Japan first female prime minister, Japan PM Sanae Takaichi: Sanae Takaichi created history on Tuesday, winning Japan’s parliamentary vote to become the country’s first woman prime minister

The Supreme Court directed the Jharkhand government to notify an area of 314 sq km as a wildlife sanctuary while hearing a plea, which sought compliance with a July 2022 judgment of the National Green Tribunal’s eastern zone Bench

The government will constitute the Kerala Dwelling Place Protection Fund, and as per existing plans, Rs 10 crore will be set apart in a year

The United States and Australia have committed at least $1 billion towards an $8.5 billion pipeline of projects over the next six months in mining and processing projects, as well as setting a minimum price floor for critical minerals

R Viswanathan, who has served as India's ambassador to Venezuela, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay, explains the Trump-Maduro dispute and the larger context around it.

AI web browser, ChatGPT Atlas browser: Unlike the current search engine experience, where a question is responded by multitudes of links to other websites which may actually contain the answer to the question, AI-based browsers are expected to change the…

Louvre started as a medieval military fortress, then became a palace. It took a revolution to turn it into a museum. And it is this convoluted history and identity that make the Louvre a structure that is so difficult to monitor, oversee and protect. Here's…

What role does defence play in India-Egypt ties? How do ties with Egypt matter for the future?

Iceland Mosquito Species, Discovery: While it is yet to be confirmed how mosquitoes arrived in Iceland, scientists have said that rising temperatures are making Iceland more hospitable to the insects

EPF Retirement Savings: A high frequency of withdrawals during employees' work tenure depletes what is meant to be their post-retirement money. This is one of the reasons cited by the EPFO for the changes it recently proposed. Here is the full picture.

China 15th 5 year plan Explained: Deteriorating demographics and an intense investment-led price war have led to the world’s second-largest economy battling deflation.

India AI Content Labelling: Companies like Meta and Google already have some form of AI labelling on their platforms, and ask the creator at the time of uploading a piece of content whether it was made using AI. But, enforcement remains patchy.

The latest data point to an economy that’s steadying but not yet strong. An analyst of the Chinese economy explains that beyond the tariff factor, policymakers must address several issues to restore confidence among private firms.

Gold price rally 2025, gold vs dollar trend: Typically, gold prices rise when other assets underperform. This time around, the gold rally has unfolded when stocks, crypto and the US dollar (in recent weeks) have also been on the up. What's behind the rally…

The Trump administration has sanctioned two of the biggest oil companies in Russia, in what is being seen as a major change in Western policy around Russian oil

After the untimely death of American GM Daniel Naroditsky, the chess world once again reckons with the question: how common is cheating in chess?

Bhai Dooj vs Rakshabandhan, Rakhi festival difference: What's the difference between Raakhi and Bhai Dooj, and why is the brother-sister relationship celebrated through two different festivals? The answer lies in the origin mythology of both the festivals…

Private sector refining giant Reliance Industries (RIL), which alone accounts for around half of India’s Russian oil imports and sources a bulk of its Russian oil purchases from Rosneft under term deal, could see a massive cut in its oil imports from Moscow.

This is the latest in a series of removals of Chinese officials that have become a hallmark of the Xi Jinping era, since he became the leader of the Communist Party in 2012. Here is what they indicate about the country's politics.

India is among the handful of countries, along with China, which do not support unilateral sanctions against Russia.

In Explained’s weekly column, titled ‘GDP: Graphs, Data, Perspectives’, Udit Misra breaks down how high deficits and public debts can impact countries and tax-payers over a long period, and the global trends in recent years.