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The Explained section of The Indian Express helps you make sense of everything that is happening in the world around you. We pick important developments from within India and outside and break them down, giving you all the information and context you need in an easy-to-follow format.
4 days ago · The Balance of Payments (BoP) is essentially a ledger of a country’s transactions with the rest of the world. As Indians trade and transact with the rest of the world, money flows in and out of the country. The BoP shows how much money (shown here in billions of US dollars) went out of the country and how much money came in.
2 days ago · Walking diplomatic tightrope. The war has, however, put India in a delicate diplomatic position with its Western allies. New Delhi has walked the diplomatic tightrope, not explicitly condemning the Russian invasion but calling for an international probe into the Bucha massacre in the early weeks of the war, and expressing concern over threats of nuclear war issued by Russian leaders.
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1 day ago · Explained Climate How climate change fuelled Hurricane Beryl’s record early intensification The storm, which tore through the Caribbean islands earlier this month, killed at least 11 people after triggering intense floods and dangerous winds in Jamaica, Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and northern Venezuela.
Jun 30, 2024 · India’s three new criminal laws — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), and Bharatiya Sakshya Act (BSA) — will come into effect on Monday (July 1). According to an official, the government has held meetings with various central ministries, state/UT chief secretaries and police chiefs in the run-up to ...
6 days ago · On Thursday (July 4), the final day of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana, Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.. Earlier, Jaishankar also held bilateral meetings with his counterparts from SCO members Tajikistan and Russia, and the newest member Belarus, on the sidelines of the two-day summit that began on Wednesday.
In the lead-up to the 1989 Lok Sabha elections, Rajiv Gandhi’s aura dissipated rapidly as he made political mistakes and the government was mired in the Bofors corruption scandal. What followed was a turbulent phase in Indian politics. Here is part 9 of our series on the history of Indian elections.
The new Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita has 358 sections, compared to the 511 in the Indian Penal Code. Therefore, the longstanding numbering of many criminal charges listed in the IPC has changed. Here is a brief list.
Data suggest a North-South and East-West consumption divide among Indian states, a proxy for income levels. The results of the Lok Sabha elections could suggest if there is a political significance to the consumption divide.
