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Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called the early election a day after his Spanish Socialist Workers' Party and its small far-left coalition partner, Unidas Podemos (United We Can), took a hammering in local and regional elections May 28.

The adjournment motion is a form of censure of the government. It originated in the House of Commons in the United Kingdom, and started its journey in India under the rules of the pre-independent bicameral legislature established under the Government of India Act of 1919.

In a little more than a year since the war in Ukraine began, deep discounts offered by Russia have made it the biggest source of crude for India. This is the story of the biggest shift in India’s oil trade in recent history, told in seven charts.

Using state-of-the-art modeling software and recently uncovered historical weather data, the study’s authors say that radioactive fallout from the Trinity test reached 46 states, Canada and Mexico within 10 days of detonation.

This week, we discuss some words that are related to the moon and India’s mission to it – Chandrayaan 3. Apogee, mascon, mare: How many of these words do you know?

The adjournment motion is introduced in the Parliament to draw the attention of the House to a definite matter of urgent public importance and needs the support of 50 members to be admitted.

Amitava Ghosh’s latest book ‘Smoke and Ashes’ explores the remarkable history of the opium poppy, and how it has shaped – and is shaping – the world around us.

Though over 300,000 Barbies were reportedly sold in its very first year of production, the doll has found itself in the midst of controversies since its very birth. Several mothers found the doll too sexual when it launched, as early as 1963.

Justice Gavai told the parties of his father's long time association with the Congress and asked them to decide whether he should hear the matter or not. But Sr Advocate Mahesh Jethmalani, appearing for the complainant, said that he had no objection.

Just as Barbie, Ken has transformed over the decades with as the conversations surrounding the dolls change. The narratives circulated by Mattel around Barbie and Ken’s relationship, also reflect, to an extent, the changing American pop-culture.