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President Joe Biden speaks about the COVID-19 pandemic during a prime-time address from the East Room of the White House, Thursday, March 11, 2021, in Washington. (AP/Andrew Harnik)

AA Edit | UNGA: Words reassuring but actions don't add up

Warning from Antonio Guterres that the world faces the greatest cascade of crises in our lifetime, was accurate enough...

23 Sept 2021 1:19 AM IST

Amartya Sen. (File Photo: PTI)

Devi Kar | How Amartya's memoirs hold some valuable lessons for life

The great advantage is that Prof. Sen writes lucidly about a stupendous range of topics and ideas that a general reader...

23 Sept 2021 12:40 AM IST

President Joe Biden speaks about the end of the war in Afghanistan from the State Dining Room of the White House, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021, in Washington. (AP/Evan Vucci)

Indranil Banerjie | Europe needs rethink as Atlantic divide widening

The French received no hint the deal was about to be broken and put the blame squarely on the United States

23 Sept 2021 12:14 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi departs from New Delhi for his visit to the USA, where he will take part in a wide range of programmes, hold talks with world leaders including POTUS. (PTI Photo)

Modi to take stock of Indo-US ties

Mr Modi said regional and global issues of mutual interest would be discussed at the bilateral meeting with the US...

22 Sept 2021 11:54 PM IST

Rupee depreciated 31 paise to 76.10 against the US dollar in opening trade. (PTI Photo)

Rupee slumps 26 paise to close at 73.87 against US dollar

The dollar index, which gauges the greenback's strength against a basket of six currencies, was trading 0.02 per cent...

22 Sept 2021 4:11 PM IST

A health worker prepares a dose of the Covishield vaccine against the Covid-19 coronavirus at a vaccination centre in Ahmedabad. (Photo: AFP)

UK adds Covishield to approved vaccines list in updated travel...

The move follows widespread condemnation of the SII-manufactured vaccines not being included in a list of eligible...

22 Sept 2021 2:30 PM IST

Epic will not be able to create iPhone, iPad or Mac versions of its widely used Unreal Engine for powering rich graphics due to Apples actions, the company said. (Photo | AFP)

Apple lets users add Covid vaccination card to Wallet

Also, the just-released iOS 15 already allows users to store verifiable vaccination and test results

22 Sept 2021 1:09 PM IST

Bulgarias President Rumen Radev is seen on video screens as he addresses the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly remotely, Sept. 21, 2021 at U.N. headquarters. (Spencer Platt/Pool Photo via AP)

Racism, climate and divisions top UN agenda as leaders meet

For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, more than two dozen world leaders appeared in person at the U.N....

22 Sept 2021 1:04 PM IST

A woman waits for her turn to get inoculated with a dose of the Covaxin vaccine against the Covid-19 coronavirus, at a temporary vaccination centre set up inside a school in Mumbai. (Photo: AFP)

Severe COVID-19 can lead to delirium, US study finds

The study, published in the journal BMJ Open, found that patients with delirium tended to be sicker

22 Sept 2021 12:33 PM IST

All women contingent of Indian Army during the rehearsal for the Republic Day parade at Rajpath in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Supreme Court's no to Centre's request to allow women in NDA exam from...

The bench said it was hopeful necessary arrangements will be put in place to pave the way for the induction

22 Sept 2021 12:28 PM IST

As per the deal, the shareholders of SPNI will hold majority stake in the merged entity.

Zee Entertainment, Sony India announce merger; Punit Goenka to lead...

Sony Pictures Networks India said the merger would bring together two leading Indian media network businesses,...

22 Sept 2021 11:18 AM IST

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of World Health Organization (AFP)

WHO chief thanks India for resumption of COVID vaccine export

Ghebreyesus also said that the move will help WHO to reach its goal of 40 per cent vaccination in all countries by the...

22 Sept 2021 11:00 AM IST