🔍What is a cognitive test, which many want US President Joe Biden to take?
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What is a cognitive test, which many want US President Joe Biden to take?
A cognitive test checks for problems with cognition, which includes brain functions such as thinking, learning, remembering, and using judgment and language. But is it exclusively an age-related condition?
🔍With SC hearing NEET-UG exam pleas, recalling what it said earlier on recruitment irregularities
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With SC hearing NEET-UG exam pleas, recalling what it said earlier on recruitment irregularities
In a case related to recruitment for a Delhi government body, the Supreme Court said a "spectrum" exists in dealing with paper leaks and other issues in selections or public recruitment.
🔍Boeing pleads guilty in US fraud conspiracy case: what this means, what comes next
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Boeing pleads guilty in US fraud conspiracy case: what this means, what comes next
The beleaguered airline company has agreed to plead guilty to a criminal conspiracy fraud charge tied to two fatal Boeing 737 Max crashes. Why? What are the likely implications?
🔍How last-minute left-centre deal thwarted French far right
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France elections: How a last-minute left-centre deal thwarted the French far right
After the first round of voting on June 30, RN was in pole position to be the largest party, and possibly even secure a majority. The far right has been thwarted at the cost of a hung parliament, and significant political uncertainty ahead.
🔍How climate change fuelled Hurricane Beryl’s record early intensification
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How climate change fuelled Hurricane Beryl’s record early intensification
The storm, which tore through the Caribbean islands earlier this month, killed at least 11 people after triggering intense floods and dangerous winds in Jamaica, Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and northern Venezuela.
🔍Why does the latest RBI jobs data show a bump up in employment?
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Why does the latest RBI jobs data show a bump in employment?
The RBI’s data comes a few days after a research report by Citigroup India, which said that the country would struggle to create sufficient employment opportunities even with a 7 per cent growth rate – a claim refuted by the Ministry of Labour and Employment.
🔍India to ratify High Seas Treaty: What is the agreement — and its significance?
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India to ratify High Seas Treaty: What is the agreement — and its significance?
The High Seas Treaty has often been compared with the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change in its significance and potential impact.
🔍Progressive signals in Iran: Five things on President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian’s reformist agenda
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Progressive signals in Iran: Five things on President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian’s reformist agenda
Pezeshkian has won the election as a candidate for change against Iran's conservative establishment. In Iran's hardliner-reformist tussle, he stands for greater rights for women and better relations with the West
🔍The Drake-Lamar rap battle: What happened — and who was the real winner?
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The Drake-Lamar rap battle: What happened — and who was the real winner?
The beef between Drake and Kendrick Lamar has been called the rap battle of the century. While observers have crowned Lamar, Drake remains far more commercially successful.
🔍In dark truth about Alice Munro, the moral fallibility of our literary idols
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In dark secret about Alice Munro, the moral fallibility of our literary idols
Weeks after Canadian Nobel laureate Alice Munro's death, her daughter tells the story of abuse at the hands of Munro's husband — and the writer's silent acquiescence
🔍Why has ANI slapped a defamation case against Wikipedia
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Why has ANI slapped a defamation case against Wikipedia?
The petitioner has sought damages to the tune of Rs 2 crore, alleging that the said content is “palpably false” and defamatory, and that its reputation was being tarnished and goodwill discredited.
🔍What is Order of Saint Andrew the Apostle, conferred upon PM Modi?
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What is Order of Saint Andrew the Apostle, conferred upon PM Modi?
The award for the PM was announced in 2019, for “exceptional services in promoting special & privileged strategic partnership between Russia and India and friendly relations between the Russian and Indian peoples.”
🔍How Nehru facilitated the emergence of a ‘neutral’ Austria
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How Jawaharlal Nehru facilitated the emergence of a ‘neutral’ Austria
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Austria on Tuesday, becoming the first Indian Prime Minister since Indira Gandhi in 1983 to visit the country in central Europe.
🔍How to protect yourself from the ‘India post’ scam
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How to protect yourself from the ‘India post’ scam
A fraudulent message, allegedly from ‘India Post’, is doing rounds. Here is what what to keep an eye out for.
🔍Record-high temperatures in western US: Everything you need to know about heat domes
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Record-high temperatures in western US due to ‘heat domes’: What is the phenomenon?
A heat dome is a weather phenomenon where a high-pressure system in the atmosphere traps warm air like a lid on a pot, for an extended period of time.
🔍Death before capture: What is Israel’s Hannibal Directive?
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Death before capture: What is the Israeli military’s Hannibal Directive?
The Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz has reported that when Hamas attacked on October 7, the IDF activated a deadly military policy that aims to exterminate the enemy even at the cost of killing Israeli soldiers. Where did this policy come from?
🔍Can wild animals handle the heat?
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Can wild animals handle the heat?
From Canada to Australia, animals are dying and suffering in as heat waves become more common.
🔍What is a divorced Muslim woman’s right to maintenance under the CrPC
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What is a divorced Muslim woman’s right to maintenance under the CrPC?
While the ruling follows a 22-year-old landmark precedent, it sparked a discussion on the chequered legal and political history of the right to maintenance of Muslim women.
🔍Why are locals protesting against a mega dam project in Arunachal Pradesh
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Why locals are protesting against the Upper Siang hydropower project in Arunachal Pradesh
The police claimed to have received reports that the duo was “likely to attempt to cause a public order issue”. The activists, however, said that they simply wanted to hand a memorandum to the minister regarding the contentious proposed Upper Siang Multipurpose…
🔍With PM Modi’s Austria visit, a look back at Indira Gandhi’s trip 41 years ago
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With PM Modi’s Austria visit, a look back at Indira Gandhi’s trip 41 years ago
Before PM Modi, Indira Gandhi was the last Indian Prime Minister to visit the European nation in 1983. Apart from economic cooperation, prevailing tensions in Punjab and Assam were discussed.