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Since his arrest in April 2009 and subsequent conviction on charges of drug trafficking, Indian-origin Malaysian national Nagaenthran K. Dharmalingam has spent 12 years on death row.

Pakistan’s National Security Advisor Moeed Yusuf announced last week that he would not attend the meeting, apparently to lodge a protest against India’s alleged negative role in Afghanistan.

The Bombay High Court has asked the Maharashtra government to constitute a high-level committee to decide on the demand for treating MSRTC staffers as state government employees.

Experts say Pakistan's refusal to allow GoFirst to use its airspace during the Srinagar Sharjah flight is a violation of the first freedom of air. What happened with the flight, and what is freedom of

The five lowest-ranking countries are Brazil, Uganda, Indonesia, Kenya, and Mexico. India’s rank is 18 out of 30 countries

Paytm has increased its IPO size by Rs 1,700 crore from the earlier Rs 16,600 crore, with the rise coming entirely from the sale of more stake by existing shareholders.

Has poverty gone up during the Modi years? The answer depends on whether one looks at the overall incidence of poverty in percentage terms or the absolute number of poor in the country

Of the five-point targets announced by Modi, achieving net-zero emission status by 2070 is the one whose roadmap is not available right now. This promise seems to have been made primarily to satisfy the international

Fuel, food and fertilisers are all globally on fire today. And that is almost history repeating itself after 10 years, with consequences for inflation in India as well

The UK clearance to molnupiravir, and the promise shown by Pfizer’s drug, could pave the way for more effective management of Covid-19.

Two individuals were removed from the officiating pool after being questioned by an automated phone questionnaire, which has been dubbed a tool to put AIBA's "house in order".

The Ordovician mass extinction that occurred about 445 million years ago killed about 85% of all species.

Chennai rain: The showers on Saturday night and early morning on Sunday caused flooding in several neighbourhoods of the city, including T Nagar, Vyasarpadi, Adyar, Velachery, Royapettah and Mylapore.

Now that more people are heading out of their homes and back into crowds after many months of being cooped up because of the pandemic, the risks are rising again.

The gene is possibly just one factor that could have led to these outcomes, since socio-economic factors also partly explain why some communities were more severely impacted by the disease. 

The board will be using Optical Mark Recognition (OMR) sheets for the first time in the Term-1 examinations to be held for Class XII, X students on Nov 16 and 17, respectively

The Senate passed the legislation on a 69-30 vote in August after rare bipartisan negotiations, and the House kept that compromise intact. Here’s a breakdown of the bill that Biden is expected to soon sign

Pfizer and Merck have developed experimental antiviral pills that have shown promising efficacy in trials of adults with Covid-19 who are at high risk of serious illness. Here is an explanation of the differences in

The revised AIS includes additional categories of information - on interest, dividend, securities transactions, mutual fund transactions, and remittances from abroad, along with information on many other transactions that are at present available with the

The Adi Shankara story is a remarkable saga of travel and adventure, philosophical inquiry, conflicts in faith, exegesis, establishment of lineage, organisation and mobilisation, etc.

According to a Nikkei report, Japan will lift the entry ban for business persons, students and technical trainees.

The UK is expected to trigger the article just after COP26, which is taking place in Glasgow right now. Some reports also suggest that the UK might act before COP26.

The Prime Minister enhanced India’s existing climate targets and announced a new one during his speech in Glasgow. None of these are beyond the country’s reach.

President Joe Biden described the rules issued Thursday as urgently needed to get more Americans inoculated.

With the international presence in the region waning, unresolved rivalries and opposing interests among the three ethnic groups have resurfaced.