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An Australian Broadcasting Corporation page on Facebook is displayed without posts in Sydney, Thursday, February 18, 2021. Facebook is vowing to restrict news sharing as Australian lawmakers consider forcing digital giants into payment agreements. (AP /Rick Rycroft)

Australia slams 'heavy-handed' Facebook news blackout

Minister Paul Fletcher had also raised concerns that blocking news media on the popular platform could boost the spread...

18 Feb 2021 11:06 AM IST

The worst-affected was New Delhi, the most polluted capital on Earth, where around 54,000 deaths are estimated to have occurred due to hazardous PM2.5 airborne particles. (PTI file)

New Delhi world's most polluted capital, says Greenpeace report

Serious pollution caused around 160,000 premature deaths in the world's five most populous cities last year

18 Feb 2021 10:46 AM IST

Bengal minister injured in bomb attack in railway station Baharampur

Bengal minister injured in bomb attack in railway station Baharampur

The Minister was waiting on the platform to catch a train to Kolkata at around 10 pm when he was attacked

18 Feb 2021 8:45 AM IST

The latest verdict must bolster the countrys determination to deal with religious obscurantism with an iron hand.

AA Edit | Bangla verdict is welcome

The Bangladesh trial court sentences five Islamist extremists to death for the murder of blogger Avijit Roy in 2015

18 Feb 2021 4:47 AM IST

Having lost Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh after the last general elections and Goa without even getting to re-establish its rule there, the Congress is proving somewhat inept at keeping its flock together in the face of the allure of defections. (Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)

AA Edit | Kiran Bedi pawn in BJP power games in Pondy

The removal of Kiran Bedi as lieutenant governor of Puducherry is only a subplot in a long political drama in the Union...

18 Feb 2021 4:30 AM IST

The Centre has purchased 11 million doses of Covishield vaccine for the ongoing inoculation drive. (Photo: AP)

Second dose of COVID-19 jab will see more adverse effects: Experts

Experts say the human body is now ready to act against the antigen that the vaccine is providing

18 Feb 2021 3:15 AM IST

Modi said the nation is looking to build a natural gas pipeline grid to boost usage of the environment-friendly fuel that would help cut carbon emissions. (Photo:PTI)

Rs 100/litre petrol, PM faults predecessors

Price of petrol crossed the Rs 100 per litre mark in Rajasthan after fuel rates were hiked for the ninth day in a row

18 Feb 2021 12:47 AM IST

Tamilisai Soundararajan receiving The Warrant of Appointment to discharge functions of Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry from The Honble President of India (Twitter@@DrTamilisaiGuv)

TS Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan to be sworn-in as Pondy Lt...

She was posted as Lt Governor incharge after former IPS officer Kiran Bedi was removed from office through a...

18 Feb 2021 12:36 AM IST

Brigadier General Zaw Min Tun, spokesman for the ruling council (Twitter@descifraguerra)

Myanmar military promises new election; Suu Kyi faces additional...

Suu Kyi, 75, spent nearly 15 years under house arrest for her efforts to end military rule

18 Feb 2021 12:16 AM IST