International Relations
Geography
4 min
Israel-Iran war LIVE updates: Iranian delegation in Pakistan for talks with U.S., Vance en route
An Iranian diplomatic delegation, led by Parliamentary Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, arrived in Islamabad for talks with US representatives led by Vice P...
Science & Technology
4 min
‘A perfect mission’: Artemis II astronauts return to Earth
The four Artemis II astronauts — Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency's Jeremy Hansen — splashed down safely in the Pacific...
Economics
Science & Technology
4 min
India in final stages of formulating processing value chain for critical minerals: Mines Secretary
The Secretary of the Ministry of Mines stated that India is in the advanced stages of formulating a dedicated scheme to develop domestic processing value cha...
Economics
Environment & Ecology
5 min
The week in charts: Monetary policy, fertilizer subsidy, weak monsoon forecast
The Reserve Bank of India's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) concluded its April 2026 meeting (April 6–8) by keeping the policy repo rate unchanged at 5.25%, ...
International Relations
4 min
Jaishankar’s ‘last-minute’ UAE visit: Talks to touch upon Emirati stance on West Asia crisis & Pakistan
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar made a last-minute visit to the UAE (April 11–12, 2026) to hold bilateral discussions with his counterpart, UAE Forei...
Economics
Geography
4 min
Untimely rains hit wheat procurement amid record harvest hopes
Unseasonal and untimely rains across key wheat-growing states — Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan — since mid-March 2026 delayed ...
Science & Technology
4 min
Around the Moon and back: Artemis II splashes down, completing historic mission — records, milestones, and more
NASA's Artemis II mission concluded successfully on April 10–11, 2026, with the Orion spacecraft splashing down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Die...
RBI proposes upper layer NBFCs to be defined by absolute asset size of ₹1 lakh crore+
The Reserve Bank of India released draft directions proposing to replace the existing complex methodology for identifying Upper Layer NBFCs with a simple abs...
Polity & Governance
4 min
Yashwant Varma's resignation may open graft-probe window
Justice Yashwant Varma's resignation from the Allahabad High Court on April 9, 2026, while halting the parliamentary removal proceedings, has opened a separa...
Polity & Governance
5 min
Varma goes down protesting: 'Asked to answer the unanswerable'
On resigning from the Allahabad High Court on April 9, 2026, Justice Yashwant Varma also formally withdrew from the Lok Sabha Speaker's Judges Inquiry Commit...
Polity & Governance
5 min
'Mahatma Gandhi mein aag lag rahi hai bhai'
On the night of March 14, 2025, firefighters responding to a blaze at the official residence of then-Delhi High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma at 30 Tugh...