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The head of the Scottish government — known as the First Minister of Scotland — Nicola Sturgeon has said that Scotland’s parliament — which is often referred to as Holyrood because it is located in

Candidates in reserved categories — SC, ST and OBC — fare somewhat poorly in the Civil Services Examination compared with candidates in the general category — and this is true for both the written and

‘Good’ living spots tend to be found in clusters; some ‘good’ locations spread more prosperity than others.

The attack on convoy, third high profile militant attack on the national highway in recent months, has sent the security agencies into a huddle.

When the Smart City mission was launched in June last year, the Prime Minister had set a target of creating 100 Smart Cities by 2022 with an initial government investment of Rs 50,000 crore.

The QED, an eastern UP based political party is headed by ex-SP MP Afzal Ansari who is elder brother of mafia-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, currently jailed in connection with the murder of a BJP MLA.

No one really knows the consequences of Britain’s June 23 deed. Three key questions going forward.

Should leverage goodwill with Brexiteers, move on a quick FTA, explore possibilities in C’wealth.

India’s problems are more domestic -- stuck projects, a choked credit system, banks laden with bad debt, corporates with bloated debt, poor capacity utilisation across sectors, etc.

The strategy is in line with the longstanding BJP project to co-opt Indian national icons who have been outside the relatively narrow philosophical base from which the party arose.

Over 300 people have been reported killed by lightning in the last three days. Officials and scientists say such a large number in such a short time is unheard of, even in a country that

It appears that Gurudas Kamat needed to flex his muscles in advance to ensure that his followers get their share of tickets in the Mumbai municipal corporation elections, which are due next year.

In a series of tweets, Swamy alleged that “Arvind Subramanian of Washington DC” had urged the US to act against India’s national interests, and called for him to be sacked.

PSLV-C34 rocket injected 20 big and small satellites into Polar Sun-synchronous Orbits on Wednesday morning. It was an achievement for ISRO, and a record.

As a controversy rages around recommendations for the third education policy, RITIKA CHOPRA tracks the history of governments’ instrument to leave an imprint on the country’s education system.

In June 2013, massive flash floods killed at least 6,000 people in Uttarakhand. Three years after that catastrophe, governments of the state and at the Centre appear bent on unlearning the lessons.

The rising tide of real wage increases raised all boats between 2004-05 and 2011-12, none more than that of unskilled rural workers. Why did this happen?

BJP MP Yogi Adityanath recently remarked that no one can stop a Ram temple from being constructed in Ayodhya.

Short-term impacts will be largely driven by uncertainty but Brexit's most lasting impact would be on how Europe and the rest of the world views regional integration as well immigration .

While only 3353 permits have been issued to Nepalese workers by their government for working in the 'Green Zones' of Afghanistan, 8000 to 11,000 workers might be working in the country clandestinely.

The government could have dared to be even more radical given the fact that appetite for investment is low

The maximum number of satellites that ISRO has been able to launch in a single mission so far is ten.

Focusing solely on CPI inflation — and ignoring negative WPI inflation — has resulted in producers paying double-digit real interest rates even in a slowdown

“If the UK decides to leave the single market, these Indian companies will have to set up additional operational structures in Europe, raising business costs substantially.”

Some UK-based factories, IT firms may be hit but the overall impact will be largely muted,