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An IndiGo plane declared emergency at the Delhi airport on Friday after one of its engines caught fire at the time of taxiing. (Image credit: Twitter)

Bengaluru-bound IndiGo plane's engine catches fire just before...

A video on Twitter showed one of the plane's engines on fire and sparks flying at the time of taxiing at the airport

29 Oct 2022 10:02 AM IST

BCCI on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022, announced an equal match fee for its centrally-contracted female and male players in a bid to promote gender equality in the countrys most popular sport. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Pay parity in cricket welcome

The BCCI move to pay men and women equally is a standout move that is worth emulating across sectors of work and play

29 Oct 2022 12:15 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses Chintan Shivir of Home Ministers of states in Surajkund, via video conferencing, in New Delhi, Friday. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Uniformity cannot be at cost of federal principles

The Constitution defines India as a Union of states, and has prescribed a clear division of powers between the Centre...

29 Oct 2022 12:10 AM IST

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal (PTI)

AA Edit | A self-goal by Kejriwal

It could have been a funny quip, a retort at the end of a more serious text of an economical critique of the policies of...

27 Oct 2022 10:47 PM IST

Congress leader Sonia Gandhi greeting newly elected party president Mallikarjun Kharge in New Delhi. (AP)

AA Edit | As election season begins, Kharge faces trial by fire

Mr Kharge's first task will be to reintroduce the basics of democracy in the party and the first test will be to see if...

27 Oct 2022 10:32 PM IST

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists gather during a roadshow of Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of the seventh phase of the Uttar Pradesh state assembly elections in Varanasi. (Photo: AFP)

Freebies to allure voters, welfarism policy intervention: BJP in...

The party has no objections to the poll panel's idea that political parties should also submit financial viability of...

27 Oct 2022 1:05 PM IST

An aerial view of a coal-fired power station in Lanzhou in northwestern Chinas Gansu province (AP file image)

Global emissions will peak in 2025, says International Energy Agency

IEA energy outlook report's scenario is based on prevailing policy settings that see a definitive peak in global demand...

27 Oct 2022 12:43 PM IST

Elon Musk looks set to meet a Friday deadline to seal his on-again, off-again deal to buy Twitter, avoiding a trial over the $44 billion contract that he admits is overpriced. (AP file photo)

'Overpaying' Musk on deadline to close Twitter deal

After he sought to terminate the sale, Twitter filed a lawsuit to hold Musk to the agreement he inked to purchase the...

27 Oct 2022 10:50 AM IST

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh delivers address on National Security as part of late Balramji Das Tandon lecture series, via video conferencing, in New Delhi, Monday, August 30, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Rajnath urges Russia not to use nuke option

Shoigu briefed Singh on evolving situation in Ukraine, including his concerns about possible provocations through the...

27 Oct 2022 2:03 AM IST

Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan has admitted that the government is functioning with only 62 per cent of the allotted strength of IAS officers and 52 per cent of the allotted strength of IPS officers. (PTI)

AA Edit | Vijayan must rein in police

There have been complaints against the way the police have been behaving with the public ever since Mr Vijayan assumed...

27 Oct 2022 12:16 AM IST

AA Edit | Identity is no bar: Every Indian can aim to be PM

India has had, during its history, Presidents and Vice-Presidents elected, who were from religious minorities and...

27 Oct 2022 12:10 AM IST