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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.
1 day ago · Explained Why AI’s present and future bring some serious environmental concerns AI, which is expected to enable transformative changes across several domains, including attempts to find solutions to climate change, has a very heavy emissions footprint, the scale of which is becoming evident only now.
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4 days ago · Explained: Making sense of the 2024-25 Union Budget. India’s broader economy has not been doing as well as the GDP growth numbers suggest, and the Lok Sabha election result has conveyed to the government that there is a political cost to denial. Major proposals indicate an attempt at course-correction. Written by Udit Misra.
16 hours ago · The monsoon season is almost halfway through. Although the overall rainfall over the country has been good, there have been large variations in the distribution of rainfall, in spatial as well as temporal terms. While at least 10 states/UTs continue to receive below normal rainfall, central and ...
5 days ago · As such, despite India’s GDP growing at more than 8% in FY 2023-24, the survey pegs the GDP growth rate for the current financial year (FY 2024-25) between 6.5% and 7%. Here are some key challenges that the survey flags, and the recommendations it makes to address these.
2 days ago · It is important to understand that while there is near consensus in the scientific community that the frequency and intensity of climate impacts increase with rise in temperature, the 1.5- or 2-degree thresholds are chosen arbitrarily — they are not natural thresholds for climate change.
3 days ago · Explained; Explained Sci-Tech; Why Big Tech is facing scrutiny over investments in AI research, products; Why Big Tech is facing scrutiny over investments in AI research, products Recently, Microsoft withdrew from its role as an observer on the Open AI board. This comes amid an investigation by the FTC, and rising heat in UK and EU too
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.
5 days ago · Explained: Dummies’ guide to the Budget. Beneath the jungle of jargon, a Budget is essentially an exercise where the government tells the Parliament (and through it, the whole country) about the health of its finances. This means coming clean on three main things: income, expenditure and borrowing. Written by Udit Misra. follow.
