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In his letter to Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar, Jairam Ramesh said INDIA bloc leaders want a meeting with the Election Commission to “discuss and provide suggestions on the use of VVPATs”.

What is 'cyber kidnapping', and how does it work? What makes you more vulnerable to such crimes?

Cold War rivalries resulted in a lack of official contact between the US and China for decades. Leaders like Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping and Jimmy Carter, and even countries such as Pakistan played a role in the long road to normalisation.

Since Monday (January 1), protestors have blockaded roads and highways across states like Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, and Madhya Pradesh. This has affected vehicle movement and fuel supply. What is the reason behind the strike?

Some BJP leaders have claimed that the statue made by Arun Yogiraj will be placed inside the Ayodhya Ram temple. Here's who Yogiraj is, and how he prepared Ram Lalla's idol.

Muhammad Yunus, known as 'Banker to the Poor', won the Nobel prize in 2006. On Monday, he was convicted of violating Bangladesh's labour laws and sentenced to 6 months in jail. Notably, Yunus shares a frosty relationship with PM Sheikh Hasina.

To President Vladimir Putin, Ukraine becoming part of NATO poses an existential threat to Russia that is serious enough for him to start a war of the scale that Europe has not seen since the end of World War II in 1945.

�� The Houthi rebels of Yemen have claimed responsibility for the suspected drone attack in Abu Dhabi on Monday, which killed three people, including two Indians. Who are the Houthis, and why did they target the UAE?

The Modi government’s second term, from June 2019 till November 2023, has seen the general consumer price index CPI average 5.8%, compared to 4.3% in its previous term. How did policy shift in the last 10 years, as the supply situation and inflation changed? And what's the outlook for 2024?

Tsunami is a Japanese word that means “harbour wave”. It is generally caused by earthquakes or volcanic eruptions under the ocean. Here is everything you need to know about tsunamis.