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XPoSat is the world’s second satellite-based mission dedicated to making X-ray polarimetry measurements. Here is everything you need to know about the mission.

The Unlawful Activities Prevention Amendment (UAPA) Act of 2019 introduced provisions to declare individuals as designated terrorists. Here is how this works.

What exactly is a leap year? Why was the need felt for it? When was it first introduced? What adjustments have been made to how it's calculated? We explain

Section 398 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, which has replaced the CrPC, states that every state government shall prepare and notify a Witness Protection Scheme for the state to ensure the protection of witnesses.

In this series of explainers, we answer some of the most fundamental questions about climate change, the science behind it, and its impact. In the first instalment, we try to answer the question: 'Is the Earth becoming warmer?'

Why is South Africa sympathetic to Gaza, to the extent of approaching the ICJ against Israel and accusing it of genocide? What is the 1948 Genocide Convention? We explain.

For tightrope-walking Saudi Arabia, the UN-brokered peace plan offers a much-desired exit option from a disastrous war.

The US Secretary of State Lloyd Austin announced a joint maritime security initiative called Operation Prosperity Guardian on December 19 to aid the safe movement of ships in the Red Sea. However, a few days on, many US allies have yet to commit to it. Here's why

The North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act and the North-Eastern Council Act were enacted by Parliament on December 30, 1971. Together, they gave birth to Northeast India as an officially recognised and named entity that we know today.

Last year, Serbia had to change its visa rules because of the illegal migrants, including Indians, flooding it as an entry point to Europe. Here's how the 'donkey route' works in Europe.