Knowledge of Chemistry helps us understand the world around and within us. It plays a key role in everyday activities like cooking, cleaning, and transport. It has important applications such as designing life-saving medicines and vaccines, sustainable alternatives, and a lot more. However, for several years, there has been a decline worldwide including in India … Read more
Disease surveillance involves systematically collecting, analysing, and interpreting health data to identify, monitor, and control diseases. Photograph used for representational purposes only | Photo Credit: Getty Images The recent focus on Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) infections has stirred significant public interest, not only in the disease itself but also in the mechanisms that enable its detection. … Read more
Daily Quiz | On Indian languages Portrait of James Prinsep — an Englishman who deciphered the Brahmi script, considered the ancestor of most modern Indian scripts, in 1837 by studying Ashokan inscriptions START THE QUIZ 1 / 7 | How many languages are recognised as per the Constitution of India under the Eighth Schedule and … Read more
Vice President JD Vance, right, speaks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, as President Donald Trump listens in the Oval Office at the White House | Photo Credit: Mystyslav Chernov Over the past week, two events have redrawn U.S. relations with Ukraine as the latter battles Russia for the third year. First, the U.S. broke … Read more
Security personnel in Imphal | Photo Credit: PTI Now that President’s Rule has been imposed in Manipur, this is the right time to reflect on who or what has indeed been ruling the State and what the imposition of central rule means for the State that has been embroiled in ethnic violence since May 2023. … Read more
Under its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), China has methodically consolidated its dominance over the global supply chain for critical minerals such as copper, cobalt, nickel, lithium, and rare earth elements (REEs), which are essential for manufacturing modern technologies. A 2025 AidData report shows that Beijing has channelled $56.9 billion through its state-backed institutions since … Read more
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at the launch of a New Roadmap for Australia’s Economic Engagement with India | Photo Credit: SEPCIAL ARRANGEMENT/Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Australia believes in India. We believe that India has a bright future economically. We believe that it will be the third biggest economy in the world by … Read more
Anthoniammal, a senior citizen of the Sriramapuram village panchayat in southern Dindigul district, and Sonia, a woman in her 20s of the Melanthangal village panchayat in northern Tiruvannamalai district, are strangers to each other. But they have one thing in common. Both are the proud beneficiary-workers of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme … Read more
For representative purposes. | Photo Credit: Getty Images “Hi! Nice to see you again. When did you get back from Singapore?” “A couple of days ago. Needed a few days to recover.” “I understand! So, how was the trip? Did the students enjoy it?” “We all had a good time. Managed to see a few … Read more
Ravikumar Kashi says that his interest in flex banners began around 2007 when he began photographing them for a series of his artworks and to use as material for an art appreciation course he teaches at the RV College of Architecture, Bengaluru. “For the course, I introduce them to the fundamentals of art language,” he … Read more