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Race for next-gen battery will decide success of electric vehicles

If mastered, solid-state technology could potentially slash EV charging times to about 10 minutes from as much as several hours. Melbourne, Tokyo: To deliver an...

For Navy divers, it’s a difficult & dangerous search for survivors in Meghalaya coal mine

A Navy diver, who is a part of the rescue operation in Meghalaya's rat-hole coal mine, tells ThePrint about the problems being faced by the team.

Linking of Aadhaar & driving licence to be made mandatory soon: Ravi Shankar Prasad

The govt will soon bring a law which will make it mandatory to link Aadhaar with driving licence, said the union minister.

Nepal wants RBI to declare Rs 200, Rs 500 & Rs 2,000 currency notes as legal tender

RBI has only allowed the circulation of Indian currency notes of Rs 100 and less in Nepal & provides exchange facilities for bills of these denomination.

Tough UP IAS officer booked by CBI is known for fighting corruption & good administration

UP-cadre IAS officer B. Chandrakala has often been in focus for cracking down on corrupt and negligent govt officials, but has now been booked by CBI herself.

Evolution of Aadhaar shows it is a gamechanger, says Arun Jaitley

Instead of taking credit for Aadhaar, Congress lawyers challenged it in court and appeared as anti-technology, anti-Aadhaar faces.

Govt initiates 70-point grading index to assess quality of school education in states

Human resource development minister Prakash Javadekar said states will be marked out of 1,000 scores on 70 parameters to assess quality of education.

BJP claims to have letter which reveals ‘saga of Rome and RaGa’ in AgustaWestland deal

BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra said the 'letter' was from middleman Christian Michel to AgustaWestland claiming "all hurdles" to the deal were "dealt with".

Christian Michel received money from defence deals other than AgustaWestland, ED tells court

The Enforcement Directorate presented the argument in a Delhi court and asked he be put in judicial custody to prevent him from fleeing the country.

CBI goes after ‘scam’ from when Akhilesh was CM, day after he pushes tie-up with Mayawati

The CBI’s FIR names public servants, but also says it may probe the mining ministers under the SP govt. Akhilesh Yadav himself held the portfolio in 2012-13.

On Camera

US has misread India. New Delhi will hedge, push back, and assert

India’s foreign policy today is driven less by Western alignment or global liberalism and more by domestic political imperatives — economic, ideological, and electoral.

Smartphones, gems, pharma: Which Indian exports will be worst hit by Trump tariffs, which will be spared

Electronics—specifically smartphones—& energy & pharma products make up 30% of Indian exports to US. 25% tariff on India came into effect Thursday, extra 25% to kick in by August-end.

Pakistan army chief Asim Munir to attend CENTCOM chief’s farewell, second visit to US in two months

Munir was earlier in America in June when he had a two-hour luncheon meeting with the US president at the White House.

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.