Cases of listeriosis, spread by the bacteria known as “listeria monocytogenes”, have led to four deaths so far in the US and Canada.

Royalty is not a tax, the Supreme Court has ruled. States have the power to tax mining activities. How did this long-pending matter reach a nine-judge Constitution Bench; what issues did the judges consider?

Ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games beginning on July 26, here is a look at the genesis of the modern Olympic Games

The Durbar Hall witnessed a historic moment in the swearing-in ceremony of independent India’s first government in 1947. The Ashok Hall was used as a ballroom and has an architectural style with diverse elements.

Five years after it was first submitted to the Kerala Chief Minister, the Hema Commission report was due to be released to the public on Wednesday (July 24). A single bench of the Kerala High Court has now stayed this. We explain.

The plan was first mooted a decade ago. The BJP has consistently opposed the idea, and there were protests in the Karnataka Assembly when the reorganisation Bill was tabled this week

All evidence points to the planet being in a climate emergency, driven by anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gasses (GHG). In this context, mega sporting events, with their massive carbon footprint, might appear to be profligacy humanity can ill-afford.

India’s victory in the Kargil War was as much against the terrain and the climate, as it was against Pakistani combatants. Here is the story of how our soldiers braved – and conquered – Kargil’s hostile conditions

AI, which is expected to enable transformative changes across several domains, including attempts to find solutions to climate change, has a very heavy emissions footprint, the scale of which is becoming evident only now.

Ahom kings and queens were buried inside these moidams. Unlike Hindus who cremate their dead, the predominant funerary method of the Ahoms, originating from the Tai people, was the burial

Major oil spills from the past point to the complex challenges of recovery and a devastating impact on marine life. Here is what to know.

These are drugs that can delay the changes of puberty in transgender and gender-diverse teens. During puberty, a child’s body goes through physical changes in the process of becoming an adult capable of sexual reproduction.

As the number of cancer cases in India is on the rise, the government’s decision to make three crucial cancer drugs cheaper has come as a relief for patients. What are these drugs? How do they work?

Also known as the Monastery of Saint Hilarion, the site can be dated back to the fourth century CE. It has been damaged during the ongoing conflict in Gaza.

Although the overall rainfall over the country has been good, there have been large variations in the distribution of rainfall, in spatial as well as temporal terms

New protective measures for Australia’s Jabiluka site mark a victory for the Mirrar people, who fought for decades to keep mining companies away from uranium deposits on their land

The government has argued that most people will benefit, and those with ancestral property, will not be burdened with a supernormal tax. But there are other fears, including a return of more black money in real estate transactions. Here’s why the government’s…

The Chinese Foreign Minister said the declaration was aimed at unity among 14 Palestinian groups. China's participation comes amid its attempts to position itself as a "just" mediator in the region.

The position of the Governor is envisaged as an apolitical head who must act on the advice of the Council of Ministers of the state. What is the relationship between the Governor and the state government?

NASA’s Perseverance rover just finished studying a rock on Mars, named Cheyava Falls, possessing features that are reminiscent of what microbes might have left behind when its source area was warm and wet several billion years ago, part of an ancient river…