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A rickshaw driver checks his mobile phone in Yangon, Myanmar, Tuesday, February 4, 2021. Myanmars new military government has blocked access to Facebook as resistance to Mondays coup surged amid calls for civil disobedience to protest the ousting of the elected civilian government and its leader Aung San Suu Kyi. (AP)

Myanmar blocks Facebook as resistance grows to coup

Service provider Telenor Myanmar confirmed that mobile operators and internet service providers had received a directive...

4 Feb 2021 12:30 PM IST

Shiromani Akali Dal leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal, NCP leader Supriya Sule, DMK leader Kanimozhi Karunanidhi and other opposition leaders during their visit to Ghazipur border, in solidarity with farmers agitation against Centres farm reform laws, in New Delhi, Thursday, February. 4., 2021. Fifteen MPs from 10 opposition parties were stopped by police from reaching Ghazipur border to meet protesting farmers. (PTI/Vijay Verma)

Opposition MPs not allowed to reach Ghazipur farmer protest site

Several Opposition parties asked the government to withdraw the three contentious farm laws without making it a prestige...

4 Feb 2021 11:57 AM IST

Farmers raise slogans during their ongoing protest at Singhu Border, in New Delhi, Tuesday, February 2, 2021. (PTI/Ravi Choudhary)

Steps that would improve efficiency of India's markets welcome: US

US has said it welcomes steps that would improve the efficiency of India's markets and attract greater private sector...

4 Feb 2021 10:38 AM IST

Russian President Vladimir Putin. (AFP)

AA Edit | Putin bares his fangs

In two decades of Putin's rule, whatever little resistance was there from critics had been ironed out with brutal state...

4 Feb 2021 8:05 AM IST

Enhanced security at Singhu border during farmers protest against the new farm laws, in New Delhi, on January 31, 2021. (PTI /Ravi Choudhary)

AA Edit | Farmers aren't hooligans; don't act like a police state

It is crucial that the Opposition, the ruling party, and those that are prone to sit on the fence seek to define farmers...

4 Feb 2021 7:54 AM IST

IMF approves debt relief for 25 poor countries. (PTI Photo)

IMF sent Myanmar $350 million in emergency aid; no precedent for...

The State Department said it would review its foreign assistance to the southeast Asian country

3 Feb 2021 5:41 PM IST

When the House met for the day, Naidu said Parliamentary rules restrict usage of cellular phones within Rajya Sabha chambers. (RSTV/PTI )

Naidu warns Rajya Sabha MPs against recording proceedings on mobile...

Some opposition MPs had on Tuesday used their cell phones to record the disruption in proceedings over farm bills

3 Feb 2021 11:24 AM IST

Swedish environmentalist Greta Thunberg. (AFP)

After Rihanna, Greta Thunberg extends support to farmers' protest

Thunberg tweeted soon after singer Rihanna shared a news article highlighting the Centre's crackdown on the farmers

3 Feb 2021 11:17 AM IST

Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos tops Forbes richest list. (AFP Photo)

Jeff Bezos, Amazon's founder, will step down as CEO

Bezos, who is the company's biggest shareholder, will still have broad influence over Amazon

3 Feb 2021 11:00 AM IST

SC orders disbursal of Rs 9K cr to unitholders of Franklin Templeton's...

The bench granted liberty to the litigating parties to approach the court in case of any difficulty in the disbursal of...

3 Feb 2021 9:52 AM IST