Critics have said the real intention could be to change the start point of future negotiations — the Palestinians will begin with a disadvantage, and be forced to fight to simply hold on.

The law, which was initially drafted as the Karnataka Anti Superstition Bill, 2013, was a pet project of former Congress Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.

A petition to use Kobe Bryant’s image as the new logo for the National Basketball Association (NBA) has received over two million signatures.

The International Maritime Organization (IMO), the shipping agency of the United Nations, has banned ships from using fuels with a sulphur content above 0.5 per cent, compared with 3.5 per cent previously.

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The European Parliament vote marked the final stage in the ratification process of Brexit, or Britain's exit from the EU, a process that has been going on for more than three years.

The international body has not yet declared the novel coronavirus infection, which has claimed more than 100 lives, a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.

By completely ignoring Revenue Deficit, and only focusing on containing Fiscal Deficit, the government has ensured that the FRBM Act now hurts growth – which is exactly opposite of what fiscal consolidation was supposed to do.

The density of population in India, low levels of public awareness, and vulnerabilities in the healthcare network present strong challenges to controlling outbreaks of communicable disease.

In China, which has suffered the bulk of the outbreak, the number of cases more than doubled from 2,741 on January 27 to 5,994 on January 29.

President Kovind will address Parliament today. Days ago, the Kerala Governor expressed an opinion on one paragraph of his Assembly address, prepared by the government. A look at provisions and precedents.

Cariappa contested the 1971 Lok Sabha election from Bombay North East as an Independent, and finished third.

While the government is not constitutionally bound to present the Survey or follow its recommendations, it is an important document that summarises the government's own take on the economy.

The protection granted under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPc) "should not invariably be limited to a fixed period”, a five-judge Constitution bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra had said.

India has reported its first case of coronavirus infection on Thursday when a student of Wuhan University tested positive for the virus after she returned to the country. The WHO has declared it as a global emergency. But what does that mean?

Economic Survey reiterates PM Narendra Modi's call for increasing “wealth creators” in the economy.

A briefing paper published by the Open Society Justice Initiative (OSFI) has defined NIIMS as a “national population register”, which will be the “single source of information about Kenyan citizens and foreigners resident in the country.”

Downward revision of GDP rate by almost a percentage point further underscores that the government has been underestimating the intensity of economic slowdown

In a journey that began in January 2013 with the announcement of a referendum in which the British public would vote where or not the country would go for Brexit (they eventually voted in favour), the formal exit now is only the first step of another long…

Novel coronavirus outbreak, which has also reached India, has been declared a global health emergency. A look at how much is understood about the outbreak so far, and how much information is still emerging