Big Tech tangles with Washington lawmakers in antitrust showdown
WASHINGTON: Google and Facebook took the sharpest jabs for alleged abuse of their market power from Democrats and Republicans on…
West Bengal Congress president Somen Mitra dies
Mitra, a veteran Congress leader and former Lok Sabha MP, is survived by his wife and son. West Bengal Congress…
Coronavirus | Sero-surveys show COVID-19 peak far away, say experts
Half the people, or 57%, tested in the slums in Mumbai had been exposed to and developed antibodies against the…
Fall from grace: On Malaysian ex-PM Najib Razak
Malaysian PM Muhyiddin must not undermine the rule of law to cling to power For over four decades, Najib Razak…
4-year UG courses in; M.Phil. out
The new National Education Policy approved by the Union Cabinet on Wednesday will introduce four-year undergraduate degrees with multiple entry…
Night curfew to end; universities, city rail services and cinema halls to stay shut
Gymnasiums and yoga institutes will open from August 5, night curfew will end even as educational institutions, metro rail services…
Mehbooba Mufti just mainstream politician under detention in J&K
PDP chief and ex-ally of BJP held at her residence in Srinagar for almost a year now Former J&K Chief…
No new federal government jobs in J&K a year after Short article 370 move
A year after the special status of Jammu and Kashmir was revoked, the State administration is yet to create new…
Trouble in Nepal: On Nepal Communist Celebration factional battle
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Trump says US looking into banning TikTok
WASHINGTON DC: President Donald Trump told reporters on Wednesday that the US government is thinking about imposing a ban on…
Group India camp prior to Indian Premier League looks doubtful
File Pic: Virat Kohli, right, and Cheteswar Pujara during a practice session. (TOI Photo)NEW DELHI: The top Indian cricketers are…
MHA issues Open 3 guidelines; gyms, yoga institutes to resume from Aug 5
NEW DELHI: The ministry of home affairs on Wednesday issued fresh guidelines for phase 3 of 'Unlock'. Gymnasiums and yoga…
Kerala nurse stabbed to death in Florida
Representaional photo. (AFP)KOTTAYAM: A Malayali nurse was brutally killed outside a hospital in Florida in the US on Tuesday. Merin…
Japan legislators to prompt govt to put curbs on TikTok use: NHK
TikTok has said that it has never provided user data to China and that it would not do so if…
Trust made up to construct mosque in Ayodhya
A general view of Ayodhya. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Indo Islamic Cultural Foundation will also have a centre for…
Experimental smog tower: Supreme Court alerts IIT-Bombay of contempt action
They cannot withdraw from the Delhi project like this, it says An indignant Supreme Court on Wednesday threatened contempt action…
India reports over 1 million COVID-19 healings
India on Wednesday evening reported over 1 million recoveries from COVID-19. At the time of publishing, the total recoveries stood…
New Education Policy gets cabinet approval
The Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government has approved the New Education Policy (NEP). The decision was taken at…
Guv returns Assembly session proposal once again, states his issues not attended to
Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra on July 29 returned for the third time a proposal from the state government to convene…
Cabinet approves new national education policy: Key points
NEW DELHI: The Cabinet on Wednesday approved the new National Education Policy (NEP) and renamed the HRD ministry as education…
Rhea Chakraborty files a petition in Supreme Court seeking transfer of examination in Sushant Singh Raj
Rhea Chakraborty files a petition in Supreme Court seeking transfer of investigation in Sushant Singh Rajput's death to Mumbai police…
US says will help Japan monitor ‘unprecedented’: Chinese incursion around disputed East China Sea islands
TOKYO: The United States supports Japan's protests over Chinese ships venturing into the economic waters near disputed East China Sea…
US records 10,000 coronavirus deaths in 11 days as fatalities approach 150,000
US deaths from the novel coronavirus were approaching 150,000 on Wednesday, the highest level in the world and rising by…
Watch: Rafale touchdown at Ambala airbase
NEW DELHI: Nearly 23 years after Sukhoi aircraft were imported, a fleet of five French-manufactured Rafale multi-role combat jets touched…
Rafales land in Ambala: How ‘game-changer’ jets will boost India’s air power
NEW DELHI: India's first five Rafale fighters - 3 single-seat & 2 twin-seat - finally tore into its skies on…
Data | At least 2,191 prison inmates infected by COVID-19 even as overcrowded jails pose grave threat
This file photo taken on November 8, 2005 shows inmates sitting in their cell at the Tihar Jail in New…
5 Rafale jets to land in Ambala today
The first batch of five Rafale jets are scheduled to land at the Ambala air base here on Wednesday afternoon…
Analysis | AIADMK-BJP ties under strain after recent controversies
The AIADMK-BJP ties have come under strain in the light of recent controversies over Kanda Sashti Kavasam, a compilation of…
Coronavirus India lockdown Day 127 live updates | Moderna to price vaccine at $50-$60 per course, says news report
U.S.-biotech firm Moderna Inc is likely to price its coronavirus vaccine at $50 to $60 per course, according to a…
Trump defends use of hydroxychloroquine, says it works in early stages of Covid-19 infection
US President Donald Trump (File photo: Reuters)WAHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has again defended the use of hydroxychloroquine to ward…
IAF officer who played key role in Rafale delivery hero back home in Kashmir
Hilal Ahmad Rather (right, in uniform) along with Indian ambassador to France Jawed AshrafNEW DELHI: When India’s first batch of…
United States coronavirus deaths increase by nearly 1,300 for very first time since May
WASHINGTON: US deaths from the novel coronavirus rose by nearly 1,300 on Tuesday, the biggest one-day increase since May, according…
Navy keen on 3rd attack aircraft carrier to keep edge over China, even as 2nd postponed yet once again
NEW DELHI: The commissioning of India’s second aircraft carrier has been delayed till September next year because of the Covid-19…
Rafale India live updates: Section 144 imposed near Ambala air base ahead of Rafale touchdown
Water salute to be given to the five Rafale fighter aircraft after their landing at Ambala airbase in Haryana today.…
Rajasthan crisis live updates: BSP obstacles merger of six party MLAs with Congress in Rajasthan
Rajasthan governor Kalraj Mishra cancels Independence Day 'At Home' event, due to Covid-19 situation in the state: Raj BhavanBSP challenges…
Coronavirus live updates: 2618 Covid-19 positive cases and 55 deaths reported in Pune
5 lakh tested for 2nd day, positivity rate now 9%According to Covid-19 data released by Johns Hopkins coronavirus resource centre,…
‘Thok do saale ko’: Big B appears at troll
MUMBAI: Hitting out at an anonymous troll who had tweeted “I hope you die with this Covid” to Amitabh Bachchan,…
Railways freight loading back at year-ago level
Representative imageNEW DELHI: In a positive sign for the economy shrugging off a long period of lockdown and depressed growth…
Corbett tops in tiger count, Madhya Pradesh pips Karnataka
Jim Corbett national park in Uttarakhand has the most number of tigers in the country, with 231 of the 2,967…
Troops have disengaged in most ‘localities’, claims China
India had in the last round of diplomatic talks on stressed the need for early and complete disengagement along the…
Covid tally crosses 15 lakh; record 781 fatalities on Tuesday
NEW DELHI: India’s Covid-19 caseload went past the 15-lakh mark on Tuesday, with the last 5 lakh cases having come…
Coronavirus | 57% of Mumbai slum population has developed antibodies: Study
A sero-surveillance study done in Mumbai has revealed that 57% of slum population and 16 per cent of non-slum residents…
Digging deeper: On GST payment
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The cost of haste: On drugs, vaccines and regulators
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Centre not able to pay GST fees to States: Union Financing Secretary
Ajay Bhushan Pandey. File | Photo Credit: THE HINDU GST Act allows change in formula, Ajay Bhushan Pandey tells Parliamentary…
Post 370 relocation has left no space for mainstream leaders: Omar Abdullah
A year after the Centre’s decision to dilute article 370 and bifurcate Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh into two Union…
Ladakh face-off | Disengagement at most spots on LAC ‘complete’, says China
China on Tuesday said border troops had “disengaged in most localities” along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), but defence…
As schools stay shut, States leverage digital resources
Learning curve: Teachers are also using WhatsApp to communicate with students. | Photo Credit: PTI Focus on digital classrooms, e-textbooks…
Rajasthan political crisis | Wanted to teach Ashok Gehlot and Congress a lesson: Mayawati
BSP chief Mayawati addresses a press conference on the Rajasthan political crisis in New Delhi on July 28, 2020. |…
COVAX Center targeting 2 billion vaccine doses by 2021: WHO Regional Director
With the world and India entering the middle phase in a two-pronged fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, including public health…