Breaking and developing stories from India and around the world.
The RBI has rewritten dividend rules for commercial banks, tying payouts to capital strength through a new CET1-based grid. Here is what it means for PSU bank dividends, government revenue, and shareholders.
Foreign institutional investors have been net sellers of Indian equities for most of 2026. Here is the month-by-month flow data, why the selling happened, and what could change the picture heading into August.
The rupee flirted with its all-time low against the dollar in July 2026 before a series of aggressive RBI interventions pulled it back. Here is what drove the move and what it means going forward.
India is racing to more than double its AI compute capacity in 2026. Here is how the NITI Aayog AI Mission policy groundwork feeds into MeitY’s IndiaAI Mission GPU expansion, and what was actually approved.
MeitY has kicked off the search for the first Chairperson and Members of the Data Protection Board of India under the DPDP Rules 2025. Here is what the appointment process means for enforcement of India’s data protection law.
ESA announced in July 2026 that its Euclid telescope found 31 new quasars, including a record-holder at redshift 7.77, seen just 670 million years after the Big Bang.
More than 1,166 U.S. dairy herds have now tested positive for H5N1 since 2024. Here’s what CDC and USDA data show about human risk and the controls in place.
Brazil’s INPE satellite data shows Amazon deforestation at a 10-year low for the first half of 2026. Here’s what’s driving the decline and what the numbers don’t capture.
Western Europe just recorded its hottest June ever, and excess-mortality data shows the human toll was severe. Here’s what Copernicus, EuroMOMO, and wire-service reporting reveal.
Approved by India’s Union Cabinet with a ₹2,104-crore budget, Chandrayaan-4 aims to be India’s first lunar sample-return mission. Here’s how it will work and when it could launch.
