Pakistan Prime Minister Shebaz Sharif thanked IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva for the 37-month loan programme, the twenty-fifth such programme in Pakistan’s history, and the sixth under the current borrowing framework.

For two and a half years, the dividend income of Indian oil companies — ONGC Videsh (OVL), Oil India (OIL), Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), and Bharat PetroResources (BPRL) — from investments in upstream projects in Russia have been piling up in that country.

The Biden presidency has been enormously consequential for India-US ties. After the hour-long meeting with PM Modi last week, the President remarked that his country’s partnership with India “is stronger, closer, and more dynamic than any time in history”.

The writer, director, actor, and political activist, fondly remembered as Gursharan Bhaji by his admirers, passed away on September 27, 2011. Agitating farmers invoked him, and his plays with a conscience inspired Punjabi youths over four decades. Here's…

The CBI is governed by The Delhi Special Police Establishment (DSPE) Act, 1946, which mandates that the agency must obtain the state government’s consent. What happens when consent is withdrawn?

Rising oceans are posing a global threat, particularly to low lying islands and coastal cities. How can we respond?

Former Defence Minister Ishiba, 67, has become the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party that has ruled Japan for most of the past seven decades

'Stand News' was a media organisation founded in 2014, in the wake of a students’ movement in Hong Kong. Its editors have now been charged with sedition.

During a hearing, Justice Srishananda had referred to a particular locality of Bengaluru as being “in Pakistan”. In another hearing, he had made an “objectionable” comment against a female lawyer.

Quick fixes such as smog towers and cloud seeding do not deliver meaningful results. The fight for clean air is not just a technical challenge; it is a deeply political one. Here’s what must be done

Israeli attacks on Lebanon have killed 700 people in the last week alone, and the exchange of fire between Israel and Hezbollah, which began soon after the October 7, 2023 attacks by Hamas in southern Israel, has led to the displacement of thousands.

The drug regulator’s alerts are not intended to cause alarm or panic. They are mainly in the nature of flags to companies to self-correct, or to regulators to take necessary action. Here's what to know.

The $ 2.7 billion Google spent is not the only reason Noam Shazeer’s return is attracting attention. Here are other aspects of the deal.

During a hearing, Justice Srishananda had referred to a particular locality of Bengaluru as being “in Pakistan”. In another hearing, he had made an “objectionable” comment against a female lawyer.

Europe’s biggest carmaker has seen its sales slump, costs rise, and competition toughen. Here is all you need to know about why Volkswagen wants to close its factories in Germany, and how workers have reacted to this.

Nasrallah, who avoided public appearances out of concern that he would be assassinated by Israel, remained in charge of Hezbollah for more than 32 years. He played a key role in building the group into the potent force it is today

For decades, it has been common practice to deploy Indian grey langurs to combat rhesus monkeys. But is there any scientific basis behind this?

Scientists want to build a 90km Future Circular Collider to study the Higgs boson particle. At an estimated cost of $17 billion, is it worth it?

Here’s how Nasrallah’s killing by Israel will likely impact India, West Asia, and the world.

Given his unparalleled prominence in the pantheon of Iranian resistance leaders, Nasrallah’s killing is arguably a bigger loss to Iran than even Major General Qassem Soleimani of the Revolutionary Guards, in 2020, and Hamas’ political chief Ismail Haniyeh…

From laws to the syllabi of mid-career courses for Armed Forces personnel, several areas could see changes to do away with colonial influences. We explain.