Population in A&N, Lakshadweep set to rise: report

The populations of India's island territories, Lakshadweep Islands and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, are projected to increase by 9.68% and 5.73% by 2051, according to a new national-level report recently released by the International Institute of Migration and Development (IIMAD) and the Population Foundation of India (PFI).

2030 for 2036

India is trying to showcase Ahmedabad's sports infrastructure in Olympics bid

Exactly two decades after hosting its maiden Commonwealth Games (CWG), India will welcome the quadrennial extravaganza's centenary edition to its shores in 2030. The move is another unmistakable sign that India wants to be seen as a sports destination of repute.

India needs research pipelines

India will not meet its growth ambitions on public grants alone. The countries that turned science into industry did one thing well: they matched firm outlays to campus strengths and kept that link steady for years.

Steady rise in electricity-related fatality rates in India

Electricity-related accidents killed over 18,000 people in India in 2023. Electrocution is the primary reason followed by lightning and electrical fire. Over the years, electrical fatality rate the number of deaths per lakh population has risen. In 2023, at least one person per lakh population died due to electrical accidents in India. In Japan, Australia, New Zealand, the U.K. and the U.S., the electrical fatality rate was between 0.01 and 0.04.

Centre's citizenship scrutiny power is 'limited, EC says

The Election Commission has dismissed arguments raised in the special intensive revision (SIR) case by the Opposition parties that only the Union government had exclusive authority to scrutinise citizenship, saying the Centre's power was "limited" to in-quiring into the circumstances in which Indian citizens voluntarily acquired foreign citizenship.

New finds highlight Great Nicobar project site's biodiversity

A new species of snake with only four records till date, and a potentially new species of bird photo-graphed only thrice in over a decade are among the latest finds from the site of the Great Nicobar Island mega infrastructure project. Described in November, the two are among the nearly 40 new species reported from here since 2021.