Ankita Tiwari
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Food Gets Cheaper, But India's Cost Of Living Still High In December
For Indian households, December's inflation data delivers a story of mixed relief. Even as headline retail inflation inched up to 1.33% from 0.71% in November, food prices continued to remain in deflation for a seventh consecutive month.
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Delhi's Breathing Crisis: How Respiratory Disease Has Become A Major Killer
Data from the Delhi Statistical Handbook 2025, released on January 8 this year, shows that respiratory illness remains one of the city's most persistent long-term health burdens.
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Why Oil Still Shapes US Geopolitics In An Era of Record Production
The United States has made oil the centrepiece of its global strategy. According to the Energy Institute Statistical Review of World Energy, the US produced approximately 20 million barrels per day in 2024.
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World's Largest Oil Reserves, Yet Venezuela's Energy Sector Collapsed
In a dramatic overnight raid, US forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, and Washington officials made no secret of their primary objective: preventing America's adversaries from exploiting Venezuela's vast oil wealth.
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How India's Richest Civic Body BMC Earns And What It Spends On
BMC's revenue has grown steadily over the decade and maintains a strong fixed deposit, interest on which forms a portion of its annual revenue.
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From Fog To Filth: Delhi Records 3rd-Worst December AQI In A Decade
Delhi is battling a dangerous mix of dense fog and severe pollution, pushing the Air Quality Index (AQI) close to 400, a level classified as 'severe.'
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Maharashtra Civic Polls: Which Party Dominated Last Elections
After years of waiting, 29 municipal corporations in Maharashtra are going to elect their mayors in elections scheduled for January 15, 2026. These include two newly-created corporations in Jalna and Ichalkaranji.
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Duty-Free Access, $20-Billion Investment: Inside India-New Zealand Trade Deal
India and New Zealand concluded a landmark Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on Monday, aimed at boosting trade, investment, and mobility between the two nations. Negotiations for this had begun in March this year.
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India's Weather Fury: 13,000 Lives Lost, Crops Ravaged, Relief Falls Short
In 2025, extreme weather events battered India, leaving behind a trail of destruction-from flash floods and landslides in the hills to devastating floods in the plains. Official data reveals the staggering human and economic cost of these disasters.
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Toxic Winter: Delhi's AQI Breaches 460, NCR Cities Gasp For Air
A thick toxic haze blanketed Delhi today morning, reducing visibility and disrupting flights and train schedules as the capital battled hazardous air quality.
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India's Education Crisis: Millions Of Girls Missing From Classrooms
India's Education Crisis: Dropout numbers continue to rise in large states, underscoring the need for targeted interventions and sustained efforts to keep children-especially girls-in school.
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Cold Wave, Toxic Air: Why Delhi's Pollution Peaks in November-December
Every winter, Delhi's air turns toxic, and this year is no exception. After the monsoon, pollution levels rise, but the real crisis begins when temperatures plunge.
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As IndiGo Runs Into Turbulence, A Look At Performance Of Indian Airlines
In 2025, flight cancellation trends varied significantly among Indian carriers. Alliance Air reported the highest cancellation rates consistently, peaking at 6.13% in June and remaining above 4% for most months, except August when it dropped to 0.69%
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Delhi Sees Sharp Early December Temperature Drop, Cold Wave Looms
Delhi began December on a chilly note, as cold north-westerly winds caused a sharp dip in temperatures. On December 1, the capital recorded a minimum of 5.7 degree Celsius, the lowest for the first week of December since 2011.
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Putin's India Visit: Arms, Oil And A Changing Partnership
For decades, India was overwhelmingly reliant on Moscow for its military inventory-a legacy of Cold War alignment and the Soviet Union's readiness to transfer technologies that Western countries were hesitant to share. That dominance has weakened.
