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The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change in June 2022, notified the Forest (Conservation) Rules, 2022, which prescribed the mechanism for the diversion of forest land for non-forest purposes. File

Explained | Why is the tribal panel upset with Environment Ministry over forest rights?

Abhinay Lakshman

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The SC bench delivered its verdict on a batch of pleas seeking a collegium-like system for the appointment of Election Commissioners and the Chief Election Commissioner.

Explained | The Supreme Court’s new rules for the appointment of Election Commissioners by the President

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A view of the Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia, November 2004.

Salt flats around the world are covered in a similar pattern of ridges. Why?

Vasudevan Mukunth

Amritpal Singh (centre) being presented with a portrait of slain militant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale in Punjab’s Tarn Taran district.

Explained | What is Waris Punjab De and why has its rise set alarm bells ringing?

Explained | Combining social welfare and capital markets through SSE

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Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and European Commission Chief Ursula von der Leyen hold a joint press conference following their meeting at the Fairmont Hotel in Windsor, west of London, on February 27, 2023.

Explained | Understanding the Windsor framework

Narayan Lakshman

The 1958 AMASR Act has hindered construction of a proposed Delhi Metro corridor near Tughlaqabad Fort in New Delhi.

Explained | What is the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains (Amendment) Bill?

Priyali Prakash

File photo: Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar conducts Rajya Sabha proceedings during the Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, February 13.

Explained | Parliamentary privilege and punishment in case of breach

File photo: A visitor passes the TikTok exhibition stands at the Gamescom computer gaming fair in Cologne, Germany, Aug. 25, 2022. (Image for representation)

Explained | European Commission bans Tiktok on staff devices

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Explained | RBI’s new pilot project on coin vending machines

Saptaparno Ghosh

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Explained | On regulating online sale of drugs in India

This file photo taken on January 12, 2023, in Toulouse, southwestern France, shows a smartphone and a computer screen displaying the logos of the social network Facebook and its parent company Meta. (Image for representation)

Explained | What are the two lawsuits in the U.S. Supreme Court which could change the internet as we know it?

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Explained | Menstrual leave and its global standing

Sruthi Darbhamulla

A traffic policeman drinks water to quench his thirst during a heat wave, at the Delhi-Gurugram expressway, May 15, 2022.

Explained | IMD is already sensing heat waves. What are they and why do they happen?

Raghu Murtugudde

A device for studying wound infections using a chip setup.

‘Organ on a chip’: The new lab setup scientists are using instead of animals to test new drugs

Russian President Vladimir Putin mocked NATO’s statement urging Russia to allow the resumption of the U.S. inspections as “some kind of theatre of the absurd.” File

Why did Putin suspend Russia’s participation in New START?

The “real-time payment linkage” between India’s Unified Payments Interface and Singapore’s PayNow is an initiative to push a UPI-based payment ecosystem.

Explained | Who will benefit from the UPI-PayNow link?

Priyali Prakash

People celebrate the passing of an ordinance to add caste to Seattle’s anti-discrimination laws in the Seattle City Council chambers on February 21, 2023, in Seattle.

Explained | Will the Seattle move shield against caste bias?