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    Students wearing facemasks as a preventive measure against the Covid-19 coronavirus wait to submit their national scholarship portal registration forms at a Government Girls School in Amritsar on October 15, 2020. (AFP)Opinion
    Palash Deb | Evolve the right parameters to judge varsities

    Some of the criticism against Indian universities seems misplaced if we consider the complexities of global university...

    19 Oct 2020 10:29 AM IST

    New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks with senior members of parliament a day after her landslide election win, in Auckland on October 18, 2020. (AFP)Opinion
    AA Edit | A win for liberal-left

    However, as far as her progressive agenda is concerned, it is unclear whether Ardern's government has the economic chops...

    19 Oct 2020 10:16 AM IST

    A man walks balancing a basket on his head at a vegetable market in Lucknow, India. (AP)Opinion
    AA Edit | India indicted by global hunger index

    The Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2020 published this week has put India behind most of its south Asian neighbours,...

    19 Oct 2020 10:07 AM IST

    From an average growth of 8 per cent during FY17-19, urban consumption declined 0.6 per cent for the first time in two decades in FY20 before collapsing by more than a quarter during April-August 2020. (Representational Image: AFP)Business
    Urban consumption sees worst decline in two decades

    While urban consumption contracted 34 per cent, rural consumption shrank only 4 per cent

    17 Oct 2020 1:12 PM IST

    GST collections in July fall 14% due to COVID lockdown. (Photo-ANI)Opinion
    AA Edit | GST: A win for states

    That the change in stance will ensure better rates and easy administration of the process is only part of the deal

    17 Oct 2020 10:07 AM IST

    Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and President of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mehbooba Mufti poses for a photograph with senior party leaders, at her residence in Srinagar, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020. Union Territory administration revoked the Public Safety Act charges against Mufti, more than a year after she was detained following the abrogation of the special status of the erstwhile state. (PTI)Opinion
    AA Edit | If PDP, others cohere, Centre will be afraid

    If the Kashmir parties stick together in the foreseeable future, the BJP's pursuit could prove Sisyphean

    17 Oct 2020 10:02 AM IST

    Odishas Soyeb AftabIndia
    NEET 2020 results declared: In a first, two candidates score full...

    Odisha's Soyeb Aftab and Delhi's Akansha Singh have scored 720 out of 720 marks but Aftab has been ranked first

    16 Oct 2020 11:32 PM IST

    DMK MP Gautham Sigamani.India
    ED raids DMK's Gautham Sigamani's Chennai residence, seizes assets...

    Sigamani is a DMK Member of Parliament from the Kallakurichi Lok Sabha seat in Tamil Nadu.

    16 Oct 2020 8:07 PM IST

    After bagging Eoin Morgan for INR 5.25 crore, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) coach Brendon McCullum on Thursday said that the England limited-overs skipper will serve as the perfect foil for Dinesh Karthik. (Photo:AFP)Sports
    IPL 2020: Dinesh Karthik steps down as KKR captain, Eoin Morgan takes...

    Karthik told the KKR management that he wants to "focus on his batting and contributing more to the team's cause.

    16 Oct 2020 3:05 PM IST

    US President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a \Make America Great Again\ rally on October 15, 2020, at Pitt-Greenville Airport in Greenville, North Carolina. (AFP)World
    China, Russia and India spewing stuff into air: Trump

    Trump said the US under his administration has achieved energy independence while protecting its pristine environment

    16 Oct 2020 1:41 PM IST

    Congress leader Rahul Gandhi addresses a press conference at Circuit House, in Patiala. PTI photoIndia
    Rahul Gandhi on IMF projections: Pakistan handled COVID better than...

    Gandhi took a swipe at the government on Twitter by tagging a chart that showed IMF growth projections for 2020-21 for...

    16 Oct 2020 12:51 PM IST

    Indian Army soldiers stand guard near Nastachun pass, also known as Sadhana pass, about 8 Km from the Line of Control (LOC) in the district of Kupwara. (AFP)Opinion
    AA Edit | Hate squad's dangerous agenda

    So frightening has the monster of social media grown that it is causing concern about the cohesiveness of our Armed...

    16 Oct 2020 11:05 AM IST

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