Poonam Arora, Head of Time & Frequency Metrology at CSIR-NPL, tells The Indian Express what the IST Rules 2026 mean for businesses, how systems will synchronise to IST, and why India is building a common national time reference.

The Centre has deferred the Census in Manipur amid demands from Meitei groups that an NRC exercise be conducted first. Kuki-Zo groups, however, have opposed this. Three overlapping concerns are driving the NRC demand in Manipur. Here's what they are.

The Bihar-Jharkhand Sone water dispute has been resolved after 25 years, with both states signing an MoU on water allocation, reservoirs and irrigation projects. We explain

Under the Registration of Electors Rules, 1960, Form 7 must be used for making “objection for proposed inclusion / deletion of name in existing roll”.

The Copyright Office has recognised the AI-generated artwork as original, but not the AI itself as its author. The ruling draws a line between AI as a creative tool and the human who legally causes a work to come into existence.

Mirzapur: The Movie brings the hit Prime Video franchise to cinemas. Can its huge streaming audience translate into box-office success, and could more OTT hits follow?

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, launched on August 30, can scan vast swathes of the universe to help us understand mysterious cosmic phenomena such as dark matter and dark energy.

With regulatory deadlines winding down and market conditions improving, IPOs of large, established companies are gaining steam. But fundraising for small and medium enterprises remains subdued.

From his tussles with the RBI to his voluntary resignation from the IAS over differences with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, here’s what to know about Subhash Chandra Garg’s career.

The Supreme Court order scrapping FIRs linked to the CJP-led exam protests puts fresh focus on Article 142, a provision legal scholars have argued over since the Constitution came into force. What is this Article and why has its use been controversial?

Gloria Steinem also visited India in the 1950s and collaborated with Indian feminists to discuss common concerns. Few managed to bring the kind of accessibility she did to issues such as reproductive rights.

In response to a Right to Information (RTI) request in 2022, the Delhi Police had revealed that it considered a match to be “positive” if its system showed an accuracy rate of 80 per cent.

A new UNEP report says crossing the 1.5°C warming threshold is now unavoidable, with temperatures likely to peak around 1.8°C even in the best-case scenario. Here's what that means for climate policy and global action going forward.

BJP Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha’s name was deleted from Punjab’s draft electoral roll. The SIR process provides an opportunity for those incorrectly deleted in the draft to get back to the rolls by filling Form 6, which is the electors’ enrolment form.