Opinion & Analysis

Traders are preparing a No UPI Day on October 2 against the new 0.4% MDR on eligible merchant payments above ₹2,000. UPI itself will not shut down and consumers will not directly pay the fee.

NEW DELHI, India | September 23, 2026 — India's grocery basket is quietly changing. For years, organic food remained a premium category largely confined to...

NEW DELHI, India | September 23, 2026 — Rajya Sabha Election 2026 has opened another important round of political arithmetic, with 12 Upper House...

Indian research highlights a significant PCOS burden among adolescent girls while AIIMS studies raise concern over junk food, inactivity and rising metabolic problems in schoolchildren.

A new study warns that water, not electricity, could become the biggest obstacle to building million-person cities near the Moon’s south pole.

Tata Sons faces a defining battle over its possible stock-market listing and N. Chandrasekaran’s reappointment as Tata Trusts, RBI and minority shareholders pull the group in different directions.

New US Green Card public-charge rules take effect September 18. Here is what changes for Indian applicants — and what remains unchanged for H-1B workers and priority dates.

From 3.55 crore diyas in Madhya Pradesh to 8,810 units of donated blood in Odisha and 76,000 saplings in Gujarat, here is what happened on PM Modi’s 76th birthday.

UPI's new MDR rules begin October 15, but consumers will not pay a transaction fee. Here's what the 0.4% merchant charge above ₹2,000 actually means.

PM Modi has surpassed Nehru’s post-1952 continuously elected-PM record, but Nehru’s full 1947–1964 tenure remains longer. Here are the exact records, dates and historical milestones still ahead.