
As Eid al Adha or the Feast of Sacrifice comes, my thoughts turn to Hebron or Al Khalil, a sprawling town in the southern West Bank in the Palestinian Territories. The Eid commemorates the sacrifice of Prophet Abraham or Ibrahim, a central figure in the three Abrahamic religions. So central that he even lent his name to the fai...Read more
Aditi Bhaduri
Recently, in Delhi, where he had come to attend the BRICS Foreign Ministers' meet, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran is ready to restart oil trade with India and supply crude once again. He also said that Iran looked forward to India’s continued engage...Read more
Ashhar Alam/New Delhi
In Indian cinema, fandom often goes far beyond admiration. Fans celebrate their favourite stars through rituals, giant cut-outs, milk abhishekams, and even emotional devotion that resembles reverence more than entertainment. But in South India, this admiration has take...Read more
New Delhi
Use of hygienic methods of menstrual protection among women aged 15-24 years increased from 77.6 per cent in 2019-21 to 79.2 per cent in 2023-24, according to the National Family Health Survey-6 (NFHS-6) released on Friday.
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New Delhi
India has emerged as the world’s fifth most digitalised economy and ranks fourth globally in artificial intelligence performance, according to the latest State of India’s Digital Economy (SIDE) 2026 report released by the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Re...Read more