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All that doesn’t fit into the well defined sections will find a place here. It could be a nugget of history or a global event that amuses and engages Indians. We will track the good, the bad and the ugly of all types.

India's Balancing Act Between Renewables and Fossil Fuels

India's Balancing Act Between Renewables and Fossil Fuels

In the heart of India's economic resurgence lies a complex and evolving energy narrative. As the nation strides towards ...

NASA's DART Mission successfully alters asteroid's orbit: All you need to know about space agency's flagship mission

NASA's DART Mission successfully alters asteroid's orbit: All you need to know about space agency's flagship mission

The project, which took seven years to plan and cost about $330 million (€339 million), was also the first ...

A look at COVID-19 statistics in India

A look at COVID-19 statistics in India

The healthcare system in India was overburdened due to lack of availability of beds due to a rapid increase in ...

World Mental Health Day: India has miles to go in establishing mental health infrastructure

World Mental Health Day: India has miles to go in establishing mental health infrastructure

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that one in four people in the world will be affected by mental or ...

World Mental Health Day 2022: India records sharp increase in suicides post pandemic

World Mental Health Day 2022: India records sharp increase in suicides post pandemic

Analysis of the National Crime Record Bureau’s (NCRB) report on Accidental deaths and suicides in India 2021 shows ...

Indian Air Force to add more Sukhois armed with 500 km range BrahMos missile: A comparison between BrahMos I and BrahMos II

Indian Air Force to add more Sukhois armed with 500 km range BrahMos missile: A comparison between BrahMos I and BrahMos II

Considering the Air Force’s decision to equip the fighter jets with the advanced version of BrahMos missile, India ...

IAF to arm Sukhoi-30MKI with advanced version of Brahmos missile

IAF to arm Sukhoi-30MKI with advanced version of Brahmos missile

The integration will be a boost in the arm for the Air Force which is battling depleted fleet strength

As protests in Iran intensifies, a look at how Tehran fares on women rights

As protests in Iran intensifies, a look at how Tehran fares on women rights

India Tracker takes a look at Iran's position on different Global Indicators particularly concerning women amid the nationwide protests.

Jalpaiguri flash flood claims 8 lives; 7126 lives lost due to forces of nature in 2021

Jalpaiguri flash flood claims 8 lives; 7126 lives lost due to forces of nature in 2021

According to Jalpaiguri’s District Magistrate Moumita Godara, the flash floods struck suddenly and people were swept away. The ...

India emerges as the second largest exporter of sugar in the world

India emerges as the second largest exporter of sugar in the world

According to experts, though the country has emerged as the second largest exporter of sugar, the exports are expected to ...

8 years of Swachh Bharat Mission: A look at how Modi’s pet project has fared

8 years of Swachh Bharat Mission: A look at how Modi’s pet project has fared

The second phase of the mission aims to sustain the open defecation free status and improve the management of solid ...

Why Price Will Be The Key To The Success of 5G

Why Price Will Be The Key To The Success of 5G

Taken together, telecom companies have committed to pay Rs 1.5 lakh crore as license fee for 5G spectrum.

Dengue Cases Rise in Delhi: Number of Cases Highest in Four Years

Dengue Cases Rise in Delhi: Number of Cases Highest in Four Years

Delhi reported 1,807 dengue cases in 2017, 481 in 2018, 282 in 2019, 212 in 2020, 273 in 2021, and 525 in 2022

North India bares for Stubble burning season: A look at everything that went wrong in 2021

North India bares for Stubble burning season: A look at everything that went wrong in 2021

Despite a prohibition, firecrackers and smoke from burning stubble combine every Diwali to form a deadly cocktail that causes air ...

India fumes at US F-16 security assistance to Pakistan: Why Washington’s military aid has always been a sore point in India-US ties

India fumes at US F-16 security assistance to Pakistan: Why Washington’s military aid has always been a sore point in India-US ties

US assistance to Pakistan for its "fight against terror" has always been a sore point in India-US relations.

PM Modi attends Shinzo Abe's state funeral: A look at how both the leaders propelled India-Japan relationship

PM Modi attends Shinzo Abe's state funeral: A look at how both the leaders propelled India-Japan relationship

Narendra Modi and Shinzo Abe took India-Japan relations to new heights and brought both the democracies closer

Widespread calls for ban on PFI under UAPA; a look at major organizations banned under the act

Widespread calls for ban on PFI under UAPA; a look at major organizations banned under the act

Pune in Maharashtra witnessed a heated episode during a protest organized by the PFI in front of the Pune&rsquo ...

 SC to hear oldest constitutional case pending since 1986: A look at the growing mountain of pending cases

SC to hear oldest constitutional case pending since 1986: A look at the growing mountain of pending cases

Of the 69,000 cases pending in the Supreme Court, the oldest one was filed nearly 36 years ago and ...

Tracing the naxal violence in last two decades in India

Tracing the naxal violence in last two decades in India

It should be noted that though the naxal violence has decreased in the past few years, there are some strongholds ...

Tracing the impact of seven months long Russia-Ukraine war in numbers

Tracing the impact of seven months long Russia-Ukraine war in numbers

. According to a report published by the United Nations Office on Human Rights (UNOHR), around 5,587 people have been ...

Pakistan flood in numbers: 1600 dead, 33 million displaced as Islamabad faces worst natural calamity in years

Pakistan flood in numbers: 1600 dead, 33 million displaced as Islamabad faces worst natural calamity in years

The WHO has declared Pakistan's worst floods on record as a "high level" emergency, warning of a rapid spread ...

India-Singapore hold maiden ministerial roundtable: Why Singapore holds a strategic place in New Delhi’s East Asia policy

India-Singapore hold maiden ministerial roundtable: Why Singapore holds a strategic place in New Delhi’s East Asia policy

India and Singapore took their diplomatic relations a step further with the maiden India-Singapore Ministerial Roundtable (ISMR), a new ...

Cyber crime in India: Why Chandigarh university leak case should worry us

Cyber crime in India: Why Chandigarh university leak case should worry us

The incident of the shooting the obscene video and sharing and uploading on the internet highlights the growing number of ...

Not just United States, atheism is on a rise worldwide, including India

Not just United States, atheism is on a rise worldwide, including India

Global trends indicate that while the number of people associating themselves as Christians, Hindus, Islam, Buddhists, Jewish etc. is increasing ...

Queen Elizabeth II Reign in Numbers

Queen Elizabeth II Reign in Numbers

The monarch, who passed away on September 8, was laid to rest at Westminster Hall on Wednesday night. The state ...

As young Americans turn atheists, Christianity may lose majority status in the U.S. by 2070

As young Americans turn atheists, Christianity may lose majority status in the U.S. by 2070

A new study conducted by the Pew Research Center shows that America's Christian majority population is declining consistently for ...

Chandigarh University video leak highlights the rise in crime against women in India

Chandigarh University video leak highlights the rise in crime against women in India

This incident in the Chandigarh University has once again brought the crimes committed against women in to light. The rise ...

Narendra Modi meets Turkey's president Erdogan on the sidelines of SCO summit: Are both the countries trying to break the ice?

Narendra Modi meets Turkey's president Erdogan on the sidelines of SCO summit: Are both the countries trying to break the ice?

In a surprise gesture, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held an unannounced meeting ...

Narendra Modi turns 72 today: A look at how prime minister's pet projects have fared

Narendra Modi turns 72 today: A look at how prime minister's pet projects have fared

After assuming the office of Prime Minister in 2014, Narendra Modi launched a number of schemes within the first two ...

Cheetah to roar in India after 70 years: Why is it important to protect the big cat

Cheetah to roar in India after 70 years: Why is it important to protect the big cat

The Kuno-Palpur National Park in Madhya Pradesh is all set to welcome the fastest sprinters on the planet today ...

Federer announces retirement: A look at the legend’s records and achievements

Federer announces retirement: A look at the legend’s records and achievements

As Roger Federer, one of the greatest of his times is set to retire, India Tracker examines the legend&rsquo ...

Modi and Xi likely to meet amid SCO Summit: Analyzing the economic relations between New Delhi and Beijing

Modi and Xi likely to meet amid SCO Summit: Analyzing the economic relations between New Delhi and Beijing

India and China are the most discussed as the leaders of the two neighboring countries- Narendra Modi and Xi Jingping ...

SCO Summit 2022: What makes the Asian multilateral organization important for India?

SCO Summit 2022: What makes the Asian multilateral organization important for India?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Samarkand, Uzbekistan to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit. This is the first ...

Heroin worth Rs. 200 crore seized at Kolkata port by Gujarat ATS and DRI; 2021 records highest number of cases under the NDPS act

Heroin worth Rs. 200 crore seized at Kolkata port by Gujarat ATS and DRI; 2021 records highest number of cases under the NDPS act

Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) and the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence’s (DRI) Jamnagar unit and Surat Crime Branch ...

Prison Statistics India Report 2021: 77.1% of Prisoners are undertrial

Prison Statistics India Report 2021: 77.1% of Prisoners are undertrial

According to the most recent India Justice Report, eight out of every ten inmates in India were awaiting trial in 2021.

Piyush Goyal says value of Indian passport has increased: What's the truth?

Piyush Goyal says value of Indian passport has increased: What's the truth?

Union Minister for Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Textiles, Piyush Goyal is on a week ...

National Curriculum Framework to roll out early next year; around 12.2 crore children enrolled at primary level in 2020-21

National Curriculum Framework to roll out early next year; around 12.2 crore children enrolled at primary level in 2020-21

The National Curriculum Framework (NCF) is expected to be ready by early next year according to the ministry of education ...

India emerges as the third largest Car market in the world; 36.3 lakh cars sold in 2021

India emerges as the third largest Car market in the world; 36.3 lakh cars sold in 2021

Though India has regained the fourth position in becoming the world’s fourth largest automobile market surpassing Germany, It ...

Why has India banned the export of broken rice?

Why has India banned the export of broken rice?

Sudhanshu Pandey, Secretary, Department of Food & Public Distribution (DFPD), Ministry of Consumer Affairs and Food & Public Distribution, stated on 8th ...

CBI Requests to probe 221 cases worth Rs 30,000 crore pending with six states,  Maharashtra tops the list

CBI Requests to probe 221 cases worth Rs 30,000 crore pending with six states, Maharashtra tops the list

A change in guard in Maharashtra is likely to give breather to for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which ...

Education category largest violator of advertising code, says ASCI report

Education category largest violator of advertising code, says ASCI report

The education sector accounted for nearly one-third of complaints about misleading advertisements in 2021-22

India Ranks 122 out of 191 Countries in Gender Inequality Index

India Ranks 122 out of 191 Countries in Gender Inequality Index

And as per the report India was ranked 132 out of 191 countries in the Human Development Index (HDI) 2021 ...

India ranks 132 in HDI: Country records reduction in life expectancy, income inequality remains constant

India ranks 132 in HDI: Country records reduction in life expectancy, income inequality remains constant

The report attributed India's declining life expectancy from 69.7 years to 67.2 years over the survey period ...

India slips one rank in UN Human Development Index; stands at 132 out of 191 countries

India slips one rank in UN Human Development Index; stands at 132 out of 191 countries

India ranked 132, a fall of one place on the Human Development Index (HDI) 2021, showed the Human Development Report ...

How the world changed under the reign of Queen Elizabeth II

How the world changed under the reign of Queen Elizabeth II

Queen Elizabeth II was the oldest monarch in the world and ruled Britain for the longest time. She was 96 ...

Road Accidents in India: 1.55 Lakh People Killed in 2021, Up by 17%

Road Accidents in India: 1.55 Lakh People Killed in 2021, Up by 17%

According to NCRB (National Crime Record Bureau) latest report - compared to 2020, the number of road accidents rose by 17 ...

Heavy rains throw life out of gear in Bengaluru; City records highest rainfall in 42 years

Heavy rains throw life out of gear in Bengaluru; City records highest rainfall in 42 years

Heavy rains continue to hammer Bengaluru this week, with no relief in sight. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD ...

India and Bangladesh look forward to strengthen bilateral relations amid Sheikh Hasina’s visit; can Bangladesh be a trustworthy ally of India?

India and Bangladesh look forward to strengthen bilateral relations amid Sheikh Hasina’s visit; can Bangladesh be a trustworthy ally of India?

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived in New Delhi on Monday for a four day official visit to discuss variety ...

Rajnath Singh on a 3 day visit to Mongolia; India-Mongolia bilateral trade at an all time high ($63.8 million) in 2021

Rajnath Singh on a 3 day visit to Mongolia; India-Mongolia bilateral trade at an all time high ($63.8 million) in 2021

This visit is being considered as a strategic one because this is the first time in the history of India ...

Sedition Law: 363 Cases Reported in Last Five Years

Sedition Law: 363 Cases Reported in Last Five Years

In the latest NCRB (National Crime Report Bureau) report - India recorded 76 sedition cases across the country in 2021, an ...

Majority believe Har Ghar Tiranga and changes in Navy's flag invoked spirit of nationalism

Majority believe Har Ghar Tiranga and changes in Navy's flag invoked spirit of nationalism

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday unveiled the new Naval Ensign (flag) for the Indian Navy in Kochi on the ...

Unprecedented floods create havoc in Pakistan; Should India provide assistance to its neighbor?

Unprecedented floods create havoc in Pakistan; Should India provide assistance to its neighbor?

Pakistan is currently going through its one of the worst humanitarian crisis in its history. Pakistan is witnessing its worst ...

Starbucks appoints Indian-origin Laxman Narasimhan as the new CEO; Indians rank at the top with highest average median income in US

Starbucks appoints Indian-origin Laxman Narasimhan as the new CEO; Indians rank at the top with highest average median income in US

Most recent one to join the club is Laxman Narasimhan who is set to join the coffee giant Starbucks from ...

NCRB report shows 16.8% rise in road accidents; two wheeler claimed highest number of lives in 2021

NCRB report shows 16.8% rise in road accidents; two wheeler claimed highest number of lives in 2021

A total of 4,03,116 ‘road accidents’ were reported in 2021, resulting in 3,51,884 injuries ...

Gautam Adani becomes third richest person in the world; First Asian to be in top 3

Gautam Adani becomes third richest person in the world; First Asian to be in top 3

Business tycoon Gautam Adani has surpassed Bernard Arnault of Louis Vuitton to become the third-richest person in the world ...

CBI’s records conviction rate of 67.5% in 2021, lowest in four years

CBI’s records conviction rate of 67.5% in 2021, lowest in four years

Recently, the Central Vigilance Commission which is the apex vigilance institution, free of control from any executive authority, monitoring all ...

More than 130 Indian-Americans hold key positions under Biden administration; Tracing the community’s growth in the United States

More than 130 Indian-Americans hold key positions under Biden administration; Tracing the community’s growth in the United States

More than 130 Indian-Americans have been nominated by US President Joe Biden to important positions in his administration so ...

India seeks to enhance its defense exports footprints: Rajnath Singh's meet with his Tanzanian counterpart is the latest example

India seeks to enhance its defense exports footprints: Rajnath Singh's meet with his Tanzanian counterpart is the latest example

Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh and his Tanzanian counterpart Dr Stergomena Lawrence Tax held bilateral talks in New Delhi on Sunday ...

Declining Trend in Covid-19 Caseload

Declining Trend in Covid-19 Caseload

According to the government data, the national COVID-19 recovery rate has increased to 98.61%, and the active cases ...

How Two TV Pioneers Lost Control Of Their Empires

How Two TV Pioneers Lost Control Of Their Empires

Pranoy Roy and NDTV have been in the news in recent times because a company controlled by India’s ...

Make in India charts another success story: Apple plans iPhone 14 manufacturing in India

Make in India charts another success story: Apple plans iPhone 14 manufacturing in India

In a bid to diversify its smartphone production from China, American tech giant Apple Inc is planning to manufacture the ...

China relaxes visa ban for Indian students after two years; yet hurdles remain

China relaxes visa ban for Indian students after two years; yet hurdles remain

More than two years into the COVID19 pandemic, China stated on Monday that Indian students will be now be able ...

Jobs are returning: EPFO adds 1.8 million net members in June, female participation also increases

Jobs are returning: EPFO adds 1.8 million net members in June, female participation also increases

According to EPFO's provisional payroll data, the organization has added 18.36 lakh net members in the month of ...

Chinese Spy ship docks in Sri Lanka: Here's why India is watching it closely

Chinese Spy ship docks in Sri Lanka: Here's why India is watching it closely

The Yuan Wang 5, China's most powerful espionage ship, landed in Sri Lanka's port of Hambantota on August ...

Rathole mining continues in Meghalaya, claims more than 30 lives in past 5 years

Rathole mining continues in Meghalaya, claims more than 30 lives in past 5 years

An accident at an illegal coal mining in the north-eastern state of Meghalaya killed one person and left another ...

Sri Lanka adopts new tourist policy for Indians, aims for stabilizing economy

Sri Lanka adopts new tourist policy for Indians, aims for stabilizing economy

Tourism officials in Sri Lanka, aware of the urgent need to strengthen their nation's economy, intend to attract more ...

Milk becomes costlier by Rs. 2, how will it affect the households across India?

Milk becomes costlier by Rs. 2, how will it affect the households across India?

Leading milk suppliers Amul and Mother dairy have increased milk prices by Rs 2 per litre with effect from 17th ...

Are EVs Electrifying the Indian consumer?

Are EVs Electrifying the Indian consumer?

In the first decade of this century, the ordinary Indian was gripped by an obsession called flying. The launch of ...

With a slowdown in highway construction in India, can Nitin Gadkari realize his dream of building world-class highways?

With a slowdown in highway construction in India, can Nitin Gadkari realize his dream of building world-class highways?

Nitin Gadkari, the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, recently stated in the Rajyasabha that India's road infrastructure ...

Rapid increase in number of Bal Aadhaars, around 3.40 crore children below the age of 5 have aadhaar cards.

Rapid increase in number of Bal Aadhaars, around 3.40 crore children below the age of 5 have aadhaar cards.

In the first four months (April to July) of the current fiscal year, the Unique Identification Authority of India enrolled ...

FIFA ban and its effect on Indian football.

FIFA ban and its effect on Indian football.

In a major setback and embarrassment for the Indian football, global football governing body FIFA on Tuesday has suspended India ...

Jai Anusandhan: While PM Modi bats for innovation, data reveals a sorry tale of India's research and development

Jai Anusandhan: While PM Modi bats for innovation, data reveals a sorry tale of India's research and development

While the prime minister has been pushing for new investments in research and innovation in the country, data suggest things ...

After six record years, Food grains output will fall

After six record years, Food grains output will fall

The ability of super star Amir Khan to attract people to theatres has come under a cloud after two successive ...

Will agencies like ED, CBI and IT become hyperactive?

Will agencies like ED, CBI and IT become hyperactive?

For quite a while, opposition parties and other critics of the Narendra Modi regime have accused it of weaponizing central ...

Government achieves target of 10% Ethanol blending 5 months prior to the schedule, exponential rise in payments to farmers

Government achieves target of 10% Ethanol blending 5 months prior to the schedule, exponential rise in payments to farmers

According to the ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, the target of 10% ethanol blending has been achieved five months ...

Majority wants Chinese mobiles banned in India

Majority wants Chinese mobiles banned in India

Majority wants Chinese mobiles banned in India

Corona cases continue to rise in Delhi once again. What do people feel about it?

Corona cases continue to rise in Delhi once again. What do people feel about it?

As Covid-19 cases are reported to be on the rise in numerous regions of the country, the Central government ...

Is CWG 2022 India's best performance so far?

Is CWG 2022 India's best performance so far?

At the same time, it had won 64 medals and 15 gold medals in Glasgow 2014, and 66 medals and ...

International Student Numbers Will be Decline for Current Session in Delhi University

International Student Numbers Will be Decline for Current Session in Delhi University

For the Current session 2022-23, 5,932 applications have come through ICCR. Out of them, 1,029 applicants were ...

How Did Rajasthan Become The Rape Capital Of India?

How Did Rajasthan Become The Rape Capital Of India?

In 2020, as in the previous year, the state had the dubious honour of being the rape capital of the country

ISRO's SSLV launched satellites no more usable: Is SSLV capable of making a footprint in the space industry?

ISRO's SSLV launched satellites no more usable: Is SSLV capable of making a footprint in the space industry?

India’s space agency the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) had launched the SSLV rocket that can place lightweight ...

India tops the chart in Global Milk production with 209.96 million tonnes milk produced in 2020-21

India tops the chart in Global Milk production with 209.96 million tonnes milk produced in 2020-21

India has come a long way in the field of Milk Production as today India ranks 1st in milk production ...

Custodial Deaths in India reach a new peak

Custodial Deaths in India reach a new peak

Custodial violence and custodial deaths are very serious in nature for a country like India which is the world&rsquo ...

US Drone strikes kills Zawahiri. Where does India stand in the list of active combat drones?

US Drone strikes kills Zawahiri. Where does India stand in the list of active combat drones?

The United States of America killed Ayaman Al-Zawahiri in Kabul on August 2, 2022. Ayaman Al-Zawahiri was believed ...

Why China's rising defense capabilities should worry India?

Why China's rising defense capabilities should worry India?

India and China have been involved in number of conflicts and even a full-fledged war. The primary reason being ...

Why Power Crisis Persists In India

Why Power Crisis Persists In India

Why is the power sector facing the same kind of crisis even ten years after that disastrous grid collapse?

Ukraine invasion pushed global refugee above 100 million, says UN

Ukraine invasion pushed global refugee above 100 million, says UN

It implies that one in every 78 people on the Earth has been forced to leave their homes to seek ...

Jal Shakti Mission: 50% rural households now have access to tap water connections

Jal Shakti Mission: 50% rural households now have access to tap water connections

Launched in 2019, the Jal Jeevan Mission is one of the major flagship programs of the Modi government

What Triggered The Mobile Revolution In India?

What Triggered The Mobile Revolution In India?

It is quite possible that mobile phone usage could have remained the preserve of the rich but for one pragmatic ...

NITI Ayog India Innovation Index 2021: Karnataka topped and Chhatisgarh came last

NITI Ayog India Innovation Index 2021: Karnataka topped and Chhatisgarh came last

India has increased patents significantly in the last 5 years. In 2019-20 out of a total of 56,267 ...

CBSE 2022 class 12th result dropped by 6.66%, while class 10th result dropped by 4.64%

CBSE 2022 class 12th result dropped by 6.66%, while class 10th result dropped by 4.64%

The different approaches in these two years, as well as the different circumstances, are borne out in the different results.

Uneven monsoon affects Kharif sowing

Uneven monsoon affects Kharif sowing

Barring Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra, all major-rice producing States have witnessed a significant decline in paddy acreages

Why More Indians Will Renounce Citizenship

Why More Indians Will Renounce Citizenship

There has been a flurry of reports in media about record number of Indians renouncing their citizenship

Commonwealth Games 2022: PM Modi interacts with Commonwealth Games-bound athletes, gave a formula ‘Koi nahi hai takkar mei, kyun pade ho chakkar mei’

Commonwealth Games 2022: PM Modi interacts with Commonwealth Games-bound athletes, gave a formula ‘Koi nahi hai takkar mei, kyun pade ho chakkar mei’

The budget of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports is being increased every year. In 2019-20, the highest ...

India Crosses A Big Vaccine Milestone

India Crosses A Big Vaccine Milestone

India ranks number one in the world in administering the Covid vaccine doses.

India reports first monkeypox case: Understanding the virus and how deadly it is

India reports first monkeypox case: Understanding the virus and how deadly it is

As of 14 July 2022, there have been 11,042 total cases from 50 countries/territories in five WHO Regions

US house passes CAATSA waiver to India Why sanctioning New Delhi will be a disaster for IndiaUS ties

US house passes CAATSA waiver to India Why sanctioning New Delhi will be a disaster for IndiaUS ties

A waiver not granted to India won’t necessarily hurt India’s defenses on the borders as much ...

Nothing Phone (1) got into a serious controversy shortly after its launch,

Nothing Phone (1) got into a serious controversy shortly after its launch,

Of course, Nothing Phone (1) is not a flagship killer or an iPhone killer according to the hype and claims ...

I2U2 summit: How the West Asian Quad can be a game-changer for India

I2U2 summit: How the West Asian Quad can be a game-changer for India

Popularly dubbed the 'West Asian Quad', i2u2 makes perfect sense for India

Why India’s low booster dose drive is a great cause of concern

Why India’s low booster dose drive is a great cause of concern

So far, less than 2 per cent of the target population of 77 crore in the 18-59 age group ...

Gaganyaan: Tracking India's first human space mission

Gaganyaan: Tracking India's first human space mission

For this mission, ISRO had contracted Galavkosmos, a branch of the Russian Space Agency, to train Indian astronauts. Under this ...

Twitter banned over 46,000 accounts in May; here’s why

Twitter banned over 46,000 accounts in May; here’s why

In compliance with Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, sites like Whataspp, Facebook, Twitter etc ...

Will History Ever See A Tennis Trio Like This?

Will History Ever See A Tennis Trio Like This?

For even those who do not follow or watch tennis avidly, the achievements of the trio, Federer, Nadal and Djokovic ...

Shinzo Abe killed: Why India is going to miss Japan’s longest-serving prime minister

Shinzo Abe killed: Why India is going to miss Japan’s longest-serving prime minister

Shinzo Abe was the best Japanese prime minister India could have wished for

LPG price hike: 94 percent Indians angry over government’s move

LPG price hike: 94 percent Indians angry over government’s move

C Voter-India Tracker conducted a countrywide survey to gauge public reactions to the recent increase. And the results are ...

Tata Air to Air India, then back again, Indian aviation has seen a lot of skies

Tata Air to Air India, then back again, Indian aviation has seen a lot of skies

From 1932 till now, about 94 airlines have tried their hand at Indian aviation, but most of them have been disappointed.

Why Does “Tiny” Twitter Generate So Much Gas?

Why Does “Tiny” Twitter Generate So Much Gas?

What is it about the platform that makes it so constantly contentious?

Xiaomi is the unbeatable champion

Xiaomi is the unbeatable champion

Once upon a time, the definition of mobile was equal to Nokia. Then Samsung beat Nokia and became the market After many years, a new player, Xiaomi, jumped into the battle field to dethrone the king and became the market ...

Spicejet flight makes emergency landing in Karachi: Increasing incidents, yet Indian skies safest in the world

Spicejet flight makes emergency landing in Karachi: Increasing incidents, yet Indian skies safest in the world

The low cost carrier has been facing a slew of issues concerning aircraft maintenance in the recent past

Collapsing Mumbai: Over 300 people killed in building collapses in city in seven years

Collapsing Mumbai: Over 300 people killed in building collapses in city in seven years

Building collapses are an annual occurrence in the financial capital of the country, especially during the monsoon

Less rainfall in June slows the planting of key kharif crops

Less rainfall in June slows the planting of key kharif crops

Scanty rainfall had forced farmers to refrain from taking up sowing

Monsoon devastate Assam again: Why it floods every year, and what can be done to stop it

Monsoon devastate Assam again: Why it floods every year, and what can be done to stop it

It's a known fact that Assam and entire Northeast India is a flood-prone zone due to their geographical ...

The Growing Cost Of India’s Love For Gold

The Growing Cost Of India’s Love For Gold

For many Indian households, gold is not just something to flaunt, but is used an an instrument of savings that ...

Not just India, the whole world is witnessing food crisis; here’s why

Not just India, the whole world is witnessing food crisis; here’s why

The world and India are currently witnessing a resurgence of food inflation

Single use plastic ban since July 1: Why is India banning it, and why it isn’t enough

Single use plastic ban since July 1: Why is India banning it, and why it isn’t enough

India's plastic waste generation has more than doubled in the last five years

Is The Arrest Of Mohammed Zubair Justified?

Is The Arrest Of Mohammed Zubair Justified?

A Delhi court has extended the police custody of Zubair by four days after initially granting a one day custody