PM Modi speaks with Assam CM over flood circumstance, guarantees support
Flood affected villagers move to a safe place in Morigoan district of Assam, on July 19, 2020. | Photo Credit:…
Heavy rains lash Delhi, swamp several locations
Vehicles wade through water-logged roads at Jahangirpuri in North Delhi following heavy rains on July 19, 2020. | Photo Credit:…
Coronavirus | Global death toll now above 600,000
Johns Hopkins University says the global death toll from COVID-19 has surpassed 600,000.The university’s tally as of Saturday night says…
Coronavirus India lockdown Day 117 live updates | Two prisoners escape from care centre in Assam
Record single-day spike of 38,902 COVID-19 cases pushes India’s tally to 10,77,618; death toll to 26,816 with 543 new fatalities,…
Why is India out of the Chabahar rail project?
The story so far: The inauguration of a track-laying project from Iran’s Chabahar port to Zahedan on the border with…
Padmanabhaswamy temple | The fusion of the divine and the dynastic
In 1817 the British agent in Travancore reported to his bosses an anxiety the royal house entertained about some of…
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The nature of the press is directly linked to the kind of society we want In this 400th column, I…
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Biden as US president would help India get seat on UNSC: Former American diplomat Richard Verma
WASHINGTON: Democratic presumptive presidential nominee Joe Biden, if elected to power in the November elections, will help shape international bodies…
How BBMP lost the pandemic plot
BBMP brass spent more time in the war room discussing data and turning a deaf ear to frontline health personne...Read…
Pune-based company plans human trials of Covid vaccine in October
MUMBAI: There's a new vaccine technology platform in the works in India. Pune-based biotech firm Gennova Biopharmaceuticals, which recently secured…
Ram temple foundation may be laid on August 5
AYODHYA: The ball was set rolling for the much-awaited construction of Ram Temple in Ayodhya when the Ram Janmabhoomi Teerath…
Trump says he won’t hold in-person rallies until ‘Covid-19 problem’ is solved
US President Donald Trump (File photo)WISCONSIN: In view of a surging number of Covid-19 infections across the states, US President…
1 lakh fine mooted for repeated sale of item over MRP
Representative imageNEW DELHI: Selling packaged items at more than the maximum retail price (MRP) would attract Rs 5,000 to Rs…
Gehlot meets governor with MLAs’ list, floor test likely next week
Bharatiya Tribal Party hands over their letter of support to Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot (ANI photo)JAIPUR: Rajasthan CM Ashok…
Chinese companies in India under government lens over ‘links’ with PLA
NEW DELHI: It’s being called PLA scan. A number of Chinese companies that are present in India, as well as…
The inside story of the attack on Twitter, told by the hackers
OAKLAND: A Twitter hacking scheme that targeted political, corporate and cultural elites this week began with a teasing message between…
Mobile app KURMA assists in saving turtles in India
On May 23, 2020, World Turtle Day, a number of conservation agencies launched a citizen science initiative, a mobile-based application…
India lodges strong protest after civilians die in Pakistan ceasefire violation
File photo of Indian Army personnel during an operation to defuse mortal shells of Pakistan army in Poonch district of…
Rajasthan political crisis | Congress claims majority, asks rebels to return
Despite the political crisis in Rajasthan showing no signs of abating, the ruling Congress on Saturday claimed that it had…
Coronavirus | Used PPEs wash up in Assam floods, raise concern over COVID-19 spread
Volunteers help fight coronavirus, floods in Assam, July 18, 2020 | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Medical waste has raised concerns…
Pandemic leaves Uttarakhand’s pilgrimage market gasping
With the governments of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana suspending the annual Kanwar yatra this year, Shravan (July) is turning…
Federal government mulls Australia’s entry into Malabar naval exercise
A warship takes part in a Malabar exercise. File | Photo Credit: T.K. Rohit Naval exercise with Japan and U.S.…
The interesting Test had numerous messages for sports and the world in general
The writer John Berger ended one of his essays thus: “The moment at which a piece of music begins provides…
Chicago authorities, protesters clash during bid to fall statue
CHICAGO: Protesters trying to topple a Christopher Columbus statue in downtown Chicago's Grant Park clashed with police who used batons…
Bennett University offers BCA Program focussed on Information science and Cloud computing skills
World is experiencing changes across various facets of life – personal and professional, at a speed never seen before. Everywhere…
Rajasthan political crisis: Leading developments
NEW DELHI: As the political crisis plays out in Rajasthan, the issue of 'phone-tapping' of political leaders blew up into…
‘Trump the most divisive in century, but 1968 US election was even worse’
NEW DELHI: Will the 2020 United States Presidential Election be the most divisive one in the past 100 years? Donald…
Coronavirus roundup: Developments in India and rest of world
NEW DELHI: India's actual Covid-19 caseload is 3,58,692, while close to 18,000 people have recuperated from the disease in 24…
Iran estimates it has 25 million Covid-19 cases, expects 35 million more infections
People wear protective face masks to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus as they ride an escalator at a...Read…
Govt. opens up NDRF for individual donations
Centre has applied an unused provision in the Disaster Management Act, 2005 to allow any person or institution to contribute…
Resorts have ended up being a de rigueur function of Indian political life
Television crews and others outside the ITC Grand Bharat in Manesar on July 12, 2020, amid reports that several MLAs…
Individuals of Rajasthan paying for discord within Congress, says Vasundhara Raje
“It is unfortunate that the people of Rajasthan are paying for the discord within the Congress,” BJP national vice president…
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh visits forward posts in Kupwara
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh visits the holy cave of Amarnath and offered prayers, on July 18, 2020. | Photo…
Health Ministry concerns COVID-19 guidelines for gated property complexes
The Union Health Ministry has issued a coronavirus (COVID-19) advisory for gated residential complexes, asking them to make provisions for…
England’s Jofra Archer available for third Test despite COVID-19 breach
Jofra Archer. (AFP Photo)MANCHESTER: England fast bowler Jofra Archer will be available to play in next week's series finale against…
‘US election shaping up as contest between which candidate hates China more’
Representative photo: AFPTOKYO: As relations between Washington and Beijing worsen over a range of issues, the upcoming US election is…
MLAs in Manesar resort moved out through ‘secret door’ when SOG team arrived: Rajasthan Congress chief Dotasra
Govind Singh Dotasra, Rajasthan Congress president (ANI)JAIPUR: Rajasthan Congress president Govind Singh Dotasra on Saturday claimed that Special Operations Group…
‘Were phones of politicians tapped in Rajasthan?’ BJP asks and requires CBI probe
NEW DELHI: The BJP on Saturday asked if the Congress government in Rajasthan resorted to "unconstitutional" methods to tap phones…
Coronavirus live updates: AAP leader Atishi states, she is qualified to contribute plasma after recovering from Covi
Local councils in England get new powers to order Covid-19 shutdownsLocal authorities in England have been handed fresh powers from…
Rajasthan crisis: BJP needs CBI probe into supposed phone tapping
New Delhi: BJP National Spokesperson Sambit Patra addresses a press conference, at BJP HQ in New Delhi, Saturday, July 18,…
For Tamil Nadu’s judgment AIADMK, Sasikala aspect declines to disappear
The Sasikala factor in the ruling All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) refuses to fade away.Despite the party leadership’s…
Coronavirus India lockdown Day 116 live updates | For first time, world records 1 million coronavirus cases in 100 hours
Less than 1% COVID-19 patients are on the ventilators, less than 2% cases in ICUs, and less than 3% on…
Madras HC restraint on Patanjali’s use of trademark ‘Coronil’
A photo of the kit released by Patanjali. Photo: Twitter Chennai-based company Arudra Engineering Private Limited has claimed that ‘Coronil’…
Dalit young boy made to clean his faeces with own hands in Tamil Nadu’s Dharmapuri district
Google Maps image locates Pennagaram in Tamil Nadu’s Dharmapuri district. The boy was spotted by a landowner, who pulled him…
Breakable embankments contribute to flood issues in Assam
Ill-maintained or poorly constructed river embankments have added to Assam’s flood woes this year.The daily flood summary provided by the…
UN blacklists Pakistan Taliban leader Noor Wali Mehsud
Noor Wali Mehsud The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terror group’s leader Noor Wali Mehsud has been designated as a global terrorist…
Variety of Americans who Trump’s handling of coronavirus increasing, reveals poll
Health care workers arrive for a shift at a hospital in Atlanta. Around 52 per cent people strongly disapprove...Read MoreWASHINGTON…
Hackers utilized qualifications of some employees to access our internal systems: Twitter on Bitcoin fraud
NEW DELHI: Social media giant Twitter on Saturday said that cyber attackers targeted some of its employees through a social…