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A tableau ‘celebrating’ the assassination of Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards went around the city of Brampton in Canada on June 4. According to reports, the parade was organised by Khalistan supporters in the lead up to the 39th anniversary of Operation Bluestar.

Raghav Chadha had been given a Type-VII bungalow, though in the normal course, as a first-time MP, he is entitled to a Type-V house. How are these allotments decided?

The successful completion of the Shenzhou 15 mission and the glitch-free launch of Shenzhou 16 underscore the strength and scope of China’s space programme. In recent years, it has become one of the few countries to reach Mars, build its own space station, and launch an increasingly large number of rockets in space

Feathered dinosaurs have become a well-established fact, thanks largely to a trove of remarkable fossils that were unearthed in northeast China since the mid-1990s.

“It’s the first Apple product you look through and not at,” Apple CEO Tim Cook said, describing Apple's first major new product category in eight years.

This is perhaps the first instance of an Indian start-up suing its own lenders after failing to pay the interest amount. Byju’s, the world’s most valuable ed-tech firm, has also decided to halt payment to the lenders.

Any respite in the near term is likely only if and when the tidal wave of travel demand ebbs, which is likely only once this year’s peak summer travel season is behind us. Longer-term price stability and affordability will depend on various other factors too

Iran has reopened its embassy in Saudi Arabia after seven years. This comes following a China-brokered deal between the two historical rivals in March, which eased tensions and set the stage for a major realignment in the region.

Also known as tropospheric ozone, ground-level ozone is “a colourless and highly irritating gas that forms just above the Earth's surface (up to 2 miles above the ground),” as per Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC). Notably, it’s not directly emitted into the air but rather produced when two primary pollutants react in sunlight and stagnant air.

As the RBI unveils its latest monetary policy stance, a new research paper questions the suitability of India’s inflation-targeting regime. Thanks to the uniqueness of India’s labour market, RBI’s decision to sharply raise interest rates over the past 12 months might have, far from containing inflation, been counterproductive for the common man