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Dennis Dalton’s ‘Indian Ideas of Freedom’ is an extended edition of his 1982 book which deals with how some of India’s greatest modern thinkers conceptualised the idea of freedom.

Camp David is a site that American Presidents have used historically to host foreign leaders. Most famously, former US President Jimmy Carter stayed here along with the leaders of Egypt and Israel in 1978 for 13 days, to resolve their disagreements.

Indonesia boasts of the world's largest reserves of nickel, crucial to the manufacturing of batteries. But harvesting and refining those stocks is largely dependent on investment and technology from Chinese companies. And that has limited Indonesia’s access to the United States.

Pigs genetically modified so their organs are more humanlike are renewing interest in animal-to-human transplants

Amethi has always voted for the Nehru-Gandhi family or a loyalist, barring the last four years, some in the 1970s and the late 1990s.

Hurricane Hilary: as Mexico and Southern California brace for it, a look at what makes hurricanes over the US west coast so rare.

Apart from local rains, water flows down through the rivers when states such as Himachal Pradesh see rainfall. The overspill from the large dams requires better management, necessitating additional storage facilities to release water downstream gradually.

Penal charges are additional charges a lender levies on a borrower in case of non-compliance with the payment schedule. RBI has told lenders that no further interest can be computed on such charges.

Himachal Pradesh is highly prone to landslides during the monsoon. Over the years, this risk has increased greatly due to human activity. A government document lists details of multiple landslides in the state over the decades.

After Skyroot Aerospace successfully launched its Vikram-S rocket, Agnibaan from Agnikul Cosmos could follow. There are strong reasons for private companies to enter the space sector.