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Modernity with all its commitment to freedoms and reason is sought to be subordinated by monumental architecture to the will of the fascist state. (Photo: PTI)

Manish Tewari | The architecture of hubris

Fascism has a strange fascination with architecture

9 May 2021 12:00 AM IST

Now, the cases heard by the Supreme Court have anywhere between two and 30 parties. Who decides who will be unmuted? (PTI)

SC steps in, sets up 12-member National Task Force to manage O2,...

'Union government shall act on Task Force's recommendations, including on allocation of oxygen'

8 May 2021 10:28 PM IST

Sonia Gandhi has suggested a blanket 30 per cent cut in expenditure. (File photo: PTI)

Sonia asks PM to call all-party meet on Covid

Referring to the letters written to Modi by Dr Manmohan Singh and by Rahul Gandhi, Sonia said all these had fallen on...

8 May 2021 9:35 AM IST

A man carries a basket of bangles over his head as he walks on a street during the second day of the two-day state-imposed lockdown as a preventive measure against the surge in COVID-19 coronavirus cases in Siliguri. PTI Photo

Single-day Covid cases scale another height, sprint past 4-lak mark

Two days ago Dr Raghavan had said the third wave was inevitable given the high levels at which this virus is...

8 May 2021 9:33 AM IST

No accounts will be deleted on May 15 because of this update and no one in India will lose functionality of WhatsApp either. (AA file photo)

No deadline for whatsapp privacy policy

A WhatsApp spokesperson said that no accounts will be deleted on May 15 for not accepting the policy update

8 May 2021 12:17 AM IST

Construction work underway as part of the Central Vista Redevelopment Project, at Rajpath in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

SC rejects plea against delay in hearing on central vista

The apex court asked senior advocate Siddharth Luthra to mention the matter before the High Court for urgent listing on...

8 May 2021 12:11 AM IST

Critical COVID-19 patients receive free oxygen at a Sikh Gurudwara, amid the rise in coronavirus cases across the country, at Indirapuram in Ghaziabad. (Photo: PTI)

K.C. Singh | Heal at home first, then try to be a global leader

Mr Jaishankar, even when overseas, has become a flag-bearer for the current Hindutva model, precursor to the RSS' Hindu...

8 May 2021 12:00 AM IST

Ms Symonds is accused, apart from crony appointments of interventions in policy areas that affect the country, decisions that very many Conservatives and people in government are convinced that BoJo would not have taken had it not been for her prevalent influence. (Photo: AP)

Farrukh Dhondy | Is Carrie, UK's First Girlfriend, the real driver of...

It is a fact that she has packed the staff and advisory phalanx of the PM's office with her friends and people she...

8 May 2021 12:00 AM IST

Mamata Banerjee flashes the victory sign during interaction with media after her partys wins in the State Assembly Election 2021, in Kolkata. (Photo: PTI)

Central team in West Bengal for review

Union home ministry sent a 4-member team to review the law and order situation in the state, led by an additional...

7 May 2021 8:34 AM IST

A person gives his sample for Covid testing. (PTI Photo)

Gap of six weeks ideal for vax after recovery

At least 4 weeks wait recommended for even infected to get jab

7 May 2021 1:16 AM IST

Russia started human trials of Sputnik Light in January, and the studies are still ongoing, according to official records. (Photo: AFP)

Russia okays single-shot Sputnik

The new version is identical to the first dose of the two-dose Sputnik V and has yet to complete the advanced testing...

7 May 2021 12:32 AM IST

In its May 5 verdict, the Supreme Court had spelled out various reasons for disallowing reservations for the Marathas. (DC file photo)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | The case against quotas isn't about...

The reservations issue poses a special dilemma for Shiv Sena and BJP, as both subscribe to conservative ideologies of...

7 May 2021 12:00 AM IST