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Pro-democracy protesters wave Thailands national flag as others shine their mobile phone lights during an anti-government protest in Bangkok, Thailand. (AP)

Thailand cancels emergency decree in bid to calm protests

Wednesday marked the eighth straight day of demonstrations by a movement that was launched in March

22 Oct 2020 2:27 PM IST

CSK skipper M.S. Dhoni with his daughter Ziva at the post match ceremony. (Photo: BCCI)

AA Edit| Rapist' trolls: Shame them

Earlier, the five-year-old daughter of cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni was threatened similarly by a tennager from...

22 Oct 2020 12:02 PM IST

Congress Party workers celebrate after Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh resolution at Punjabs state assembly rejecting the three farm laws passed by Indian Parliament, in Amritsar on October 20, 2020.(AFP)

AA Edit | Punjab makes a point, will other states follow?

It is highly likely that courts will be called upon to decide on the constitutionality or otherwise of the bills

22 Oct 2020 11:08 AM IST

Eknath Khadse quits BJP, blames Fadnavis for his decision; BJP...

Khadse (68) blamed Fadnavis for "trying to destroy his life" and political career

22 Oct 2020 12:50 AM IST

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav arrives to participate in his election campaign rally ahead of Bihar Assembly Polls, at Premnagar in Rohtas district, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020. (PTI Photo)

Bihar election 2020: ECI raps parties for neglecting COVID-19...

In its advisory on October 9, the ECI had asked political parties to follow instructions related to COVID-19 at all...

21 Oct 2020 11:24 PM IST

An artist makes a coronavirus themed idol for Puja festivities at a workshop at Kumartuli, during ongoing COVID-19 lockdown in Kolkata. PTI photo

AA Edit | Rein in festive cheer

Experts have been warning for quite some time about the festivals torpedoing the efforts to contain the pandemic

21 Oct 2020 9:54 AM IST

A paramilitary soldier stands guard by a road near the venue for Indias Independence Day ceremony in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir. (AP)

AA Edit | J&K district councils not a good-faith move

The case of J&K is going to be little different from that of Ladakh, at least for the foreseeable future

21 Oct 2020 9:45 AM IST

PM Modi (video grab)

PM cautions careless Indians: Lockdown over but not coronavirus threat

The prime minister also asked media personnel and social media users to campaign to spread public awareness

20 Oct 2020 6:42 PM IST

Congress leader Kamal Nath addresses an election campaign rally ahead of Madhya Pradesh assembly bypolls, in Gwalior district. (PTI)

Kamal Nath refers to dalit minister as item', triggers controversy

Imarti Devi, set to contest as a BJP candidate, was a minister in the Kamal Nath government which fell in March this...

19 Oct 2020 12:02 PM IST

A team of doctors check patients at CWG village COVID-19 Care Centre, near Akshardham in New Delhi, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2020. (PTI)

India may beat COVID by end of February: Panel

A govt-appointed panel has said that India crossed the peak and predicted that the epidemic could be brought under...

19 Oct 2020 11:34 AM IST