Polity & Governance
Social Issues
Environment & Ecology
7 min
Explained: In clashes between police and tribals in Odisha, the issue of bauxite mining
Violent clashes erupted on April 7, 2026, in Sagabari village, Kashipur block, Rayagada district, Odisha, when police used force to disperse tribal protester...
International Relations
Economics
Geography
5 min
West Asia conflict: Energy market turmoil could linger for months
Despite the fragile US-Iran ceasefire announced on April 7, 2026, analysts and energy market experts warned that disruption to global energy markets is likel...
International Relations
Geography
Economics
5 min
Iran-Israel war LIVE: Trump says Iran doing "very poor job" of allowing oil through the Strait of Hormuz
US President Donald Trump warned Iran that the two-week ceasefire (announced April 7, 2026) depends on the Strait of Hormuz being opened "without limitation,...
International Relations
5 min
North Korea, China agree to deepen cooperation in talks between Foreign Ministers
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited Pyongyang on April 9–10, 2026 — his first trip to North Korea in more than six years (since 2019). Wang Yi met North...
International Relations
7 min
Marco Rubio’s visit to India announced after U.S. top diplomat’s meeting with Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will visit India next month, announced after Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri's meeting with Rubio in Washington during a thr...
International Relations
Economics
Geography
4 min
India finalising agreement to supply oil, gas to Mauritius amid West Asia crisis: Jaishankar
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar announced that India is in the final stages of concluding a government-to-government (G2G) agreement to supply oil an...
Polity & Governance
5 min
Karnataka Information Commission riled over government not recovering penalty from salary of officials denying info under RTI Act
The Karnataka Information Commission (KIC) has expressed strong displeasure over the state government's failure to recover RTI penalties from the salaries of...
Science & Technology
Economics
6 min
In breakthrough, cheap aluminium may replace costly catalysts in pharma
Researchers at King's College London, led by Dr. Clare Bakewell, reported the isolation of a cyclotrialumane — a compound of three aluminium atoms arranged i...
International Relations
Science & Technology
Economics
7 min
US, India agree to further cooperation under Pax Silica
India and the United States agreed to further deepen cooperation under the Pax Silica framework, including in artificial intelligence, critical minerals, and...
Economics
Polity & Governance
Science & Technology
6 min
India mulls payment lags, checks for senior citizens as digital fraud rises, RBI paper shows
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released a discussion paper proposing a suite of measures to tackle the sharp rise in digital payment frauds, including manda...