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Britains Finance minister Rishi Sunak said that hundreds of thousands of people have already lost their jobs, and sadly in the coming months many more will. (AP Photo)

AA Edit | Bleak Christmas in Sunak's Britain

Mr Sunak has little cause to celebrate his days at 10 Downing Street surpassing the short-lived tenure of his...

17 Dec 2022 12:15 AM IST

Union Minister for Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju speaks in the Lok Sabha during the Winter Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Monday, Dec. 20, 2021. (LSTV/PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Govt must not bait judges, move to evolve system first

Democracy has infinite ways of resolving issues other than engaging in grandstanding and dishing out innuendo

17 Dec 2022 12:10 AM IST

A worker carrying LPG cylinders on a bicycle crosses a road, shrouded in a thick layer of smog, in New Delhi (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist Lav)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Tackle toxic air now: It's ruining our lives,...

It is also glaringly obvious that apart from killing us slowly, toxic air is taking a huge toll on India's economy

17 Dec 2022 12:05 AM IST

In Britain, which has certainly been demographically transformed into a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural, multi-faith society in the last 50 years, it has become customary to ask first-generation immigrants where they come from without any malice intended. (Photo: Twitter)

Farrukh Dhondy | Where are you from? UK row erupts on royal racism,...

Can we understand an 83-year-old privileged lady being unaware that her attitude and persistence amounted to abuse ?

17 Dec 2022 12:00 AM IST

After the formal talks, both leaders will further converse over dinner, following which President Putin will head back to Moscow late on Monday night. (PTI file photo)

Dialogue and diplomacy only way forward to resolve Ukraine crisis: PM...

Russia said that at the request of PM Modi, President Putin gave a fundamental assessments of Russia's line on the...

16 Dec 2022 9:39 PM IST

General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Command, Lt Gen Rana Pratap Kalita (ANI)

'PLA patrol transgression was firmly contested', Lt Gen Kalita on...

Lt Gen Kalita underlined that the border situation on the Northern frontiers has been stable and under the firm control...

16 Dec 2022 1:52 PM IST

With the Russia-Ukraine war getting prolonged, New Delhi has been looking at ways to soften the blow that it received in the form of three-digit crude oil price. (Representational image: Twitter)

Centre cuts windfall tax on domestic crude oil

The government has also cut the rate on export of diesel to Rs 5 per litre from Rs 8 per litre

16 Dec 2022 12:51 PM IST

Two civilians were killed and another injured in a firing incident outside a military camp in Jammu and Kashmirs Rajouri district early Friday. (Representational image: PTI file)

Firing outside Army camp in J-K's Rajouri, two civilians killed

Soon after the incident, local residents took to the streets and pelted stones on the camp to protest the killings...

16 Dec 2022 12:11 PM IST

Elon Musk-led SpaceXs satellite broadband arm Starlink said that its service is available in many countries and it will be easier for it to get government approvals if it has a high number of pre-orders from India. (AFP Photo)

Twitter suspends accounts of several journalists, Musk cites 'doxxing'...

It was unclear if all the journalists whose accounts were suspended had commented on or shared news about @elonjet

16 Dec 2022 11:06 AM IST

Gandhi, Venugopal, former Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot and other senior leaders of the party began the morning leg of the yatra from the Meena High Court in Dausa. (Twitter/@INCIndia)

Congress' Bharat Jodo Yatra to mark Day-100 with Jaipur concert

Controversies have also been part and parcel of the yatra, with the Congress and the BJP trading barbs on several...

16 Dec 2022 11:04 AM IST

General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Command, Lt Gen MM Naravane, arrives to review the security situation and operational preparedness and interect with troops in the border areas of Arunachal Pradesh, in Tawang in April 2019. (PTI file photo)

India, China see frequent face-offs along the border

India is in an extremely strong position in the area with the required strength

16 Dec 2022 7:22 AM IST

The Chief Minister unfurled the BRS flag at 12.37 pm as per the muhurtham and assumed his chair in the party office on the first floor, located at Sardar Patel Marg, a prime location in the national capital. (Image: Twitter/@BRSparty)

DC Edit | Fuse BRS into larger narrative

The party is seen as being friendly with a few leaders, including the Kumaraswamy-led JD(S) in K'taka and the Akhilesh...

16 Dec 2022 12:10 AM IST