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While there are no shortages for now, a great deal hinges on the monsoon, especially its spatial and temporal distribution. That has implications both for the RBI's monetary policy and the government in a year leading to national elections.

On the 70th anniversary of the duo’s historic climb, we answer one of the biggest mysteries in mountaineering – were Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay the first human beings to summit Mount Everest in 1953? Or had the mountain already been conquered by the legendary George Mallory, nearly 30 years before?

The parliament building’s construction took six years, from 1921 to 1927, and it was originally called the Council House and housed the Imperial Legislative Council, the legislature of British India.

A lot is riding on the Digital India Bill as India looks to achieve its digital economy target of $1 trillion, or 20 per cent of the GDP, over time.

After its inauguration on January 28, 1950, the Supreme Court commenced its sittings in a part of the Parliament House. The Court moved into the present building on Tilak Marg in 1958. We take a look at its history.

While Parliament buildings serve a specific purpose – to house the country's top legislative body – they are also symbolic of a country's values and might. Here is a look at some of the world's grandest and most beautiful buildings housing their country's supreme legislative body.

In an interview with The Indian Express, Pillai told Alind Chauhan that the Prime Minister is appealing to a cultural — or some might say, a civilisational — legitimacy. The placement of the senkol near the Speaker's chair is to give that chair — which derived meaning so far via Western parliamentary conventions that we adopted and adapted — a more visibly Hindu quality and casing.

The debt ceiling deal is a climbdown for both Republicans and Democrats. Now, Biden and McCarthy have to convince the hardline factions in their parties for the deal to move ahead and resolve the default crisis.

Kilicdaroglu, who belongs to the Republican People’s Party (CHP), is the joint candidate of six opposition parties against Erdogan, whose AK Party leads the People’s Alliance. Both candidates have made promises involving the future of various minority groups in the country.

India has been issuing commemorative coins since the 1960s for several reasons such as paying homage to notable personalities, spreading awareness about government schemes, or remembering key historic events.