IRDAI's crackdown on dark patterns aims to curb insurance mis-selling through tighter regulations, industry monitoring, and reforms to improve transparency and consumer confidence.

WhatsApp username feature rollout: The IT Ministry has asked WhatsApp to explain its upcoming username feature over fraud and impersonation concerns. Here's why the government is reviewing the rollout.

More than 50 years later, the Simla agreement remains pivotal in the arc of India-Pakistan ties. When India put Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance, Pakistan said it would do the same to the Simla Agreement.

Japan is deepening economic and defence engagement with countries in the Indo-Pacific region. Driving this is the need for economic security as well as Washington’s receding role amid an assertive China.

11 years, 3 regimes later, Punjab is still debating anti-sacrilege law. Here’s why.

The NCLAT drew a line between a company’s legitimately acquired assets, meant to be sold off to pay creditors, and assets sourced “by and out of a crime.”

This scheme replaces the Employees' Provident Funds Scheme, 1952. Here’s what is new, and what remains the same, in the rules governing your funds.

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has brought welcome support to Indo-Japanese clean energy partnerships, among others. The fruits of these endeavors will be visible in the coming years.

The polygraph test is largely seen as an unreliable tool to detect deception. In India, such a test can only be done with the consent of the person on whom it is to be conducted. Refusal to undergo the tests also cannot be held as an adverse inference against…

Amid Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi’s visit to India, former Ambassador to Japan Sujan Chinoy, Director-General of the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA), explains key issues surrounding Japan’s defence.

India’s monsoon opened last month with a steep rainfall deficit, driven by strengthening El Niño conditions. But a lesser-known ocean phenomenon could still offer relief later in the season.

A recent petition close to Bakrid sought restrictions on cow slaughter, which led to the court imposing what the government called an “absolute and blanket ban” on the practice.

Differences over the Strait of Hormuz are not the only source of the tensions. Widening distrust and a changing post-war regional order will test the path to a final peace deal.

After videos on social media showed individuals connecting to nearby e-rickshaws through Bluetooth and disabling their battery management systems while the vehicles were in motion, the government has directed blocking of at least three apps. Here’s what to…

While cryptocurrency has emerged as one of the US President’s biggest revenue generators, his traditional businesses, particularly golf courses and resorts, continue to yield results.

Portugal booked their place in the FIFA World Cup last 16 after a dramatic 2-1 win over Croatia, but the match ended in controversy when Croatia's stoppage-time equaliser was ruled out. Here's why the goal was disallowed.

Despite its internal contradictions, a new nation that defined itself as an embodiment of freedom had taken its place on the world stage on July 4, 1776. Its struggle against British rule helped inspire global movements.

Current account and savings account (CASA) deposits have long been a reliable funding source for banks. But as these deposits slow, banks are looking to other sources of funds such as term deposits and CDs that come with their own issues.

The debate over Punjab’s new anti-sacrilege law has opened up a debate over whether the Akal Takht is interfering in the state. But the apex Sikh body claims the state’s actions had violated the precedent set by the 1959 agreement.

The UAE has launched its first intercity passenger railway connecting Abu Dhabi and Fujairah. Here's why it took decades and what it means for transport and the economy.