Accidents, fatalities on NHs fell 11% in 2025 as UP, MP led the way, shows data

With Road safety initiatives bearing tangible results, the total number of road accidents and fatalities on the National Highways (NHs) in 2025 have reduced by over 11%, according to data tabled by Ministry of Road Transport and Highways in Lok Sabha on Thursday.

The Budget has delivered a googly-the retrospective tax

Excluding the retrospective tax, Budget 2026 is a very good example of good policy-making. Major policies were announced before the Budget.

Income tax reform was announced last year, GST reform in September.

To be future ready, healthcare system has to ensure quality

Public health spending as a share of GDP has remained largely stagnant for two decades. Compounding this is the way money is spent -fragmented across schemes, departments, and line items, with limited flexibility.

Keezhadi findings: Archaeologist says ASI review seems AI-assisted

The Standoff between the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and the archaeologist who led the landmark excavations at Keezhadi in Tamil Nadu's Sivagangai district has intensified, with the latter formally rejecting an internal evaluation of his report and demanding that the original document be published without further delay.

India's Russia challenge -balance old ties, new reality

Trump's claim that India 'agreed to stop buying Russian oil' has put New Delhi in a diplomatically tricky position with a longtime ally.

Even as it cut back on oil purchases, India has sent out other signals to the world.

PM Modi has had several phone conversations and two meetings with President Putin.

In India's first-ever disaster victim identification guidelines, teeth hold the key

India's First-Ever guidelines and standard operating procedures for Disaster Victim Identification (DVI), released by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) late last month, are aimed at ensuring recognition, registration and dignified handover of human remains to families in the event of mass fatality incidents.

The reason behind formulating them was several victims of disasters remaining unidentified or difficult to identify, Nawal Prakash, Joint Advisor to the NDMA, said. "There are many branches in forensics that can help in DVI and so we wanted to bring them together to see how they can help during such trying times."