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Parliamentary Affairs Minister Partha Chatterjee (Image source: PTI)

Bengal assembly passes resolution demanding withdrawal of new farm...

The resolution was moved by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Partha Chatterjee

28 Jan 2021 5:08 PM IST

Facebook is also working on ways to reduce the amount of political content served up in users news feeds by its automated systems. (AP)

Facebook to 'turn down the temperature' by reducing political talk on...

The move comes as Facebook wrangles with whether Trump's suspension from the network for 'fomenting insurrection' should...

28 Jan 2021 5:03 PM IST

Covaxin, (Image Source: Titter@TheEquityPandit)

Sri Lanka President receives free Indian COVID vaccines under...

The consignment came after the country approved emergency use of Oxford AstraZeneca's Covishield vaccine

28 Jan 2021 4:56 PM IST

WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. (via AP)

WHO team to start Wuhan virus probe under global glare

The visit will be tightly tethered to the science of how the virus jumped from animals to humans

28 Jan 2021 4:27 PM IST

This came to light during the Indore Municipal Corporations (IMC) inspection at the Sulabh Shauchalaya. (Representational image. DC/file)

MP: Eggs, mutton found being sold in public toilet of Indore

Indore had emerged as the cleanest city in the country for four consecutive years from 2017 under the central...

28 Jan 2021 12:55 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee releases a book during 125th birth anniversary of Netaji Subash Chandra Bose, at Victoria Memorial in Kolkata on January 23, 2021. (PTI/Ashok Bhaumik)

Cong, CPM to oppse TMC's censure motion over 'Jai Shri Ram' slogan at...

Mamata Banerjee declined to speak after the slogan was raised from a section of the audience just before she was to...

28 Jan 2021 12:17 PM IST

Tobey King speaks to her crochet Bernie Sanders doll as the bidding continues on eBay on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021 in Corpus Christi, Texas. The doll sold for $20,300, and all of the proceeds are being donated to Meals on Wheels. (AP)

Woman sells Bernie doll for over $20K, donates to charity

The donation was inspired by Sanders, whose campaign created sweatshirts with the meme on them and donated the proceeds...

28 Jan 2021 12:04 PM IST

West Indies players take a knee in support of the Black Lives Matter movement ahead of play on the first day of the first Test cricket match against England. (Image used for representational purpose/AFP)

Survey shows racism rife in English cricket, players to attend...

The courses will cover dressing room culture and raise awareness of how behaviour can be interpreted by different...

28 Jan 2021 11:48 AM IST

Chinese smartphone brands expanded India market share in 2020 - report

Chinese brands commanded 75 percent of India's smartphone market last year, up from 71 percent in 2019

28 Jan 2021 11:35 AM IST

the explosion of plastic pollution is endangering shark populations, either through the animals ingesting or becoming enmeshed in refuse items. (Photo: AFP)

Empty seas: Oceanic shark populations dropped 71% since 1970

While climate change and pollution imperil shark survival, increased fishing pressure is the greatest threat for every...

28 Jan 2021 11:07 AM IST

An ambulance driver wearing a protective suit prepares to exit the special isolation ward where coronavirus-suspected patients are being quarantined at the Kochi Medical college in Kerala, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Kerala must step up Covid fight

Kerala has seen only 3,643 deaths due to COVID-19 as on January 26, thanks to the healthcare infrastructure it has...

28 Jan 2021 7:41 AM IST