Paddy guzzles water, depletes soil nutrients, and creates the problem of stubble burning. But Punjab farmers have not moved away from it. Here’s why

Imports of pulses and edible oils have scaled new highs, even as cultivation of these crops have turned increasingly unremunerative for farmers

The Army Day parade is the culmination of Trump’s eight-year-long fascination with the military parade.

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The escalating tensions between Iran and Israel are also sending shockwaves through global stock markets, with India’s benchmark Sensex closing 573 points lower on Friday.

Air India crash victim identification: DNA identification is the gold standard for identifying human remains, especially after mass fatality events in which bodies might not be easy to identify otherwise.

The 60% spending cap seeks to address long standing financial troubles plaguing the programme. But in doing so, it undermines the letter and spirit of the MGNREGA

Probe agencies claim to have uncovered financial irregularities worth crores, indicating large-scale corruption in the functioning of Asia’s biggest and most cash-rich municipal body, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).

PM Modi Cyprus visit 2025: This is the first visit by an Indian PM to Cyprus in over 20 years, and is being seen by many as a strategic signal to Turkey, which has steadily deepened its ties with Pakistan. We explain why.

Minnesota shootings: Officials said the gunman, who escaped after a shootout with police, was impersonating a police officer and carrying a list of targets that included politicians and abortion providers. Here's all you need to know.

Middle East conflict News, Iran Israel missile strikes: What was the context for these attacks? What kind of damage has been inflicted? How has Iran responded? How has the world responded, and what happens next?

Israel’s claims of Iran’s closeness to a nuclear weapon have been repeated across the decades and contradict both American and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) assessments

A total of 30 lakh enumerators, primarily school teachers, are estimated to be deployed for the conduct of Census. Caste enumeration for all individuals — not just SC/ST — has been reintroduced after 90 years.

Organisations experiencing a cyber incident in one year are four to five times more likely to face another in subsequent years compared to those previously unaffected, Moody’s said.

The Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad came 29 years after the Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision of Saudia Flight 763 which was going from Delhi to Saudi Arabia’s Dhahran, and Kazakh Flight 1907 which was travelling from Kazakhstan’s Chimkent (now Shymkent)…

The G7 Summit in Canada comes at a momentous time, with Canadian PM Mark Carney taking measures to ensure US President Trump does not stage a recall of the 2018 Quebec G7 Summit. Here is what to know.

The Bonn Climate Change Conference is an annual mid-year meeting that takes place under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) — an international agreement, signed in 1992, that has provided a basis for climate negotiations.

Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Sunday announced that Blaise Metreweli would succeed outgoing MI6 chief Richard Moore later this year, making her the first woman to lead the covert agency in its nearly 116-year-long history.

The Magna Carta was signed on June 15, 1215, at Runnymede Meadows near London. It was annulled just a few weeks later, and much of it focused on local administrative issues. Why is it seen as influential?

A 1944 global aviation pact, and the principle of shared air safety, explains the foreign presence at the AI 171 crash site in Ahmedabad.