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With the Nationalist Congress Party headed for a split, a look at the party’s history and the political career of its founder– the doughty Sharad Pawar.

Currently, the US dollar, the Euro, the Japanese yen and the pound sterling are the leading reserve currencies in the world. China's efforts to make its currency renminbi has met with only limited success so far.

The quest for Sweden’s NATO membership has been on for a while now, with roadblocks from NATO members Turkey and Hungary. Why has the country been unable to join the Western security alliance?

Splits in India’s political parties, over issues of leadership, are not uncommon. Here is what the Election Commission relies on to make its decision.

While India has a large pool of science and engineering students and is involved in frontline research areas globally, it fares poorly on several key parameters, which the NRF has the potential to address.

The Akali Dal, Congress, and the Aam Admi Party have all either opposed the UCC or denied unconditional support to the idea. The Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee, the apex governing body of all Sikh Gurdwaras, too has voiced strong criticism.

The Chandrayaan-3 mission, slated to be launched between July 12 and 19, will be India’s second attempt to make a spacecraft land on the Moon. On July 5, it took one step towards its destination. We explain the what and the why of it.

Carbon is life — and scientists say that the James Webb Space Telescope telescope just detected a carbon molecule in the Orion Nebula.

Born in Odate in Akita Prefecture, Japan, in November 1923, Hachiko was reportedly sold to Hidesaburo Ueno, an agricultural scientist at the University of Tokyo, for a then princely sum of 30 yen.

Domestic stock markets continued their rally on Tuesday with BSE Sensex, which crossed the 65,000 level on Monday, hitting a new high of 65,586.60. The NSE Nifty jumped to 19,321.45 in early morning trades.