2nd Lt Arun Khetarpal played a pivotal role in the Battle of Basantar, one of the Indian Army’s decisive operations on the Western Front in the 1971 War. A film about his life will be released in January 2026, starring Agastya Nanda and Dharmendra.

The Delhi High Court had held that an MLA was not covered under the definition of a public servant in the POCSO Act. The Supreme Court has prima facie rejected this view

The measure, alongside other recent policy changes, will likely impact the number of H-1B applicants and the profile of those who ultimately get the visa.

The surge in copper prices comes when global economic growth is steady but far from strong. What is pushing copper prices to record levels this year?

This year, AI began changing the way people access knowledge on the internet, challenging Google’s stranglehold. While its promised efficiencies are yet to materialise, expect AI to further integrate itself into your everyday life in 2026.

Secondary aerosols formed from emissions hundreds of kilometres away can combine in the atmosphere and significantly affect the capital’s air. A key source of such emissions is coal-fired power plants.

Khaleda Zia came to lead the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) following her husband’s assassination, and would go on to serve two terms as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh.

The Bench of Justices Sanjay Kumar and Alok Aradhe last week set aside the order of the division Bench of the Rajasthan High Court that had allowed the villages to retain their names

While most plants form a symbiotic partnership with mycorrhizal fungi, the fairy lantern is a mycohetertroph which manages to cheat this system, and steals all its energy and nutrients from mycorrhizal fungi that dwell within the soil

A recent exhibition showcased India’s ancient board games, but their archaeological evidence has also been found globally, with some dating back thousands of years.

Khaleda Zia's death comes at a time of political transition in Bangladesh. The country is heading to its first elections after four decades in which both Khaleda and her rival Sheikh Hasina will not participate. Their shadows, however, will undoubtedly loom…

After a quiet 2025, the coming year promises a flood of sporting events and sagas — a last World Cup clash for Messi and Ronaldo, Rohit and Kohli’s defiance of time, Neeraj’s CWG comeback chance and an overdose of T20 cricket

tingless bees, as their name suggests, are a class of bees which either do not have stingers or have stingers that cannot cause much pain. They are found in tropical regions across the world, and about half of the 500 known species live in the Amazon

Several media reports indicated that these were among the largest drills conducted near Taiwan in recent years

Workers face uncertain income, a low base pay, algorithms that they say pushes them to ride for hundreds of kilometres a day in return for disproportionately low cash, compounded by rising fuel costs, and no social security benefits

Buyers and their reasons to purchase silver are different from that of gold, with the former a key component in the manufacturing of items like batteries.

Reports suggested that around 27,000 customers were without power on Tuesday morning, more than a third of them in Michigan. More than 9,000 flights were delayed, and 889 were cancelled within, into or out of the US

Over the past decade, platform-based workers across the world have raised similar demands as in India — predictable incomes, social security, safety at work and protection against arbitrary termination

In 2025, the conversation on the judiciary was dominated by off-court controversies. In 2026, the focus shifts back to the courtroom as the SC takes up several important issues related to citizens’ rights, freedoms and religious beliefs.

After connecting Kashmir and Mizoram, the Railways is expediting other key border projects which are strategic in nature. These include the Sivok-Rangpo line in Sikkim and the Rishikesh-Karnaprayag line which will serve as a gateway to the China border