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A house is left smouldering and damaged after yet another gunfight between security forces and militants in Srinagar. (File photo: Habib Naqash)

First person: When there's gunfire outside, switch off the lights and...

Widespread destruction has taken place in Kashmir in the past three decades and still every morning starts with a new...

4 July 2020 12:17 PM IST

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Ghosts of pandemics present and past

Lockdown hasn't brought any more ghosting into my life than I was already subjected to as a freelance writer

6 Jun 2020 7:16 PM IST

Waqyanawis | Coronavirus, the magic bullet against Hindu-Muslim discord in UP?

Waqyanawis | Coronavirus, the magic bullet against Hindu-Muslim...

In Uttar Pradesh, the Muslim clergy is rubbing its eyes in disbelief at the way chief minister Yogi Adityanath has...

31 May 2020 7:12 PM IST

$Google said, \We have seen new activity from hack-for-hire firms, many based in India, that have been creating Gmail accounts spoofing the WHO\. \The accounts have largely targeted business leaders in financial services, consulting, and healthcare corporations within numerous countries including the US, Slovenia, Canada, India, Bahrain, Cyprus, and the UK,\ Google said in a recent blogpost.$ Technology

Google detects coronavirus-themed phishing attacks by firms in India...

The sites typically feature fake login pages that prompt potential victims to give up their Google account credentials...

31 May 2020 7:11 PM IST

In this photograph taken on May 24, 2020, ambulance staff from HelpNow put on protective gear before starting a transport journey in Mumbai. As coronavirus hotspot Mumbai grapples with crippling healthcare shortages, an ambulance service founded by three students is trying to fill the gap in Indias worst-hit city. But many patients are too poor to pay for the life-saving trip. (Photo | AFP)

Ambulance startup run by three youngsters helps overcrowded Mumbai's...

Helpnow received 4,000 calls last week but can afford to do only 10 trips free, and is seeking donations to fund more...

31 May 2020 5:02 PM IST

Chandrabali Datta, who was born in Kolkata, works in the Clinical Biomanufacturing Facility at the universitys Jenner Institute.

To be a part of Oxford University's Covid19 vaccine project is a...

The 34-year-old's role as a Quality Assurance Manager means to ensure compliance are met before the vaccine could...

31 May 2020 10:04 AM IST

There is an inherent bias against Tiktok because it is Chinese. There are suspicions that TikToks parent ByteDance is connected to the Communist Party. There is also the data sovereignty argument, where Indian data is shared with Chinese companies.

Tech This Week | #BanTikTok Solves Nothing

Indians spent over 5.5 billion hours on TikTok, which is more than the next eleven countries combined

30 May 2020 4:02 PM IST

Nobody will make Tanhaji with me: Akshaye Khanna

Nobody will make Tanhaji with me: Akshaye Khanna

Akshaye further stresses the importance of being realistic about your abilities

10 May 2020 8:53 PM IST

An illuminated Indian Navy warship release flares as a signal of gratitude to frontline medical staff fighting the COVID-19 pandemic off the Ramakrishna beach in Visakhapatnam on Sunday, May 3, 2020. (DC Photo: K Murali Krishna)

Conservative estimate: Armed Forces Thank You show cost Rs 50 crore....

Sources: Just the Su-30 flypast over Marine Drive in Mumbai would have cost between Rs 45 lakh

4 May 2020 11:45 AM IST

Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan, Anand Mahindra face flak over fake news

Anxious billionaires tweet psuedo-science miracles to whole wide world

28 April 2020 2:06 AM IST

Title: The Most Beautiful Night of the Soul.Author: Sandor Jazberenyi (translated by Paul Olchv¡ry). Pubisher: Speaking Tiger. Pages: 192. Price: Rs. 450

No feeling is final' in this string of 12 gripping war stories

In these stories you come face to face with post-traumatic disorders: disorientation, hallucination and relentless...

22 March 2020 8:47 PM IST

In this Aug. 13, 2019 file photo, the then chief justice of India justice Ranjan Gogoi seen during the 18th late Dharamnath Prasad Kohli memorial lecture organised by the CBI in New Delhi. President Ram Nath Kovind nominated Gogoi to the Rajya Sabha on March 16, 2020. (PTI)

AA EDIT: Gogoi's RS nomination sends wrong signal

Justice Gogoi had a destructive influence as a strongman judge

18 March 2020 12:01 AM IST