In an anxious world, Cloud Dancer dredges up a desire for mental whitespace

With the World Meteorological Organisation predicting a 55 per cent chance of a “weak” La Niña, which could result in a colder and longer winter, the rabi crop prospects appear bright.

The country’s largest airline, IndiGo, cannot get away by simply saying that disruptions “have arisen primarily from misjudgement and planning gaps”.

The presence of a diverse political spectrum at the high table is not a courtesy to rivals but a statement of India’s democratic strength.

Verstappen’s ability to win races despite being in average machinery, to complete overtakes in the tiniest of margins, and shave crucial milliseconds off his qualifying laps has him fighting for a championship in which he had ruled himself out by the summer.

With limited fiscal space, after the recent tax cuts, and headwinds on the external front, the heavy lifting has to happen through monetary policy.

The Russian President has said Moscow is ready to ensure “uninterrupted shipments of fuel” to India. The strengthening of India-Russia ties, however, need not come at the expense of India’s relations with the US (a trade delegation is expected next week) or with Europe (FTA talks have gained momentum).

A new study by AARP, a non-profit support group for older Americans, shows rising loneliness among middle-aged adults. Literature has reached similar conclusions long before data did: irrespective of geography, solitude and existential unease hit hardest mid-life.

Scapegoating entire nationalities for the actions of one individual will tear families apart and deny people fleeing persecution a safe haven. The sweeping restrictions go against what the US president has himself claimed several times in the past --- he opposes only ‘illegal’ migration and supports the “legal” recruitment of foreign talent

At the heart of the LWE and its violence is a tragedy of the marginalised and the disaffected led astray, which Sonu articulated: “This experiment has not succeeded anywhere in the country... They (remaining Maoists) are shedding a lot of blood... They are not learning from those sacrifices.”

An old galaxy, it challenges what scientists know about the universe. That is how all great stories in science begin

Democratic negotiations and institutional maturity can help resolve many of the country’s internal issues. But Munir and the Pakistan army prefer the jackboot

The RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee is currently holding its last meeting of this year.

Cats meow -- a form of communication used almost exclusively with humans -- more loudly, and frequently, at their owners when they are men, than when they are women

Parliament must provide the space for all those questions to be asked, so that the search for answers can begin

Before this goes to court, the Government should rescind this order

The linguistic elevation offers a portrait of the modern information ecosystem that is increasingly shaped by emotional manipulation.

The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) data shows the REER index dipping from an all-time high of 108.1 in November 2024 to 97.5 in October 2025.

On Saturday, the minister issued an order to both government and private schools in Rajasthan to celebrate December 6, the anniversary of the demolition of the Babri Masjid, as “Shaurya Diwas”.

An event of IFFI’s scale and scope should be moulding sensibilities and discovering new talent

With inflation under control, the MPC’s views on growth should determine whether it opts to cut rates or not

In Bihar, the Congress now has six MLAs, after an election in which it contested 61 seats.

In a later age of the world, as Tolkien would have it, science has found that in one sense, humans do enjoy an extended adolescence.

The environment ministry’s diminution of the Aravallis seems to go against its own plan for reviving the mountain system.

The cop/buddy comedy films starred Chris Rock and Jackie Chan and grew progressively less funny and less successful with each new release