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DC Edit | IPL-15: That's entertainment!

This thrilling ritual of tribal loyalties will keep a nation in thrall for the next 60 days

26 March 2022 1:16 AM IST

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman speaks in the Lok Sabha during the second part of Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Friday, March 25, 2022. (PTI photo)

Lok Sabha passes Finance Bill

The Union Budget 2022-23 had proposed taxing crypto assets at the rate of 30 per cent, effective from April 1

26 March 2022 1:11 AM IST

The surfing industry has seen a boom during the COVID-19 pandemic. (By Arrangement)

Cresting the waves of health

Surfing as a fun sport is catching on in India, and its aficionados are discovering that it's great for mental and...

26 March 2022 12:38 AM IST

Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi. (PTI Photo)

Anand K. Sahay | What Congress needs to do for life after Gandhis

Here is a recall from history which might be useful for the Congress to consider

26 March 2022 12:24 AM IST

India has of late witnessed a mushrooming of entrance coaching centres which are as much about drilling in the skills required for responding to questions as they are about deepening the understanding of the subject. (Representational Image/ DC File)

AA Edit | Amid big changes in varsity entry, some concerns too

As per UGC, the test will have a compulsory general paper and 6 subject-specific papers which the students can choose...

26 March 2022 12:18 AM IST

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. (AP)

Farrukh Dhondy | Bureaucracy in UK, EU & India: Putin's war to BoJo's...

Putin's criminal war has caused the largest refugee crisis Europe has known since the Second World War

26 March 2022 12:15 AM IST

US President Joe Biden gestures ahead of a European Union (EU) summit at EU Headquarters in Brussels on March 24, 2022. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP)

Biden to visit near Ukraine-Poland border in show of solidarity

At an emergency summit in Brussels on Thursday NATO announced the deployment of further troops to Romania, Hungary,...

25 March 2022 1:37 PM IST

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi (Twitter/@DrSJaishankar)

India, China foreign ministers hold talks

The Chinese foreign minister arrived in Delhi on Thursday evening

25 March 2022 12:56 PM IST

Calcutta High Court (ANI)

Calcutta High Court orders CBI probe into Birbhum killings

The court directed an SIT formed by the West Bengal government to hand over case papers and accused persons arrested by...

25 March 2022 12:14 PM IST

A healthcare worker administers a dose of the Covid-19 preventive vaccine to a student in the age group of 12 to 14 years, at a vaccination centre, in New Delhi, Thursday, March 24, 2022. (PTI/Manvender Vashist)

India reports 1,685 new COVID-19 cases, 83 fatalities

A reduction of 897 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours

25 March 2022 11:04 AM IST

Fuel prices rise for second consecutive day. (PTI Photo)

Petrol, diesel prices hiked, third increase in four days

Petrol and diesel prices were hiked by 80 paise per litre each on Tuesday and Wednesday

25 March 2022 10:35 AM IST

Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi speaks at the 57-member Organization of Islamic Cooperation, at the Parliament House in Islamabad, Pakistan (AFP)

Chinese foreign minister lands for tense India tour

Wang to meet Jaishankar, Doval today, no meeting with PM Modi

25 March 2022 7:40 AM IST