The confrontation unfolding this week highlights a classic conundrum: the showdown between the quest for absolute political power and the Vatican’s moral authority, in which the Trump administration seeks legitimacy. We explain

Throughout its existence, the DMK has claimed to champion the protection of Tamil language and culture. The party’s rise was closely tied to language politics and opposing Hindi imposition. We explain.

US-Iran war: Pakistan as the negotiation leader and Israel as the possible spoiler have a significant sway over the conflict. Here's how history led them to this moment.

As India deregulates the nuclear power sector, NPCIL CMD Bhuwan Chandra Pathak explains how the company will play a “motherly role" in fostering private participation through technology, project development, and design.

As a specific, colour-coded physical and strategic construct, Israel has used the Yellow Line precisely twice. What does the term signify, and how will it shape future conflict in the region? Here’s what to know.

For the US, nuclear programme negotiations are distinct from the ceasefire talks. For Iran, they are inextricably linked.

Every week, we recap highlights of the news from China. This edition covers some notable tech developments and the China-Taiwan relationship.

India may pull through fertiliser shortages in the coming kharif. The real problem would be in the rabi season.

India-Turkey relations have been prone to disruptions, thanks to even minor disagreements between India and Pakistan and Turkish support for Pakistan. But their changing roles on the global stage offer incentives to engage.

The board’s order dated November 2025 stated that a police report submitted to it described Singh’s crime as heinous and that his presence in the area, if released, “will affect public peace and tranquility.” This reasoning did not pass muster with the court

The petitioners had challenged the state government’s delay in releasing pending DA and DR instalments, as well as a controversial plan that staggered arrears based on pensioners’ age.

Launched in 2021 with a Rs 76,000-crore outlay, the India Semiconductor Mission was conceived as a state-backed push to build a full-stack chip ecosystem

About 80% of oil and oil products transiting the Strait of Hormuz in 2025 were destined for Asia. The war has significantly affected fuel deliveries, and could force a shift to both conventional and renewable alternatives.

NARIT-AI will integrate legal provisions, case laws, and investigative procedures to provide real-time analytical support to law enforcement agencies in handling complex narcotics cases.

Without a reimagining of its fiscal federalism, India cannot fulfil the original Constitutional promise of each vote carrying equal weight.

Babur prevailed despite commanding almost no local support, facing a deeply hostile Muslim population, and wielding a technology that was not entirely new to India. How, then, did he win?

Despite being one of the early movers into the backend chip design business, as well as its vast resources to spend on R&D, Apple is seen as lagging behind in the software pivot

A ‘mini-battlefield network on wheels’, the Atlas system integrates automation and scale, with implications for export and any future conflict in Taiwan or around the Line of Actual Control (LAC).

Iran’s military can threaten shipping traffic throughout the Strait of Hormuz, even though much of its navy has been destroyed by U.S. and Israeli strikes.

Iran has termed the seizure as piracy while the US says its action was lawful. So who’s right here? The answer depends on which legal framework is applied to the scenario

For the security establishment in Jammu & Kashmir, the April 22 tragedy was a systemic shock. Never before had tourists been targeted at scale. It forced a rethink of both assumptions and deployment.