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A screen capture of Kisan Ekta Morchas account withheld by Twitter

Twitter withholds Kisan Ekta Morcha and other handles linked with the...

Besides these, several other individual and organisational accounts, including one of a media outlet, were also withheld

1 Feb 2021 5:42 PM IST

MJ Akbar, Former Union Minister (Image Source: PTI)

#MeToo: Delhi court reserves for Feb 10 verdict in MJ Akbar's...

The court also allowed both the parties to file their written submissions, if any, within five days

1 Feb 2021 5:14 PM IST

Picture used for representational purposes only (Image source: Pixabay)

Why is the military taking control in Myanmar?

In the capital, internet and phone access appeared to be blocked and barbed wire road blocks were set up across Yangon

1 Feb 2021 4:57 PM IST

Sensex recaptures 39,000-mark after six months; Nifty closes above 11,500. (PTI Photo)

Sensex zooms over 1,700 pts after Budget 2021; Nifty reclaims 14K

On the Sensex chart, IndusInd Bank was the top gainer, rallying over 11 per cent, followed by ICICI Bank, SBI, HDFC, M&M...

1 Feb 2021 1:52 PM IST

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman at Lok Sabha during the Budget Session of the Parliament, in New Delhi, Monday, Feb. 1, 2021. (LSTV/PTI Photo)

Govt proposes Rs 2.24 lakh cr outlay for healthcare in 2021-22: FM

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman also proposed Rs 35,000 crore outlay for COVID-19 vaccines for the next fiscal

1 Feb 2021 1:27 PM IST

People wearing masks ride on a train as suburban train services resumed for the public after a gap of nearly ten months due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mumbai, Monday, February.12021. (AP/Rajanish Kakade)

Mumbai suburban train services open for all after 10 months

All the commercial ticket counters and automatic ticket vending machines have also been opened

1 Feb 2021 12:54 PM IST

A group of Myanmar activists hold the portrait of Aung San Suu Kyi during a protest outside UN building in Tokyo on February 1, 2021 following a military coup in the country by a general after arresting civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other senior officials. (Philip FONG / AFP)

Myanmar's military stages coup, detains Aung San Suu Kyi

It justified the coup by alleging 'huge irregularities' in the November polls that the election commission had failed to...

1 Feb 2021 11:24 AM IST

President Ram Nath Kovind with Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, before the Budget Session of the Parliament, in New Delhi, Monday, February. 1, 2021. (PTI)

Budget 2021: Nirmala Sitharaman meets President Kovind ahead of Budget...

Budget copies will be disseminated electronically, with documents being uploaded on the government website and on a...

1 Feb 2021 11:00 AM IST

In this May 29, 2020, file photo, a protester holds a Hong Kong colonial flag in a shopping mall during a protest against Chinas national security legislation for the city, in Hong Kong. Thousands of people from Hong Kong are fleeing their hometown since Beijing imposed a draconian national security law on the territory in the summer 2020. (AP/Kin Cheung, File)

Thousands flee Hong Kong for UK, fearing China crackdown

Some are leaving because they fear punishment for supporting the pro-democracy protests that swept the former British...

1 Feb 2021 10:33 AM IST

Supreme court. (Photo- ANI)

AA Edit | Judicial correction

The two judgments triggered widespread outrage among the general public as well as the legal circles

1 Feb 2021 8:51 AM IST

The court is likely to pronounce orders on Tuesday on issues related to the farm laws and the farmers protests at Delhis borders and may take a call on setting up a committee headed by a former Chief Justice of India to find ways to resolve the impasse. (Photo:AFP)

AA Edit | Pass a resolution on MSP, drop cases against farmers

While the prospect of talks re-starting is no bad thing, the first thing is that the perspective should be clear

1 Feb 2021 8:31 AM IST

Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny. The German government says specialist labs in France and Sweden have confirmed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned with the Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok. (AP File)

Navalny, Thunberg among nominees for Nobel Peace Prize

Other nominees include former U.S. President Donald Trump, NATO and the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR)

31 Jan 2021 11:25 PM IST