The Aravalli range stands between the Thar's dust and the densely populated Indo-Gangetic plains. But the range is under tremendous stress. Here’s why you should care

During daytime, abundant solar generation has mostly led to a surge in supply, pushing spot prices to near-zero levels. However, battery and energy storage capacity has not expanded at the same pace, limiting the ability to store excess power.

Every week, we recap highlights of the news from China. This edition looks at the EU’s response to growing trade friction, the “hukou” system and reports of construction activities at the Lop Nur nuclear testing site.

India was a beneficiary of ultra-low interest rates and quantitative easing by major global central banks. That era is over now.

In 2025-26, the RBI’s total income was a record Rs 4.28 lakh crore, up 26% from the previous year. Of this, it spent about a third, or Rs 1.41 lakh crore. But how did the RBI earn so much and what did it spend on?

Beyond technical glitches, educators have questioned whether the OSM system was introduced too quickly. Here's what they argued.

Despite the small volume of India-Oman trade before the conflict, new opportunities are emerging today and association with Oman holds several advantages for India.

Hundreds are dead, thousands displaced in one year of fighting in South Sudan. Almost half the population is starving. How did things get this bad?

The “Friendship Walk” of July 2, 1999, held in Kolkata, is seen as a notable precursor to the Pride Parade in India.

The court held that the alleged father had denied paternity consistently for over two decades, and there was no other evidence on record to answer the question. Here’s what to know.

Jazz-rap emerged in the 1990s by blending jazz improvisation with hip-hop's rhythmic storytelling. From pioneers like A Tribe Called Quest and Guru's Jazzmatazz to modern artists such as Kendrick Lamar, the genre has shaped hip-hop through sampling, social…

The timing of the IPO raises a pertinent question: did the Vatican’s engagement with Anthropic merely reflect the company’s growing influence, or did it help transfer a form of legitimacy beyond capital valuation?

With the RTX Spark chip, Nvidia — known for its dominance in AI infrastructure so far – is pushing beyond its traditional graphics cards into integrated chips that power the whole PC. Here's what to know.

Fixed deposits are gaining favour among Indian savers as RBI data shows a steady shift away from low-yield savings accounts toward higher-return term deposits. Here is what to know

Indian courts have previously recognised the right to be forgotten, while deliberating on balancing the need for public access to relevant information.

The fact sheet omits several key data points and data on Central government schemes such as the Swachch Bharat Abhiyan and the Ujjwala Yojana. These were omitted despite the questions having been asked during the survey. Here's what to know.

Tobacco-free 'herbal' cigarettes often market themselves as safer alternatives to tobacco cigarettes. A new study, however, finds that their emissions were comparable to or exceeded those from tobacco cigarettes on nearly every metric measured.

Tribal activists claim the highway threatens ancestral land, forests, religious sites, and agricultural livelihoods in an area protected under special Constitutional provisions.

The turn of events following the announcement of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize last month has put the widespread use of AI in all forms of writing as well as the role of tools detecting AI-generated text under scrutiny.

In 2024, India had attempted a similar move, only to go back on it just weeks later due to significant pushback from the tech industry.

Pancreatic cancer is among the hardest-to-treat forms of the disease. The experimental once-daily drug, daraxonrasib, reshapes the way it’s treated — directly targeting the gene mutation that causes the cancer.