Zohran mamdani socialist, democratic socialism in New York: Mamdani’s detractors believe his policy prescriptions could spell doom for the city that never sleeps, pushing out businesses while saddling the running of the city with excessive government controls…

New York mayor 2025, Zohran mamdani win: While Zohran Mamdani has won many admirers, comparing him to Barack Obama is premature. How much of a challenge is his victory to Trumpism? We explain, in five points

In 2017, he was elected as an MP and became D66’s spokesperson for climate, energy and gas, railways, democratic renewal and economic affairs. That’s why it did not come as a surprise when Jetten was appointed as Minister for Climate and Energy Policy in…

In the nearly three decades since Dolly the sheep was cloned, dozens of animals have been cloned using the same basic principles. The first dog was successfully cloned by South Korean researchers in 2005

On the first election day in Trump’s second term, Democrats across the ideological spectrum won major victories, breathing life into the party.

A pilot survey by the government has shown that depending on whether asked by phone or in-person – and how the indicator is calculated – the proportion of people who feel safe walking alone after dark can range anywhere from 51 per cent to 90 per cent

James A Robinson, the Nobel Memorial Prize winner in Economic Sciences in 2024, spoke about why Mamdani’s policy prescriptions may not help tackle current problems in the US, such as income inequality.

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The process for certifying films runs in stages. An examining committee watches the film and makes a recommendation, after which the film may be referred to a revising committee. Certification follows, sometimes with mandated edits

Bihar manufacturing growth, Bihar growth rate analysis: Bihar’s overall base of economic activity is small. Its growth rates can thus flatter to deceive. With elections around the corner, we look at the state when compared to others like Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra…

Ram Sundar Das, the second Dalit Chief Minister of Bihar, is remembered as a veteran socialist leader who navigated turbulent caste politics during a fleeting era of non-Congress rule.

With elections in Bihar, the 16th edition of our series on the state's chief ministers looks at Chandrashekhar Singh, who was a seasoned figure in Bihar’s turbulent landscape.

The Opposition has alleged that the land, reportedly worth ₹1,800 crore, was sold to a company where Parth Pawar is a partner, for ₹300 crore. The land in question is a Mahar Watan land in Pune, and the category has restrictions on its sale.

The statistics ministry has proposed some drastic changes to how it calculates housing inflation for the new CPI series, which will be released starting February.

Sudan was among the earliest African countries to gain independence from colonial rule. It participated in the landmark Bandung Conference in 1955 (of 29 Asian and African nations, including India), and was Africa’s largest country till South Sudan broke…

The move comes after a record number of bear sightings and attacks on humans in the country in recent years.

With the Assembly elections underway in the state, this is the seventeenth part of a new series on the chief ministers of Bihar, from Shri Krishna Sinha to Nitish Kumar

As Nvidia has become perhaps the most important company at the heart of the AI gold rush, the company fears that geopolitical tensions between the US and China could hurt its access to a vast pool of AI developers in China.

The therapeutic value of music has long been recognised. Recent studies have shown its efficacy in all kinds of medical settings, including in reducing the amount of anaesthetic needed during surgery

In Explained’s weekly column, titled ‘GDP: Graphs, Data, Perspectives’, Udit Misra contextualises recent GST data. Despite large collections for October, 20 states have collected less revenue than in the era of pre-GST taxes.