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Economists said that the six-member rate-setting panel of the RBI is unlikely to tinker with the repo rate — the rate at which RBI lends money to banks to meet their short-term funding needs — in the upcoming policy.

Pakistan is set to hold general elections in February 2024, but the imprisonment of former Prime Minister Imran Khan and a crackdown on his party have raised questions over the vote's credibility.

On Friday, the EC changed the counting date in Mizoram. However, this isn’t the first time that the poll body has done so.

Less than six months after the Wagner rebellion, when the Western media was frantically writing Vladimir Putin’s obituaries, Russia is well and truly headed towards victory in Ukraine.

Here is a look at how a new permit rule under the Union law could change the transport industry, and why Kerala is opposing it.

Bucking global trends, Malaria cases and deaths have continued to decline in India. What is behind India’s success story? How does climate change play a part? Why is there a need for improved surveillance? And what are the challenges ahead?

In recent years India has steadily increased its coal production. However, it stands in stark contrast to the country’s ambitious plans of achieving net-zero. What's behind the contradiction?

He lied about where he studied and where he worked, and stole campaign money for spa treatments and Botox. What happens to him now?

Essentially, the AIJS seeks to centralise the recruitment of judges at the level of additional district judges and district judges for all states. This is similar to how the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) conducts a central recruitment examination.

Just like the subcontinental landmass, the British Indian Army too was partitioned in 1947, with officers having a choice whether to join the Pakistani or Indian armies.