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    Party election to pick PM Abes successor around September 15World
    Party election to pick PM Abe's successor around September 15

    Abe's resignation marks the end of his tenure and the start of a several-week race to replace Japan's longest-serving...

    29 Aug 2020 11:12 AM IST

    J.K. Rowling poses for the media at the world premiere of the film \Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald\ in Paris. (AP File)Newsmakers
    JK Rowling returns her Kennedy human rights award after transphobic'...

    'The statement incorrectly implied that I was transphobic, and that I am responsible for harm to trans people,' Rowling...

    29 Aug 2020 10:43 AM IST

    Warsaw zoos two female elephants, Fredzia, right, and Buba, are shown in their enclosure in Warsaw, Poland, Friday, Aug. 28, 2020. Scientists at Warsaws zoo have been taking blood, saliva and other samples from the zoos three elephants in recent days in preparations to test whether giving them hemp oil can reduce their stress.(AP)World
    Warsaw zoo tests effect of hemp oil on elephants' stress

    Zoo veterinarian says hemp oil, also known as CBD, or cannabidiol oil, has been shown to reduce anxiety and stress in...

    29 Aug 2020 10:20 AM IST

    \Seven passengers on Sundays Air India Delhi-Auckland flight have tested positive for COVID-19 three days after arrival,\ New Zealand government official said. (PTI)World
    7 Air India passengers test COVID-19 positive in New Zealand after...

    Hong Kong had earlier barred Air India flights from landing after the same thing happened there

    29 Aug 2020 9:58 AM IST

    Stepan Svetlov is the founder of NEXTA, a Telegram channel with 2.1 million subscribers that helps mobilise protesters and shares photo and video content from the demonstrations. (AFP)World
    Young blogger mobilises protest against Belarus dictator

    Stepan Svetlov's NEXTA Live, a Telegram channel with 2.1 mm subscribers helps mobilise protesters and shares information...

    29 Aug 2020 9:41 AM IST

    Chadwick Boseman poses in the press room with the award for outstanding actor in a motion picture for \Black Panther\ at the 50th annual NAACP Image Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (AP File)Entertainment
    'Black Panther' star Chadwick Boseman dies from colon cancer at 43

    Boseman became the first black superhero to get his own standalone film in the record-breaking Marvel franchise with...

    29 Aug 2020 8:57 AM IST

    Taking a swipe at AAP Lok Sabha MP Bhagwant Mann for his changing subject during Zero Hour, Lok Sabha speaker OM Birla on Thursday said that he is an educated speaker. (Photo: ANI)India
    Get tested for COVID-19 at least 72 hours before Monsoon Session: Om...

    The Monsoon Session is likely to start from September 14 and conclude on October 1.

    29 Aug 2020 4:09 AM IST

    Remnants of a Saperation by Aanchal MalhotraBooks
    Top ten books

    Here's the top ten books of the week in fiction and non-fiction

    28 Aug 2020 8:46 PM IST

    Messi is the modern avatar of a universally loved sportsman, the man with the golden boots, the winner of six Ballon dOrs, member of Olympics gold-winning Argentina and a million Euros a week footballer who was at odds with his favourite club. AP PhotoOpinion
    AA Edit | It's messy in Barcelona

    The decision rips asunder Spanish football even as it lights up the eyes of clubs and managers elsewhere

    28 Aug 2020 8:39 PM IST

    Activists of National Students Union of India (NSUI ) take part in a demonstration in front of the NSUI headquarters in New Delho. PTI PhotoOpinion
    AA Edit | Relook at NEET and JEE entrances, take gap year instead

    Extraordinary times also call for extraordinary measures

    28 Aug 2020 8:22 PM IST

    In July, the PTA issued a final warning to Chinese-owned social media app TikTok, ordering it to filter any obscene content. It also blocked the video-streaming app Bigo Live, though the ban was lifted after a few days once the platform agreed to moderate immoral and indecent content . Now, its the turn of YouTube.Technology
    Pakistan tightens grip on internet, tells YouTube to remove...

    Lawmakers in Punjab passed a bill last month to put publishers in prison if they print or import material with ...

    28 Aug 2020 8:16 PM IST

    Shiite Muslims flagellates himself with knives on chains during a Muharram procession in Islamabad, Pakistan on Monday, September 9, 2019. Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar, is a month of mourning for Shiites in remembrance of the death of Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, at the Battle of Karbala in present-day Iraq in the 7th century. (Photo: AP)India
    A day after Supreme Court says no to Muharram processions, Bombay High...

    The Muslim organisation took the example of Ganesh idol immersions to support its right to undertake Muharram...

    28 Aug 2020 7:40 PM IST

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