After cutting the repo rate by 125 bps in 2025, the Reserve Bank of India’s Monetary Policy Committee could potentially raise interest rates as early as next month.

With credit card points, cashbacks, and other benefits such as airport lounge access being curtailed across the industry, the tiny fraction of Indians who chase these rewards are finding it increasingly difficult to maximise their gains.

The Indian Rupee's value has been dropping against the dollar's for some time now. What are the risks of allowing sharp currency depreciation and how can the RBI intervene?

The former Iranian President’s association with US aggression against Iran significantly reduces his chances. Moreover, Iran has a long history of staunch regime allies working within the Islamic Republic’s larger framework.

Isn’t Pakistan a country where minorities are denied their rights? Why is an Islamic country embracing old Hindu names? Why is the change happening now? We explain the past and the present.

The events also matter for Nepal in that they follow last year’s ‘Gen Z’ protests, which criticised the political establishment, corrupt alliances, and the weakening of state institutions. Similar problems have plagued the judiciary.

Globally, government bond yields are rising, and rising sharply. This has an impact on consumers and businesses, and how they borrow money.

The UAV-Launched Precision Guided Missile-V3 has the ability to engage both ground and aerial targets. It also features more advanced target-seeking systems, improved day-and-night combat capability, and multiple warhead options for different battlefield…

Trump Green Card Rule Explained: The Trump administration has announced that temporary visa holders must leave the US to apply for green cards. Here’s who is affected and why it matters.

Long regarded as one of the most prominent voices against US military intervention, Gabbard ended up as Trump’s intelligence chief when the US went to war with Iran, five years after calling his strike on Iran's top general unconstitutional. Here is what…

The protections written into SHANTI were the product of a decade of pressure from foreign reactor manufacturers and governments backing them.

A decade since its reinvention, the award has worked to give translators, independent publishers a seat at the global table

Iran has allowed only a trickle of ships to transit the Strait of Hormuz since the war began. It is now formalising this control through the Persian Gulf Strait Authority as it asserts sovereignty over the key trade route.

Climate change is increasing the frequency, duration and severity of heatwaves. But for these two states in particular, there are several other factors that have contributed to this rise in temperatures — humidity, urbanisation and farming patterns.

For decades, Indians with temporary visas have applied for permanent residency while already in the US through a process called 'adjustment of status'. The US has now moved to nearly shut off that route, asking Green Card applicants to return to their home…

The board also said that the May 8 Supreme Court decision is likely to put further pressure as traction energy costs  — the electricity required for running the trains — are likely to increase by more than 30%.

The Railways is India’s single largest user of electrical energy. A new Supreme Court order threatens to jack up its electricity costs and derail its earnings.

Kerala is India’s most rapidly ageing state. The growing graph of senior citizens has thrown up challenges for Kerala in the health and service sectors, mainly on shifting its focus to geriatric care. Here’s what to know.

While China may today renounce imperial analogies publicly, the optics of the diplomacy being crafted by Xi echo the past. These include the ‘Tributary System’ and an adage on keeping enemies engaged with one another.

The aggressive US posture regarding a 1996 incident is tied to domestic politics: ahead of the midterm elections scheduled for November 2026, the Trump administration is seeking a major foreign policy victory.