Like other central banks, such as the RBI, the US Fed conducts monetary policy and influences employment and inflation. A lower rate signal would also mean a higher impetus to growth in the US, which could be yet positive news for global growth.

There are multiple factors in play here, from inadequate FCI quotas to high prices in other markets. We take a look.

A former Muslim petitioner has said that people who do not want to be governed by the Muslim Personal Law must be allowed to be governed by the secular Indian Succession Act of 1925. Why is the court considering the issue? We explain.

Theodor Herzl, born on May 2, 1860, is known as ‘the spiritual father of the Jewish State’. Here is why.

On April 26, a Bench of Justices Hrishikesh Roy and Prashant Kumar Mishra noted “the fundamental question” raised here is whether the compensation awarded should co-relate to the degree of domestic violence suffered by the victim or the financial status of…

Osama bin Laden, the founder of al-Qaeda, was shot dead by a team of US Navy SEALs 13 years ago. We recall the operation, the manhunt that preceded it, and bin Laden’s journey from being a friend to a foe of the US.

Zhang Yongzhen’s work in early 2020 helped in the creation of vaccines against coronavirus. What exactly happened at the time and what is his situation now?

Constitutional immunity bars the police from naming the Governor as an accused or even investigating the case. However, there are several precedents where criminal action was halted till a Governor completed his term in office.

In 4 countries on 3 continents, India has been accused of running espionage ops. India has denied the allegations. It is a general principle that nations spy on one another, put national interest above all else.

Embroiled in a sex abuse case, JD(S) leader Prajwal Revanna fled to Germany on a diplomatic passport. Here is how-- and why he chose the European nation.

Embroiled in a sex abuse case, JD(S) leader Prajwal Revanna fled to Germany on a diplomatic passport. Here is how-- and why he chose the European nation.

A new form of Mpox — a viral disease which was formerly known as monkeypox — that spreads more easily has triggered Congo’s largest outbreak yet.

An investor has challenged SEBI's delisting norms and NCLT's approval of a resolution plan for Reliance Capital Ltd (RCL). The plan includes delisting of RCL's shares, which fails to protect the interest of investors, the petitioner alleged.

The widow of Alexei Navalny, who died in a Russian penal colony, is carrying on her husband’s work. Can she mount a true challenge to Vladimir Putin?

On January 29, 1780, Ireland-born James Augustus Hicky published the first edition of ‘Hicky’s Bengal Gazette’, India's first newspaper. It covered a range of issues and later came under the colonial government’s radar. Here is its story.

Since India’s first election in 1952, Congress has held the Rae Bareli Lok Sabha seat for 66 of 72 years. As Rahul Gandhi files his nomination from the seat, a brief history.

While some countries are witnessing a surge in dengue much before the peak season, others are recording severe outbreaks for the first time. Here is a look at the situation

Eta Aquariids are associated with the Halley's Comet, which takes about 76 years to orbit the Sun once.

In Part 6 of our series on India’s Lok Sabha elections, we take a look at the the first elections post Emergency, where Indira Gandhi and the Congress party lost to the Janata Party coalition.

In March, swell waves led to flooding in several areas of Kerala — the worst affected were Alappuzha, Kollam, and Thiruvananthapuram districts. Such flooding events are called Kallakkadal in Kerala.