Eminent Indians Who Died In Air Crashes
The death of India's first Chief of Defence Staff and longest-serving four-star officer General Bipin Rawat in a helicopter crash...
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What Ails Our Military Aviation & The Remedies
With the tragic crash of the Indian Air Force Mi-17V5 helicopter carrying Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, his...
“No Contempt Against Katju If…”: Gogoi
Former Chief Justice of India (CJI) and Rajya Sabha MP Ranjan Gogoi, expressing his thoughts on his unprecedented order of...
Explainer: What Is Regenerative Agriculture?
"Regeneration" is a buzzword in the agriculture sector and beyond. It’s the subject of a Netflix documentary, Kiss the Ground,...
Farmers Call Off Protest After Govt Assurances
Farmers called off a long-running protest on Thursday after the government conceded a clutch of demands, including assurances to consider...
Sudha Bharadwaj Released After Over 3 Years In Custody
Lawyer-activist Sudha Bharadwaj was released from the Byculla jail in Mumbai on Thursday, after spending over 1,000 days in incarceration....
M17 Helicopter Crash: Data Recorder Found
The data recorder of the ill-fated M-17 helicopter of the Indian Air Force that crashed near Coonoor in Ooty, leading...
How B’desh Is Beating The Odds On Climate Disaster Deaths
When Cyclone Bhola hit what is now present-day Bangladesh in 1970, it killed 300,000 to 500,000 people. Among the dead...
Indian-Origin USAF Dr Among NASA’s Picks For Astronaut Programme
Indian-origin physician Anil Menon, a lieutenant colonel in the US Air Force, has been selected by NASA along with nine...
SKM To Decide On Future Course Of Action
While no decision has been taken yet on calling off the farmers' ongoing protest, the Samyukta Kisan Morcha, which is...
India Among Most Unequal Nations: Report
India stands out as a poor and very unequal country, with the top 1% of the population holding more than...
Rohingya Refugees Sue Facebook For $150 Bn
Rohingya refugees sued Facebook parent Meta Platforms for more than $150 billion over what they say was the company's failure...
US Diplomatic Boycott Violates Olympic Spirit: China
China on Tuesday accused the United States of violating the Olympic spirit by announcing an American diplomatic boycott of February's...
Myanmar Court Sentences Suu Kyi To 4 Years
A special court in Myanmar's capital sentenced the country's ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, to four years in prison...
Vandalism In MP School Over Alleged ‘Religious Conversion’
Activists of right-wing organisations allegedly created a ruckus and indulged in vandalism at a missionary school in a town in...
Mourners Honour People Mistakenly Killed By Security Forces
Indians outraged by the security forces' mistaken killing of 14 civilians in Nagaland state held funeral rites for the dead...
Next Virus Could Be More Lethal: Prof Gilbert
The scientist behind the creation of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, administered in India as Covishield to protect against COVID-19, on Monday...
Trade Unions To Observe Two-Day Nationwide Strike On Feb 23-24
A joint platform of central trade unions has given a call for a nationwide general strike on February 23 and...
“Time Of ‘Extreme Pain’ In India, Eco Below 2019 Levels”
People in India are in 'extreme pain' and the economy is still below 2019 levels, with "small aspirations" of people...
Chorus Grows For Repeal Of AFSPA In NE After Nagaland Killings
The gunning down of 13 civilians by security forces in Nagaland led to the demand for the withdrawal of the...
No Proposal To Ban ‘NSO Group’: Minister
The Union government, through its representative, on Friday said there is no proposal to ban any group named 'NSO Group'...
Gopinath To Stay On At IMF, Take Up New Role
Indian-American Gita Gopinath, the chief economist of the International Monetary Fund, is being promoted as IMF’s first deputy managing director...
Pak Mob Lynches Sri Lankan Over ‘Blasphemy’
In a grisly incident, a top Sri Lankan executive of a garment factory was lynched and his body burnt by...
UNOCHA Says Current Warming Trajectory Will Lead To Humanitarian Crisis
Between 2000 and 2019, over 7,000 disasters were recorded worldwide, an 83% rise on the previous two decades. There was...
Kids Not Then Born Scarred Forever By Bhopal Gas Leak
They were not born at the time but hundreds of children live the horrors of that intervening night of December...
