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Govt must learn from mistakes in onions and potatoes, agriculture should be spared of bearing the burden of its inflation targeting.

The Ministries of Consumer Affairs and Law have approved changes in the Consumer Protection Act to provide for a jail term of up to 5 years, apart from a penalty of Rs 50 lakh for

Child trafficking data, released for the first time, show a very high incidence in West Bengal, Assam and Bihar.

In developed nations too, there is low take-up of leave by fathers, especially when it is offered in the form of “parental leave” — something that Maneka Gandhi warns against.

Indian Express explains the background and motivation for the Mamata government’s move to change the name of West Bengal, and the next step on West Bengal’s road to Bangla/Bangal/Bengal.

Real reform will come when, like in many other countries, the Budget is just a statement of receipts and expenditure, rather than the massive, secretive affair that it is in India now.

Mihir Shah spoke to Indian Express on what it says, and why some recommendations are being contested.

Sushant Singh spoke to experts and submarine veterans to look at the impact of each of the 10 kinds of data breaches that The Australian newspaper reported last week.

The closure of the magazine removes a platform that the regional think tank felt was its 'own'.

On Aug 30, Narendra Modi will dedicate to the nation an irrigation project that he launched as CM of Gujarat 4 years ago.

In many families, when a child is born out of surrogacy, not even immediate blood relatives of the couple get to know, for fear of both social ostracisation.

In its present form the Bill may end up denying millions of Indian women the opportunity to take advantage of advancements in medical science.

According to the Australian which reported the breach on wednesday.

The marathoner’s claim that she ‘could have died’ after being denied fluids by Indian sports officials at Rio has triggered controversy.

The USSR went on to supply 8 submarines to India between 1967 and 1974 — four of which, commissioned until 1969, participated in the 1971 War.

Project 75 to build 6 Kalavari class submarines, Navy’s anticipated undersea spearhead, is already over 3 years behind schedule.

Indian Express explains a mosquito-borne infection that closely resembles dengue in symptoms.

Missiles have an average shelf-life of 7 years, and most have finished theirs. Their life is extended every year after a sample test, but the Army is wary of their reliability.

Muslim women have one of the highest divorce rates in India, well above the national average; Hindu numbers generally below national mean.

Probably India’s most prestigious centre for historical research has frequently been a battleground for competing ideologies and styles of working.

The Punjab government and opposition parties maintain that the 34-year-old practice of the Governor of Punjab holding charge as Chandigarh Administrator bolsters its claim over the city as its capital.

A satellite launched by China last week is focused on the quantum property of ‘entanglement’ — what Einstein called ‘spooky action at a distance’. How will it boost ongoing research on photon pairs?

There are many who back the idea of a transition to make the process smoother. But such an arrangement runs the risk of the incumbent Governor taking a back seat even when his tenure isn’t

A top official has told The Indian Express that the PM’s mention of Gilgit-Baltistan was the ‘uncoiling of history’ with a ‘strategic’ objective. Sushant Singh gives a primer on a territory in shadow — neither

Apart from urging the Pakistani establishment to act, Amnesty has also briefed the US Congress on the situation in Balochistan.