Viruses have existed on Earth for 3.5 billion years prior to humans. They permeate every part of the natural world, lurking in soil, seawater, and drifting through the atmosphere. Almost all of them are harmless to humans, and many perform important functions…

The Haryana Assembly has passed a resolution seeking completion of the SYL Canal. What is the dispute between Punjab and Haryana over the sharing of the Beas and Ravi waters, and why is Punjab opposed to the canal?

This week, the jury selection process in the Parkland school shooting case commenced in the US. A former student of Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, who was then 19, was arrested for the shooting.

Denotified tribes are communities that were ‘notified’ as being ‘born criminal’ during the British regime under a series of laws starting with the Criminal Tribes Act of 1871.

Musk had recently said he was “giving serious thought” to building a new social media platform

What is the redevelopment project under the ED scanner, and why has the name of Sanjay Raut's wife Varsha Raut come up? The Indian Express explains.

In South Asia, no other political dynasty has been as confidently nepotistic. During Mahinda Rajapaksa’s second term as President from 2010-15, there were said to be more than 40 Rajapaksa family members in government posts, apart from the cabinet.

More than 300 bodies have been found in a Kyiv suburb called Bucha, some with their hands bound, flesh burned, and shot in the back of the head. The discoveries have drawn comparisons with the killings of civilians in this area during World War II.

How does India acquire foreign exchange? What is the Current Account Deficit? Instead of understanding each of these terms separately, it would be better to understand all of them at once, and more importantly, understand the way they are related to each…

The third and final part of the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report is clear: To have any chance of restricting global temperature rise to 1.5-2 degrees Celsius from pre-industrial levels, the world must act now. But there is a pathway, albeit narrow and difficult…

The Enforcement Directorate has attached assets linked Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut and Delhi Minister Satyendra Jain. What does the law say on the attachment of property?

The Bill seeks to amend The Weapons of Mass Destruction and their Delivery Systems (Prohibition of Unlawful Activities) Act, 2005, to provide against the financing of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their delivery systems in line with India's…

The Chief Justice of India has assured petitioners that the Supreme Court will take up for hearing a pending plea challenging the Electoral Bond Scheme, 2018. What are electoral bonds and why are they facing criticism?

The Ministry of Home Affairs has said several sections of the proposed ordinance are in conflict with the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act

The Ministry of Home Affairs has said several sections of the proposed ordinance are in conflict with the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act

Nakagin Capsule Tower is considered one of the symbols of the metabolism architecture movement in Japan. What was the movement, and why is the tower now being razed?