The amended Census Rules explicitly include private school teachers and private sector employees as enumerators, though the earlier rules already allowed the appointment of “any person”. What changes then? And can the government legally compel private individuals…

This year’s El Niño is forecast to be among the strongest since records began. It is expected to severely affect agricultural outputs, lead to water distress and slow economic growth.

Indo-Tibetan Border Police Director-General Shatrujeet Kapur has said that Indian and Chinese troops have faced off at multiple locations in Arunachal Pradesh. Here’s a look at the factors behind the simmering tensions along the LAC.

Gujarat’s land disposal rules do not have a provision that allows land to be disposed of as a ‘gift’. The government has used its discretionary power to transfer the plot — and said that it should not be seen as a ‘precedent’. But several questions have been…