On rising temperatures and climate change, India’s air quality, the need for geriatric care services, the landmark agreement on tackling future pandemics, and more This is not old wine in new bottle, this is mulled wine you forgot to throw spices into, but that glass is frothing with all the overheating that is happening this … Read more
In 2023 and 2024, over half a million students were denied visas. In February 2025, the first month of the second Donald Trump administration, the number of student visas issued to Indians by the U.S. dropped by 30% compared to the same month the previous year. This decline was notably higher than the overall 4.75% … Read more
It’s houseful at The Bangalore Room, Indiranagar, on the evening of Easter, 2025. To the packed audience, Asad Hajeebhoy, renowned stained glass artist and founder of Glasscrafters Studio, poses a question. “Which metal oxide gives a rich red while colouring glass?’ The crowd starts guessing — “cadmium, iron…” No one lands the right answer. And … Read more
Representative illustration. A traditional temporary pacemaker requires invasive open heart or endovascular surgical methods to both implant and remove. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Scientists at Northwestern University in the US have engineered a pacemaker smaller than a grain of rice. The makers of the device say it can be implanted in a non-invasive procedure … Read more
New Delhi, April 21: Water started flowing into the Farakka feeder canal at 11-00 hours this morning. An announcement to this effect was made amidst cheers in the Lok Sabha to-day by the Agriculture and Irrigation Minister, Mr. Jagjivan Ram, at the end of a statement on the Indo-Bangladesh agreement on Farakka reached in Dacca … Read more
Paris, April 20: The Juridical Section of the International Wireless Congress has resolved that the right of intellectual property recognised by the International Convention at Berne applies to wireless diffusion of all intellectual works. The Congress also approved of a series of recommendations by which specific wave lengths will be assigned to amateurs in different … Read more
(This article is part of the View From India newsletter curated by The Hindu’s foreign affairs experts. To get the newsletter in your inbox every Monday, subscribe here.) U.S. President Donald Trump’s push to achieve a quick ceasefire in Ukraine has so far been unsuccessful. Under American pressure, Ukraine had earlier announced that it was ready … Read more
A team of international researchers recently discovered a galaxy with nine rings. They called it a “serendipitous discovery” because previous ringed galaxies have only displayed two or three rings at best. Using the Hubble space telescope, the team confirmed the presence of eight rings, while data from the W.M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii confirmed the … Read more
Federalism and inter-State relations are making headlines these days, and some for good reasons. Congress-ruled Telangana has in recent months entered into agreements with Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled Odisha and Rajasthan and Congress-ruled Himachal Pradesh to meet its power demand, which is growing faster than earlier projections. The State is particularly looking to expand the share … Read more
The Supreme Court of India. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap The Supreme Court’s judgment in State of Tamil Nadu v. Governor of Tamil Nadu (2025) lays down the correct constitutional position and is unassailable. However, some people have questioned the judgment. My answer to them is that the Constitution has created a parliamentary democracy. … Read more