In 1946, Mohammad Ali Jinnah instructed an industrialist to set up a national airline for Pakistan. Today, PIA is in significant debt, with quality issues and scandals around pilot certification. Here's its story.

IMD Mission Mausam: The mission will aim to upgrade the capabilities of India’s weather department in forecasting, modelling, and dissemination.

The 1.2 degree Celsius warming over India is considerably less than the 1.6 degree Celsius, or higher, that has been experienced over the global land surface. But it does not mean that the threat of climate change is less in India.

Domestic demand recovery remains weak, and Beijing, which has already launched two stimulus packages, could consider more measures. It has pledged to ease monetary policy and adopt a more accommodative fiscal policy in 2025.

Since Canada scrapped the SDS scheme granting aspiring students express visa approval, Indian aspirants are forced to contend with slower processing times and lower approvals in the non-SDS route.

No defence structure can be constructed within 150 yards of the India-Bangladesh boundary by either side. But is wire fencing a 'defence structure'? Here is what the disagreement is all about, and what experts have to say.

In folklore, Rai Abdullah Khan Bhatti, better known as Dulla Bhatti, has been described as a son-of-the-soil Punjabi Robin Hood who stood up to Mughal rule.

Mahakumbh 2025 Amrit Snan: What is amrit snan or shahi snan, and why was the first one today? What is the significance of Makar Sankranti? What are the other auspicious dates for bathing at the Mahakumbh? We explain.

The three-phase plan is based on a framework US President Joe Biden laid in June 2024. What challenges does it face?

Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri has met Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, India’s highest-level contact yet with the regime since it came to power in 2021. The meeting was the culmination of the incremental progress of India’s policy of ‘cautious…

The latest sanctions package would certainly have an impact on India’s oil imports, given Russia is currently the biggest crude oil source market for India. How it would really pan out would be contingent upon various variables. We explain.

South Korean Impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol Arrest: For two weeks, Yoon had been holed up inside his official residence in Seoul, outside which hundreds of his supporters had gathered. He has finally been arrested. We explain what is happening, and why

India is in Tier 2 of the classification proposed by the Biden administration in its dying days. Implementation will depend on the incoming Donald Trump administration. Why is Nvidia angry at the rules?

The Tribal Affairs ministry last week directed states to compile data on the number of villages and families residing in tiger reserves, following complaints of alleged evictions from villages across Tadoba, Durgavati and Buxa reserves over the past few months

California Wildfires: Firefighters are struggling to contain these wildfires due to environmental, infrastructural, and human factors. Here is a look at these factors

Siddiq resigned as the Economic Secretary to the Treasury and City Minister amidst growing pressure over an anti-corruption investigation in Bangladesh

At issue is Section 9 of the Hindu Marriage Act, which allows a court to pass a decree of ‘restitution of conjugal rights’. It has argued that the provision has no place in modern society. What are the questions in this legal battle?

An essay published in The New York magazine on Monday builds on allegations first made in July 2024

The government has not taken any names, but the US had earlier alleged the involvement of Vikash Yadav, a former Indian official, in a foiled plot to kill Khalistan separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun in New York in 2023.

For the first time, a destroyer, a frigate, and a submarine have joined the Indian Navy together. What are these versatile, indigenous platforms, their strengths, and significance of these additions to the Navy?