This is the highest policy rate by Japan since the mid-1990s, ending a long era in which it stood apart as the last major economy clinging to near-zero interest rates. The global relevance of the decision lies in its impact on the yen carry trade.

Describing Harish Rana's condition as “pathetic”, the court indicated it would consider if life-sustaining treatment can be withdrawn. Assisted suicide remains outside constitutional protection, but the legal picture is complex.

There are two parts of the puzzle. The rupee is weakening when, on paper, it should be strengthening. After all, India has been the fastest-growing major economy for a while. Additionally, the rupee is weakening even when the dollar is weakening.

Delhi is not the first government to attempt to cap or regulate private school fees. From Tamil Nadu’s fee-fixation model to Gujarat’s hard caps, states across India have experimented with various legal frameworks to curb commercialisation in education

The war on drugs has cost the American exchequer more than $1 trillion, furthered racial disparities, and had little to show regarding actually curbing drug use

The latest Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (Exits and Withdrawals under the National Pension System) (Amendment) Regulations, 2025, were notified on December 12.

The final draft of the Sabka Bima Sabki Raksha (Amendment of Insurance Laws) Bill, 2025 has both hits and misses. Here’s an overview.

Washington remains Riyadh’s largest military partner. But many quiet divergences have emerged in their ties.

Delhi is not the first government to attempt to cap or regulate private school fees. From Tamil Nadu’s fee-fixation model to Gujarat’s hard caps, states across India have experimented with various legal frameworks to curb commercialisation in education

The war on drugs has cost the American exchequer more than $1 trillion, furthered racial disparities, and had little to show regarding actually curbing drug use

The latest Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (Exits and Withdrawals under the National Pension System) (Amendment) Regulations, 2025, were notified on December 12.

The spark for the latest violence is the December 12 shooting of 32-year-old Sharif Osman Hadi who had participated in the movement against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina leading to her ouster from office on August 5, 2024.

The new law opens the doors for private sector operations, changes liability framework, and empowers country’s atomic energy regulator.

The issue with Section 39 of the SHANTI Bill is not that the N-power-related information can be withheld — the RTI Act already permits this — but the manner and finality of the exemption.

In India, DWR of varying frequencies — S-band, C-band and X-band — are commonly used by the IMD to track the movement of weather systems and cloud bands, and gauge rainfall over its coverage area of about 500 km

The Bill proposes to give more powers to the markets regulator, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), decriminalises minor lapses and strengthens market infrastructure institutions (MIIs)

A working paper from the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade provides an insight into how India may address the use of copyrighted content to train artificial intelligence models

The files are not everything that the Justice Department has regarding Epstein. The department has said it will continue rolling out the documents in the coming weeks. Here are 5 things to know from the latest release.

The concerns on TikTok’s ownership date back to 2020, when Trump accused the app of mishandling the Covid pandemic and spreading conspiracies about the origins of the virus. He went on to sign an executive order demanding ByteDance sell its US operations.

The new GDP series is just over two months away. Will those numbers be more in line with high-frequency indicators?