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Hoshang Merchant (Image credit: Facebook)

Words of a gay poet, as old as India's Independence, heal

Hoshang Merchant a midnight's child, as old as our independence reflects on the coinciding evolution of the life of a...

20 Aug 2021 10:34 AM IST

Shiite Muslim worshippers gather around the shrine of Imam Abbas during a Muharram procession in Karbala, Iraq, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021. 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. AP/PTI

Partial Muharram ban in Srinagar; lakhs of mourners attend tazia...

Zuljinah and tazia processions and sham-e-garibaan' rallies were permitted in predominantly Shia areas of Srinagar...

20 Aug 2021 9:52 AM IST

This handout photo courtesy of US Marines Corps shows US Marines assigned to 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit escort evacuees during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, August 18, 2021. (Nicholas GUEVARA / US Marine Corps/ AFP)

IAF may resume evacuation of Indians from Kabul today

Minister S. Jaishankar told the UN Security Council that the terrorist Haqqani Network's activities in Afghanistan were...

20 Aug 2021 7:27 AM IST

Currently China accou-nts for 17 per cent of the worlds specialty chemicals exports, while India accounts for 1-2 per cent. Representational Image. (Twitter)

Specialty Chem firms bullish on exports

Another industry major Ami Organics too is set to tap the primary market

20 Aug 2021 5:00 AM IST

As the Sensex and Nifty-50 traded at an all time high on Wednesday before some profit taking, further profit taking could continue on Friday and may well set a reversal after sharp gains in the first half of August. Representational Image. (Twitter)

US Fed hints at tapering stimulus, markets wobble

After the holiday on Thursday, the Indian market too could see the impact as investors factor in the implications of US...

20 Aug 2021 4:39 AM IST

Honda says it has tuned the engine for better mid-range punch, something that will always come in handy on an adventure-tourer. (Twitter)

HMSI plans 1,000 touchpoints in three years

Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India (HMSI) on Thursday introduced the new entry-lever adventure bike called the Honda...

20 Aug 2021 4:19 AM IST

According to James Jose, president of Indian Association of Hallma-rking Centres, probably in a years time, this facility will be open for customers. Representational Image (AFP)

Jewellery to soon get ID to find out authenticity

The HUID number will make the entire stock of jewellers and the sold inventory traceable

20 Aug 2021 4:00 AM IST

Put simply, the Partition of 1947 was the tearing apart of our undivided subcontinent. (AP Photo)

Karan Thapar | Horrors of 1947 Partition: A selective remembrance?

Narendra Modi's crudely named Partition Horrors remembrance Day is a very different thing

20 Aug 2021 1:59 AM IST

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. (PTI)

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal to inaugurate country's first smog tower on...

Environment Min Gopal Rai said the smog tower will clean 1,000 cubic metres of air every second and reduce PM 2.5 and PM...

19 Aug 2021 6:49 PM IST

Currently, 512GB is the highest storage option being offered by Apple. (ANI Photo)

iPhone 13 expected to launch in September

The upcoming iPhones are expected to feature a video version of the iPhone's Portrait mode

19 Aug 2021 4:53 PM IST

Reports also suggest that Pixel 5a 5G, which launched yesterday, was possibly the last smartphone of Google that shipped with a charger. (ANI Photo)

Google's Pixel 6 to roll out without charger

Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro, coming later this year, will have a completely new design, and will run on Tensor

19 Aug 2021 4:44 PM IST

The neurological disease that causes paralysis has surfaced every two years since 2014, with the largest outbreak in 2018 sickening 238 people in 42 states, nearly 95 percent of them children, the release said. (Photo: Pixabay)

US warns of new outbreak of Polio-like illness in children later this...

AFM is a medical emergency and patients should seek immediate medical care, even in areas with high novel coronavirus...

19 Aug 2021 2:26 PM IST