The lander descended on the Moon’s surface on June 1, and spent two days collecting rocks and soil from one of the oldest and largest of lunar craters — the 2,500 km-wide South Pole-Aitken (SPA) basin — using a robotic arm and drill.

The unprecedented surge in electricity demand is just a glimpse of the kind of stress that critical infrastructure faces from extreme weather events and resultant disasters.

The alleged Delhi liquor scam, already under investigation by the ED, is now being investigated by the CBI as well. The CBI hopes to gather evidence to nail Kejriwal, so far not an accused in the case

Al Hassan Mahmoud was convicted of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity during Islamist militants' one-year rule over Timbuktu in 2012. His crimes against women were particularly marked.

The Telecommunications Act, 2023 was passed in the Lok Sabha on December 20, and in the Rajya Sabha on December 21.

Statistician Frank Duckworth, co-inventor of the Duckworth-Lewis method, has passed away at the age of 84. His formula is used to determine results in rain-curtailed cricket matches.

After 22 years, there is a real chance that the French National Assembly will not be headed by someone from the party of the President.

Pet owners are treating their animal charges ever more like humans. But that is not good for pets, or for us, many experts argue.

Seeing the hostile response to the legislation President William Ruto has said in a press briefing that he will not sign the bill.

The Congress, the largest opposition party, won 44 and 52 seats in the 543-member House after the elections of 2014 and 2019 respectively. The party has almost doubled its 2019 tally to 99 seats in this election.

Higher inflows will help India manage its external finances and boost foreign exchange reserves and the rupee. But what about the impact on inflation as RBI mops up the dollars and releases an equivalent amount in rupees?

This spectrum auction was the third-lowest mop-up since competitive bidding for spectrum began in 2010. It came on the back of the country’s biggest-ever 5G auction process in 2022.

Samajwadi Party MP R K Chaudhary on Wednesday demanded that Sengol be “removed from Parliament to save the Constitution”. Here is an interview with historian Manu S Pillai from 2023, explaining the cultural significance of the Sengol, and why it was installed…

A two-judge Bench of the High Court held that the college’s new dress code was decided taking into account “[the] larger academic interest” of students. Here is why

Sonia Gandhi had barred public access to Nehru's papers that she had donated to PMML, and also taken away several boxes of these documents. Can donors impose conditions on the sharing of the papers they give away?

Open market sales of wheat and chana have helped prevent runaway cereal and pulses inflation. Extending buffer stocks to other staples makes sense amid increasing climate-driven supply shocks and price volatility.

The Commission has been appointed by the Revanth Reddy government to investigate allegations of irregularities in the power sector during the time KCR was Chief Minister. What are these allegations?

The Starliner mission is seen as a landmark for the entry of another private player in the American space sector, apart from Elon Musk’s SpaceX. What is the mission, what has caused the delay, and what happens to the astronauts now? We explain.

Beijing is celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, first propounded in the Sino-Indian Agreement of 1954. Panchsheel, as India called it, was a pillar of the Nehruvian vision of the world, until it was shattered by…

Jio has raised tariffs by 12-25 per cent while Airtel has increased prices by 11-21 per cent. The new prices will come into effect from July 3, 2024.

After his party was drubbed in the European Parliament elections earlier this month, Macron called for snap National Assembly elections. Opinion polls show him coming a distant third. Here is an overview of how these elections are shaping up.