, the storm is expected to move towards parts of Southwestern Japan, Eastern China and South Korea over the next few days.

The ‘Edit Tweet’ feature will first be rolled out to select Twitter Blue users. The service is limited to the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, so those of us in India will have to

The UN report on Xinjiang has been in the works for years and was released despite Chinese efforts to delay or block it, aware of how it could validate claims that more than 1 million

Mary Roy, the mother of author-activist Arundhati Roy, has passed away at age 89

Revival in consumption, high inflation rate, and partial impact of the rate hike decisions taken in the 47th GST Council meeting, along with the broader economic recovery, supported the increase in GST revenues

Sri Lanka's agreement with the IMF gives confidence, Colombo's High Commissioner to New Delhi Milinda Moragoda tells The Indian Express, but cautions that a long, painful road lies ahead.

The current La Ninã phase has been prevailing since September 2020. What is this climatic phenomenon, and why has it lasted three years? How does it impact India's monsoon?

Kerala, Karnataka Rains News Today: Torrential rains have hit southern Karnataka and parts of Kerala since the last weekend, inundating roads and causing destruction. Why are these two states witnessing heavy rainfall? We explain.

The FDA is calling the new vaccines "updated boosters", and Americans could start getting the shots as early as next week. The US is still seeing 90,000 new infections and 475 deaths from Covid-19 every

The single judge Bench relied on two earlier judgments, Madhukar vs the State of Maharashtra, 2002 and Arjun Singh vs State of Haryana, 2004, where the courts had ruled that bhang is not ganja, and

The relationship between Mikhail Gorbachev and Rajiv Gandhi, two leaders whose fortunes rose and fell almost in tandem, inaugurated a five-year waltz between India and the erstwhile Soviet Union.

Prime Minister Sogavare dismissed suggestions that the blocking of access to the country’s ports was linked to China. He issued a statement saying there was "misinformation" in media reports on the blocking of US and

After scrapping the new policy, the Delhi government decided to bring back the 'old excise regime ' that was in force before November 17 last year.

The mark that started high on Mikhail Gorbachev's head and came down to a little above his right eyebrow was featured prominently by cartoonists who drew him around the world.

Those being handed out the pills are being told to only take them once a radiation leak has been confirmed. What are anti-radiation pills, and how do they protect people in case of a radiation

The US Army has grounded its fleet of CH-47 Chinook helicopters, which are also operated by the Indian Air Force. What are the problems with the helicopter and what are the implications of this development

Two words — “perestroika” and “glasnost” — will forever be associated with Gorbachev and, in essence, will be his legacy

Gautam Adani is now the world's third richest man. His flagship Adani Enterprises started with the commodity trading business in 1988. Here is how it turned into one of the largest conglomerates in India.

NASA has a long history of naming its missions after mythological figures. Starting in the 1950s, many rockets and launch systems were named after Greek sky deities, like Atlas and Saturn, whose Greek name is

The Karnataka High Court has allowed Ganesh festival celebrations to go on at the ground, saying that unlike in the case of the Bengaluru Idgah, there is no dispute about the title. The Anjuman-e-Islam has

KRK first grabbed public attention around the time of his film Deshdrohi’s (2008) release. He not only featured as its protagonist, a champion of migrant North Indians in Mumbai, also produced and wrote the story

Mikhail Gorbachev was a tragic figure who failed in the historic mission he had defined for his own country.

Can a virus help the body fight back against cancer and boost the immune system to tackle the disease better? Here are findings of a new study published in the journal Cancer Cell.

The Supreme Court Tuesday refused to allow Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations at the Idgah grounds in Bengaluru. What was the case about, and why was there a controversy? What happens now?

Fighting is raging around Zaporizhzhia in Ukraine, the largest nuclear power plant in Europe. This poses extraordinary risks — the reactors may be sturdy, but a disaster can take place in other ways.