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GST: The scheme was to be implemented in stages, and its rollout on March 1, 1986, marked the first crack at reforming the country’s indirect tax structure.

Serum Institute of India’s BRV-PV vaccine has shown 66.7% efficacy in trials in Africa. Crucially for poor countries, the new rotavirus vaccine requires no refrigeration

Ex-MPs can travel free in AC First Class of any train when travelling alone, and in AC Second Class with a companion, both for free.

The 9.2 km tunnel, which will bypass snow- and landslide-prone Kud, Patnitop and Batote on National Highway 44, marks significant roadbuilding firsts in India, including an unprecedented stress on user safety.

This is the first time in the last 20 years, probably more, that the number of two-thirds electoral majorities has exceeded smaller majorities and hung verdicts among the larger Assemblies.

The rights-based approach departs from the ‘assurance-based approach’ of the new National Health Policy, which essentially perpetuates the status quo, explains The Indian Express.

A map of the NSCN(IM)’s Greater Nagalim includes large portions of the three states — Assam, Manipur and Arunachal — that share a boundary with Nagaland.

Friday’s crash involving an Uber driverless car in Arizona — in which the other car was at fault, but which still led to Uber suspending the testing of its driverless cars — has shown, the

NGT has slowed down the hunt for one of the universe’s fundamental particles in a giant cavern deep inside the Earth. What are neutrinos, why is the search for them so exciting, why does the

Back in 1995, the RSS and its affiliated organisations had about 650 such units in the Northeast; today there are over 6,000.

Carrying out structural changes in law that do not strictly relate to ‘Money’, through the Finance Bill can undermine the system of institutional checks and balances and potentially create conflicts of interest.

Numbers don’t back claims of UP’s declining livestock wealth, crackdown on meat processing plants raises questions.

The long-running story of the English jihad, however, also suggests another narrative that needs careful examination

The BJP first decided to include the issue of “love jihad” in its agenda at the state executive meeting in Mathura in August 2014.

Restaurant managements have been given the discretion to charge up to Rs 5 per use of their toilets. SDMC claims that as a result of the initiative, effective April 1, an additional 3,500 toilets will

Indian Express recaps the background and charges, and the list of accused in the major cases related to the Ayodhya dispute and Babri Masjid demolition

"The work addresses some of the most fundamental questions about the nature of matter."

Adityanath is heir to the history and legacy of the Gorakhnath Peeth that has long believed in militant involvement in politics as a means to achieving its religious and ideological ends.

The return to power of the BJP in Uttar Pradesh has led to a resurgence in the representation of the upper castes. The new Assembly consists of 44.3% upper caste MLAs, 12 percentage points more

Aggressive Hindutva is likely to trigger aggressive opposition as well.

How Hollywood anticipated the diverse kinds of aggression that are currently playing out in the United States

Coming after 15 years, policy repeats several old ideas, dodges 2015 promise of a Right to Health.

The Defence of India Acts were temporary laws that ceased to operate after the wars ended.

Aides of the US President have alleged that the “Deep State” is out to target his administration. To Indians, the expression is familiar in the context of Pakistan — but what does the Deep State

The new law allows maternity leave up to 12 weeks for women who adopt a child below the age of 3 months, and for commissioning mothers (in cases of surrogacy)