The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in its new Draft Broadcasting Bill has proposed wide-ranging regulations on independent news creators on social media platforms like YouTube, Instagram and X, expanding its remit from OTT content and digital news…

How did things get so bad for Sheikh Hasina? Could she have done things differently? What happens next? Prof Sanjib Baruah explains.

Until External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar's statement in Parliament on Tuesday (August 6), India had insisted that the crisis that had engulfed Bangladesh for months was their “internal matter.”

Weight cutting is a common practice in combat sports. But it has its detractors, primarily due to health risks associated with drastically losing weight over a short period of time.

In a nation that is yet to recover fully from the shocks of economic turmoil and political instability, Namal’s candidature is being looked upon with both hope and scepticism.

It is the 190-foot structure built by the Army to move vehicles and machinery in landslide-ravaged Wayanad.

Studies have shown that with temperatures soaring across the world, wildfires are becoming more common and intense. This could be spiking the occurrence of pyrocumulonimbus clouds.

Food component of retail inflation remains stubborn, says RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das. RBI could deliver a rate cut in December, provided the inflation situation changes due to a good monsoon, and there are no major domestic or global shocks, economists…

Vinesh Phogat became the first Indian woman to qualify to a wrestling final in the Olympics on Tuesday. In Wednesday’s weigh-in, she came a few grams overweight, and was disqualified from the competition

While China avoided officially commenting on Trump vs Biden, that did not stop its online commentators and strategic experts, one of whom called the American leaders ‘two bowls of poison’ for Beijing. With Harris now in the fray, some in China have hoped…

Economist Muhammad Yunus, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006, is set to lead Bangladesh’s interim government. But he will not be the first Nobel laureate to later lead his country.

India has decided to let Sheikh Hasina stay in the country despite the lack of an official policy on refugees. What questions arise when refugees are allowed and what principles govern their return?

A Bill seeking to amend the 1995 Waqf Act, and proposing sweeping changes to how Waqfs are governed and regulated, has been referred to a Joint Committee of Parliament following protests by opposition MPs.

In parts of East Antarctica, the relatively higher-elevation swathe that makes up two-thirds of the world’s coldest continent, temperatures are currently in the range of minus 25 degrees to minus 30 degrees Celsius.

The court on Friday said it did not see any error in the order of the trial court or High Court in considering the merits of the case, but granted Manish Sisodia bail as “there is not even the remotest possibility” of the trial being concluded in the near…

If inhaled, silica dust from cut or drilled stone, can cause a fatal lung disease. Experts want better protections for workers exposed to it every day.

Dozens of tree planting campaigns are launched in different countries annually, but are they achieving the goals?

With Mohammad Yunus at the helm in Bangladesh, an interim government has been sworn in. It comprises a wide range of figures, from young student activists to career diplomats, with some representation for women and minority groups.

“In case of delay coupled with incarceration for a long period and depending on the nature of the allegations, the right to bail will have to be read into Section 45 of PMLA,” the Court said in a 38-page order.

From winning the Nobel that made him one of the world’s most famous Bangladeshis to facing the heavy hand of Hasina’s hostility to being chosen by the students who ultimately pulled her down, Muhammad Yunus has traversed a remarkable arc. At 84, he begins…