India, France sign agreement for procurement of 26 Rafale-M for Navy

INDIA AND France inked an Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) Monday for the procurement of 26 Rafale-M aircraft 22 single-seater and four twin-seater-for the Indian Navy.

SC asks Govt to do 'something legislative' over OTT obscenity

THE SUPREME Court Monday called for legislative action to address "obscene content" on OTT platforms and social media. 

The Pahalgam moment

India has learnt lessons from the past. Lasting peace needs world to loosen military's grip on Pakistan. 

The opportunity for China and India

US trade and tariff war undermines rules-based order. It is time for global community, especially developing countries, to stand up to it

Factory output grows marginally to 3% in March; FY25 growth slows to 4%

FACTORY OUTPUT growth picked up pace marginally to rise sequentially to 3 per cent in March from a six-month low of 2.7 per cent in February, even as it stayed lower than 5.5 per cent growth seen in the corresponding period a year ago, primarily due to weak mining growth, data released by National Statistics Office (NSO) on Monday showed. For the full financial year 2024-25, factory output, as measured by the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) grew by 4 per cent as against 5.9 per cent in the previous year. 

Emissions intensity targets

What do the Greenhouse Gases Emissions Intensity (GEI) Target Rules, 2025, say? Why are they needed, how will these targets help India's carbon credit trading market and the country's wider climate goals?

HOW FEMALE BONOBOS BUST MYTH OF INEVITABLE MALE DOMINATION: STUDY

MALE DOMINATION is the natural order of things, some people say. But bonobos, primates with whom we share nearly 99% of our DNA, beg to differ. Despite males being bigger than females, bonobos live in female-dominated societies.

Scientists have long wondered how female bonobos maintain their matriarchies. A study published last week in Communications Biology provided the first evidence-based explanation.