Two unidentified men stormed the lower house of India’s parliament on Wednesday, in a major security breach that fell on the anniversary of a deadly attack on the complex more than two decades ago.

In India’s state legislatures, women hold about 10 percent of the seats. Speaking in Parliament on Tuesday, Prime Minister Modi said the government wants more women to join the country’s ...

Credit: Wikimedia Commons//Press Information Bureau India’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government has formally rolled out the era of the “opposition- mukt ” (opposition-free) parliament.

On July 1, 1862, the Tax Act of 1862 was passed and signed by President Lincoln, establishing a 3% federal tax on income above $600 and a 5% tax on income above $10,000. Compliance with the act was ...