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Many rivers are above the danger mark at several places across the Gangetic plains and Assam, but the CWC’s monitoring centres are not generating a ‘High Flood Situation Report’ yet. The waters are receding, and

The Supreme Court pointed out, keeping AFSPA indefinitely defeats the purpose of what is essentially an emergency provision.

Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains make up over 99% of Indians, “other religions, persuasions” fall from 108 in 2001 to 82 in 2011

Unlike arhar, chana dal prices have gone up from Rs 70 since the beginning of 2016 and could further harden in the coming days.

In between 1991 and 1993, India borrowed $ 2.2 billion from the IMF under two standby arrangements, besides the $ 1.4 billion under the Compensatory Financing Facility in early 1991.

Indian Express explains the background and context of the united opposition by industry, non-profits and MPs to the provisions of the Act that they say will affect “public servants” and their families adversely, and damage

Share of Muslims in official 3.7 lakh ‘beggar’ population is disproportionately larger than the community’s share in country’s population, show Census data.

Procured by the Haryana government at a cost of about Rs 38 lakh, the system can issue a warning 30 seconds before a strong earthquake hits, and turn water and energy systems like electricity and

China has a history of troubled relations with the foreign media, a trait that India has managed to overcome in this century, despite its instinctual suspicion of foreign journalists.

What is the deal that India signed over a decade ago, chose to unilaterally scrap, and is as a result now being forced to defend itself in international Tribunals?

The Environment Ministry set up an expert committee, and subsequently told the court in December 2014 that dams had exacerbated the 2013 disaster.

On Monday, the Supreme Court allowed rape victim ‘Miss X’ to abort her 24-week-old foetus. ABANTIKA GHOSH outlines the provisions of the law that required the intervention of the country’s top court to save a

In rural areas, female labour force participation among women aged 15 years and above has fallen from 49% in 2005 to 36% in 2012. More than half of the decline is due to the scarcity

A large majority of those who emerged from poverty after 2005 were stopped at the threshold of the middle class, and remained vulnerable to slipping back into the void.

New set of petitioners in Shayara Bano reflect the change in issues and attitudes from three decades ago.

Home Minister Rajnath Singh has announced an expert panel to suggest alternatives to pellets in crowd control. Indian Express explains this most emotive aspect of the current round of protests in the Valley.

Minutes after Mayawati raised the issue of Daya Shankar's remarks against her in the Rajya Sabha, he was first removed from the post of party state vice-president and will likely expel him from the party

Only 15 out of India’s top 50 conglomerates today were part of the same list in the pre-reform year of 1990.

They do not reward dishonesty through lower tax rates, offer a chance to come clean without impacting revenues.

Justice Dipak Misra’s separate judgment in the Arunachal case last week elucidated for the first time details of provisions of Art 179 (c) and Tenth Schedule.

Pokémon GO taps on augmented reality and geocaching to give a new twist to mobile gaming.

NSDL was inaugurated in November 1996, and demat trading started in December 1996, NSE started its equity segment operations in November 1994 after being incorporated in November 1992.

Arun Jaitley was Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha between 2009 and 2014, where he led the BJP’s charge against the UPA-II government.

The current crisis in the Valley has exposed the dichotomy between Mehbooba Mufti as a leader of the opposition and Mehbooba Mufti as a chief minister.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has witnessed the development of the reforms process closely, and is uniquely placed to compare the policies of the two NDA governments on a range of issues.