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During his time in office, Shinzo Abe was a great friend of India, and a relationship that he invested personally in. He also had a special rapport with PM Narendra Modi, which came out on

Hurricane Ian: As Earth’s climate warms, more storms are growing quickly from relatively weak tropical storms to Category 3 or higher hurricanes in under 24 hours, sometimes stunning forecasters and giving residents little time to

Did Hans Neimann cheat against Magnus Carlsen? It's one of several questions that chess is facing these days.

The bonhomie between Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad, who met Sonia Gandhi on Sunday, suggests a potentially significant realignment among the OBCs, where for the first time, Kurmis appear to be taking the lead. Who

The collision was a technology demonstration, and an experiment to assess the capabilities to do such maneouvers in future should a need arise.

Two of the country’s biggest e-commerce platforms, Flipkart and Amazon, have their flagship sales — Big Billion Days and Great Indian Festival, respectively — ongoing since September 23.

Russia plans to annex around 15% of Ukraine that its forces control as well as about 3% of Ukraine that it does not control - including front lines where Ukrainian soldiers are still fighting, for

The Karnataka government recently tabled The Kannada Language Comprehensive Development Bill. What are the Bill's provisions and why was its need felt?

To make the local population understand more about the cheetah and its characteristics, forest officials have trained around 400 cheetah mitras from 51 villages.

Why is Iran blaming the US for the protests blazing across its cities? What has Elon Musk said he will do for the protests? We explain.

What are the Surjapuri and Bajjika dialects and where are they spoken? Why has the Bihar government decided to promote these dialects now? Is there a political reason as well?

The Minority Development Department in Maharashtra, currently headed by CM Eknath Shinde, has commissioned a study on the “social, educational and economic status of the Muslim community” in “56 cities in six revenue divisions of

As Britain's pound plunges to an all-time low early, a look at key episodes of UK currency drama since World War II.

Below are the details of NavIC's inception, why India wants smartphone makers to adopt it and how the system compares to other global or regional navigation systems.

The Constitution of India places the post of the A-G on a special footing. The A-G is the Government of India's first law officer, and has the right of audience in all courts of the

Ememem, who describes himself as a “bitumen mender, sidewalk poet, macadam surgeon”, uses materials such as ceramics, wood, and bitumen to fill in damaged pavements and repair fractured sidewalks.

Enwonwu received a royal commission to commemorate the Queen’s maiden visit to Nigeria in 1956 with a statue. The Queen sat for him 12 times, including at Buckingham Palace

Six percent is emerging as the key macro number to watch out for in the lead up to the next general elections in 2024. The RBI cannot allow inflation to soar above it and the

Food and beverage items have a combined 45.86% weight in the overall CPI. The RBI is supposed to be accountable, but it can't win the inflation battle without the government — whether it likes it

While Chaudhary Devi Lal's birth anniversary celebration on Sept 25 was used as a stage for an Opposition show of strength, how is the Indian National Lok Dal faring today, and how significant a role

The current torchbearers of the Encyclopaedic Sanskrit Dictionary project is a team of about 22 faculty and researchers of Sanskrit, who are now working towards publishing the 36th volume of the dictionary, consisting of the

We published two explainers accompanying the investigation, on the uneasy — and not so glorious — history of the CBI that has been repeatedly pulled up by Supreme Court judges, and on the ways in

The term 'Mankading' comes from the name of the legendary former Indian cricketer Vinoo Mankad.

The file on an alleged CLU scam in Ludhiana went missing from Sidhu’s office when he was minister. Sidhu has already made 3 attempts to escape appearing as a witness. The next hearing is on

The advisory has come a few days after media reports of a “Khalistan referendum” in Canada, as well as reports of the vandalising of a Hindu temple recently