New ISRO milestone

The Indian Space Research Organisation launched its heaviest rocket, LVM3-M6, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, on Wednesday. The LVM3-M6, nicknamed 'Bahubali', successfully placed the 6,100-kg BlueBird Block-2 satellite, a US communication satellite, into orbit. 

Before 2025 yes was the 2010 no: SC had rejected 100-metre definition of Aravallis

In stark contrast to its order last month, the Supreme Court had rejected the state of Rajasthan's 100-metre definition for Aravallis 15 years ago. The court had in 2010 ordered a survey by the Forest Survey of India (FSI) which shall "not be confined to peaks/parts of hills above 100 metres, from the ground level".

One-third of annual PM2.5 is secondary ammonium sulfate

Nearly One-Third of Delhi's annual Particulate Matter 2.5 (PM2.5) pollution is made up of secondary ammonium sulfate, resulting from coal plants, industries and agriculture, with the chemically-formed pollutant dominating the city's air during its worst pollution periods, according to a new analysis conducted by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA), a Finland-headquartered think-tank. 

MGNREGA to G Ram G: How a new flashpoint may shape BJP vs Gandhi family row

As the curtain comes down on 2025, the BJP's battle with the Congress-led Opposition has flared up in the wake of the government's move to replace the two-decade-old Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act or MGNREGA with Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) or VB-GRAM G Act.

When Vinod Kumar Shukla opened a window in my classroom

Shukla has said elsewhere how 'Window' is a deeply autobiographical novel.

Would they glimpse Raghuvar Prasad in this 80-something-year-old? Or, was it simply extending the kind of melodrama my class of humanities-adjacent-s like to wallow in? 

For society's sake, we must ask if God exists

Let us not forget that the 'real issues about religions and religiosity' rest on the bedrock of faith in supernatural power, which shapes our destiny. Many rationalists and agnostics have been hesitant to challenge the foundations of faith-based arguments. 

The twilight of deliberation: When Parliament becomes a rubber stamp

The winter air in New Delhi is not just thick with smog; it is increasingly heavy with the malodorous scent of a decaying parliamentary culture. The recently concluded Winter Session of Parliament has not merely been a display of legislative efficiency, as the treasury benches claim, but a dismaying masterclass in the systematic dismantling of our deliberative democracy. With the passage of high-stakes legislation - most notably the Sabka Bima Sabki Raksha (Amendment of Insurance Laws) Bill, the SHANTI (Nuclear Energy) Bill, and the Viksit Bharat-G RAM G Bill (the purported successor to the landmark MGNREGA) - the government has once again demonstrated its preference for the blunt instrument of a legislative majority over the fine-tuned machinery of parliamentary consultation. 

Claims about destruction of Aravalli hills alarmist

The judgment makes protection more precise, enforceable and science-based. By focusing on surveillance with drones, CCTVS, weighbridges, and task forces, it ensures strong enforcement. 

'Sure of remarkable change in IMF's assessment of Indian statistics next year'

Last month, the IMF had retained its overall 'B' grade on India's official statistics and 'C' grade for the GDP data, while acknowledging the government's ongoing effort to update data such as GDP and CPI. 

The great wall in the North: Why the Aravallis matter

The range protects northern India from desert sand, is home to a wide variety of flora & fauna, and helps maintain a vast groundwater reserve.

Range anxiety

The Aravalli range faces increasing threats from deforestation, mining, grazing, encroachment.

It is repository of metals and minerals, including critical minerals.

Better range, sleeker profile: Latest version of Akash missile

• The initial version of Akash has a range of 27-30 km.

• Akash-NG has a range of up to 70 km