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Legal scrutiny is mounting on the former top health official after he repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment during a hearing about the pandemic response.

Economists said PM Modi’s call for economic patriotism could temporarily ease pressure on the external account by curbing discretionary imports such as gold and overseas travel, but warned broader current account position would still deteriorate in FY27 due to high crude prices, weak capital flows.

A hantavirus scare aboard a cruise ship should remind us of our own role in increasing human vulnerability to viruses that can leap from one species to another—and nudge us to stay vigilant.

Plexiglass antitheft barriers have frustrated shoppers trying to buy everyday items, but signs of a turnaround are growing.

Here's everything you need to know about the highly mutated BA.3.2 variant of Omicron and why health experts are urging caution.

Resilience, talent and new technology opportunities could help India lead in a volatile and multipolar global economy, says Bob Sternfels, global managing partner at McKinsey & Co.

The surge in sales of laptops contrasts with muted demand for smartphones, India’s largest consumer electronics category, which has remained below its covid-induced peak in 2021.

We encounter quiet acts of empathy everywhere, often unnoticed. But in the arid reaches of Barmer, the goodness of humanity asserts itself with uncommon force—drawing some of us back again and again.