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Commuters wade through a waterlogged area following heavy rains in New Delhi, Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. (PTI/Atul Yadav)

17 dead, thousands moved to safety as rains batter various parts of...

The India Meteorological Department has issued a red alert, predicting heavy rains till Thursday in Saurashtra and south...

14 July 2022 10:01 AM IST

Sri Lankan protesters storm prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe s office, demanding he resign after president Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled amid economic crisis in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, July 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Sri Lanka declares state of emergency after President Gotabaya...

Prime Minister Wickremesinghe has already said he was willing to resign and make way for an all-party government to take...

13 July 2022 12:54 PM IST

A man waves Sri Lankas national flag outside presidential secretariat in Colombo on July 13, 2022. - Sri Lanka is mired in a deep political and economic crisis, and on July 13, the countrys president flew out of the country days after a huge crowd of protesters stormed his residence. (Arun SANKAR / AFP)

Sri Lanka president Rajapaksa flees to Maldives amid public revolt...

As president, Rajapaksa enjoys immunity from arrest, and he is believed to have wanted to go abroad before stepping down

13 July 2022 11:33 AM IST

AIADMK leader Edappadi K. Palaniswami with his supporters after being elected as interim General Secretary of the party, during the general council meeting of AIADMK, in Chennai (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Pyrrhic victory for ADMK rivals

At the end of the protracted struggle for supremacy and total control of the party Mr Palaniswami emerged as a shrewd...

13 July 2022 7:42 AM IST

From 1.21 billion in 2011, according to the last census, the Indian population is projected to grow to 1.66 billion by 2050. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade, File)

AA Edit | India must plan better to cope with population rise

The greying of the population is another burden that Indian society would have to bear as life expectancy stands at a...

13 July 2022 7:27 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in the four-nation India-Israel-US-UAE (I2U2) virtual summit to be held on Thursday, New Delhi announced on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)

Modi to join Biden at I2U2 virtual summit tomorrow

President Biden will be hosting the first-ever I2U2 summit during his visit to Israel later this week, which begins on...

13 July 2022 6:53 AM IST

Pilgrims wait to get themselves registered for the Amarnath Yatra 2022, in Jammu, Tuesday, July 12, 2022. (PTI Photo)

Amarnath Yatra resumes on Baltal route

A fresh batch of the pilgrims left the Baltal base camp early morning for the cave shrine

12 July 2022 1:16 PM IST

Supreme Court (PTI)

SC extends Alt News co-founder Mohd Zubair's interim bail in UP case

The bench listed the plea for final hearing on September 7 and asked the Uttar Pradesh government to file its response...

12 July 2022 1:13 PM IST

The UNSC Resolution asked for every effort (to) be made to allow for the rapid and secure reopening of the Kabul airport and its surrounding area for evacuations. (AFP)

India becoming most populous country may strengthen its claim for...

India, which will surpass China as the world's most populous nation by 2023, is projected to have a population of 1.668...

12 July 2022 11:59 AM IST

People sit by the swimming pool as they throng President Gotabaya Rajapaksas official residence on the second day after it was stormed in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, July 11, 2022.

Sri Lanka president Gotabaya Rajapaksa hits airport standoff in escape...

Gotabaya Rajapaksa has promised to resign on Wednesday and clear the way for a 'peaceful transition of power'

12 July 2022 11:29 AM IST