The TVK’s rise has relegated the DMK to main Opposition status and left the AIADMK floundering. But this electoral recasting does not mean an end to Tamil Nadu’s deep-rooted Dravidian politics. Here's a look at its long history in the state

The updated terminology aims to improve early screening and help women better understand long-term health risks

The cost of the government’s Sovereign Gold Bonds scheme, discontinued in early 2024, looks small in light of the economy’s current travails

Sugar Export Ban Explained: How much does India currently export, and how would such a ban help? We explain

Cai Qi is being seen by some as the No. 2 leader in China, holding key responsibilities and meeting several foreign leaders of late, including Modi and Trump. Here is the story of his rise, and what it reveals about Chinese politics.

With PM Modi’s trip, the realism in India's foreign and strategic outreach is on display. Here’s why.

The focus of investigators will be on identifying where the breach took place in the sequence of steps involved in the process -- from setting of the paper to the printing press and the exam centre.

Two months into the West Asia crisis, oil marketing companies were losing Rs 14 per litre on sale of petrol and Rs 42 per litre on diesel. They are also incurring losses on sale of cooking gas to households and jet fuel for domestic flights.

Powerful storms killed around 111 people in Uttar Pradesh and swept through Delhi-NCR. Dust storms and thunderstorms are not unusual in May. But the intensity and frequency of such weather activity has raised concerns.

The tensions have been aggravated by Apple’s broader AI strategy. The company’s multiyear AI partnership with Google announced this year would see Gemini technology power the next-gen Siri on devices like the iPhone.

Increasingly, courts are applying succession laws to govern the new frontier of digital estates. Here is why a court recently allowed a man’s wife and daughter to access his online data.

The government is reportedly considering slashing the withholding tax rate from 20% to the earlier 5%. Market participants believe that lowering the withholding tax rate could make Indian debt and other financial assets more attractive for foreign investors.

Currently, NEET-UG is a pen-and-paper exam. After a paper leak came to light in 2024, a Centre-constituted committee had suggested reforms in the conduct of public exams, including a switch to computer-based testing.

While the petitioners from the Muslim side cast doubts over the fairness of the ASI report on the contested site, the Hindu side cited inscriptions and their 'right' to offer worship there.

The signs of much of what is happening in the UK today could be read in the nature of Labour’s victory. Here’s how things went further wrong for Starmer since.

The West Asia crisis has sent crude prices spiralling and forced the government to hike fuel prices. If prices remain anywhere close to the $100-per-barrel level for the full year, it would upend both household as well as government budgets.

Those candidates who avail relaxations in age, educational qualification, experience or number of attempts, will no longer be eligible to claim selection under the open category

Thunderstorms frequently occur in the pre-monsoon months in north India, but the scale of devastation in Uttar Pradesh was much larger than in recent years. Here is why.

In response to the worsening groundwater crisis, the Punjab government has aggressively promoted direct-seeded rice (DSR) for the past decade or so. But can the state stave off that crisis at the cost of increasing chemical dependence?

On Friday, the court said that historical literature and architectural references established that the disputed complex was associated with Raja Bhoj of the Parmar dynasty and functioned as a centre of Sanskrit learning.

Optional Practical Training acts as a bridge between education and employment in the US. But ICE has called it a 'magnet for fraud'. Immigration attorneys are warning of tougher scrutiny, rising visa risks and shrinking options for Indian students and H-1B…