India-China ties 'better' today as compared to couple of years ago: EAM JaishankarExternal Affairs Minister S Jaishankar highlighted the improved relations between India and China as border tensions ease. He noted that th...
29 Sep, 2026, 12.11 PM IST
Ruchir Sharma’s India scorecard: How it fares on his 10-rule benchmarkRuchir Sharma says India remains a middling investment story rather than a clear outperformer, with strengths in demographics, inflation an...
28 Sep, 2026, 02.32 PM IST
Print media holds ground as advertisers back reach, credibility and premium audiencesPrint media in India has shown resilience amid global downturns with increased advertising revenue and volumes. As brands continue to inves...
28 Sep, 2026, 12.30 AM IST
China has kept its promise to stop funding overseas coal, but loopholes are helping coal expandChinese President Xi Jinping's 2021 pledge to halt overseas coal financing is being challenged by ongoing energy demands. While China has c...
26 Sep, 2026, 11.53 AM IST
UK appoints Harshbir Sangha as Deputy High Commissioner to KarnatakaHarshbir Sangha has been appointed as the UK's new Deputy High Commissioner to Karnataka and will enhance trade ties. Sangha is tasked with...
25 Sep, 2026, 08.46 PM IST
Trump lays out the pomp for Xi but says little about the significant tensions in US-China relationsPresidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping met for important discussions regarding trade relations and artificial intelligence advancements. Bo...
25 Sep, 2026, 08.27 AM IST
What is a 'super El Nino' and how will it affect the weather?A significant El Nino in the Pacific Ocean is anticipated to lead to severe climate impacts globally. The World Meteorological Organization...
24 Sep, 2026, 03.21 PM IST
Maharashtra delegation woos AI, tech investment at Singapore conferenceA Maharashtra government delegation participated in the Tech in Asia conference held in Singapore. Delegates highlighted opportunities in a...
24 Sep, 2026, 10.42 AM IST
Climate disasters are growing. So are cuts to programs that prepare for themClimate-related disasters in the Himalayas have intensified, leading to devastating impacts on communities and economies. Aid cuts have sig...
23 Sep, 2026, 10.18 AM IST
US, China open final trade talks in New York to keep tariff truce alive ahead of Trump-Xi summitUS Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and China's Vice Premier He Lifeng will meet Sunday in New York. They will discuss trade and other pres...
21 Sep, 2026, 12.31 AM IST
Since 2017, a dolphin called Bubbles has been seen near Lady Elliot Island; from 2021 to 2025, researchers documented him chasing fish until they regurgitated foodBubbles, a wild bottlenose dolphin, has captivated researchers with his peculiar technique of fishing off the coast of Lady Elliot Island, ...
20 Sep, 2026, 01.20 PM IST
A British zoologist was denied an entomology job because she was a woman; in 1945, at just 24, she went alone to a landlocked African nation and helped transform the study of tropical tilapia, one of the world’s most consumed fishRosemary Lowe-McConnell's journey into ichthyology began when she was rejected for an entomology job, leading her to study Malawi's freshwa...
19 Sep, 2026, 03.02 PM IST
In 1851, Brooklyn released 100 house sparrows from England; 175 years later, the birds are found across nearly all of North AmericaHouse Sparrows, introduced to North America during the mid-1800s, have rapidly become a prevalent part of the continent's avian scene. Thei...
17 Sep, 2026, 11.31 PM IST
Experts back India's stand on Indus Waters Treaty at UNHRC sidelines conferenceExperts at a UNHRC conference backed India's Indus Waters Treaty stance. They argued for examining the treaty in the context of security an...
17 Sep, 2026, 10.01 PM IST
Limit AI now or humanity will lose its agency, says Nobel laureate RessaThe Filipino and American journalist, who jointly won the 2021 award in part for her work documenting the power of large tech companies, se...
16 Sep, 2026, 12.27 AM IST
Limit AI now or humanity will lose its agency, says Nobel laureate Maria RessaNobel laureate Maria Ressa expresses urgent concerns about the risks that artificial intelligence poses to human agency, emphasizing the ne...
15 Sep, 2026, 06.37 PM IST
As world debates risks of AI, China closes technology gap with USThe US has outpaced China and other countries for years in AI model capabilities, research, citations and other areas. But China has been r...
15 Sep, 2026, 05.34 PM IST