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A cheetah on the lookout, with her cubs.

What is the International Big Cat Alliance, launched by India?

June 17, 2025 6:36 pm

The Indian government established the IBCA through the National Tiger Conservation Authority in 2024, with the mandate to protect seven big cats – the Tiger, Lion, Leopard, Snow Leopard, Cheetah, Jaguar and Puma.

Ahmedabad plane crash: Why retrieving black boxes matters in aviation accidents

June 14, 2025 3:34 pm

Ahmedabad plane crash: Among other things, black boxes will aid understanding of what happened between the takeoff and the crash in the next few days.

Firefighters respond to a car burning during a protest in Compton, Calif., Saturday, June 7, 2025.

Trump vs California governor: What triggered protests against immigration authorities?

June 08, 2025 8:59 pm

Confrontations broke out in the city of Paramount, which has a significant Latino population, over the weekend. US President Donald Trump has now called in the National Guard.

Extradition is the formal process of one country surrendering an individual to another country for prosecution or punishment for crimes committed in the requesting country’s jurisdiction

This Word Means: Extradition

April 10, 2025 11:05 pm

Every day, 500 words on a word (or expression) that has appeared in The Indian Express

Pakistani religious scholar shot dead: Recalling his involvement in Kulbhushan Jadhav case

March 09, 2025 7:20 pm

Mufti Shah Mir was reportedly involved in the kidnapping of former Indian Navy officer Kulbhushan Jadhav, who has been lodged in a Pakistan jail since 2016 over allegations of spying and terrorism.

Women's Day: Zetkin and Rosa Luxemburg attending the German Social Democratic Party congress in 1910; right: Zetkin in 1897. (Wikimedia Commons)

The woman behind ‘Women’s Day’: Story of socialist leader Clara Zetkin

March 09, 2025 9:10 pm

Clara Zetkin was a German leader who engaged with the question of women within the socialist movement. Here is how her activism led to International Women’s Day.

A woman holds a sign during the debate on Senate Bill 836 (SB836), sponsored by Tennessee State Republican Senator Bo Watson in the senate education committee, which if passed into Tennessee state law would allow a Local Education Agency (LEA) or public charter school to enroll, or refuse to enroll, an undocumented student present in the United States, at Cordell Hull State Office building in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., March 5, 2025.

Why Trump may be planning to shut down the US Dept of Education

March 07, 2025 8:03 pm

Why does Trump want to shut down the department? What exactly does the US DoE do? Is Trump empowered to order its closure? Here's what to know.

Cyclone Alfred in Australia: What makes it rare and potentially more dangerous

March 09, 2025 3:02 pm

Cyclone Alfred is unusual for two reasons — it has formed way too south, and is moving slowly. Both these factors make it more dangerous. We explain why.

US President Donald Trump delivering his Joint Address to Congress at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., in 2017.

Why Donald Trump will deliver a ‘Joint Address to Congress’, not a ‘State of the Union’ speech

March 04, 2025 7:39 pm

The US President delivers an annual ‘State of the Union’ address to Congress. Why has this speech been termed differently? We explain.

A Miyawaki forest in Kotturpuram, Chennai.

Miyawaki method at Mahakumbh 2025: How the afforestation technique works

March 04, 2025 1:34 pm

With the stated aim of curbing pollution, the Uttar Pradesh government employed the Miyawaki method in Prayagraj. Why has it become popular in many parts of the world, and received criticism from some conservationists?