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Anti-coup protesters gesture with a three-fingers salute, a symbol of resistance during a demonstration during by police crack down in Thaketa township Yangon, Myanmar, Saturday, March 27, 2021. (AP)

Myanmar mourns bloodiest day since coup, U.N. investigator condemns...

Children were among those killed on Saturday, Myanmar's Armed Forces Day, according to news reports and witnesses

28 March 2021 2:09 PM IST

Ever Given, a Panama-flagged cargo ship, that is wedged across the Suez Canal and blocking traffic in the vital waterway is seen Saturday, March 27, 2021. Tugboats and a specialized suction dredger worked to dislodge a giant container ship that has been stuck sideways in Egypts Suez Canal for the past three days, blocking a crucial waterway for global shipping. (AP)

2 tugboats speed to Egypt's Suez Canal as shippers avoid it

The tugboats will nudge the 400-meter-long Ever Given as dredgers continue to vacuum up sand from underneath the vessel

28 March 2021 1:55 PM IST

A health worker collects a nasal swab sample from a woman to test for the Covid-19 coronavirus infection at a government hospital in Hyderabad. (AFP)

Daily COVID-19 deaths over 300 for first time this year, 62,714 new...

Registering a steady increase for the 18th day in row, active cases increased to 4,86,310 comprising 4.06 per cent of...

28 March 2021 11:18 AM IST

AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi. (PTI)

Asaduddin Owaisi withdraws support to Peerzada Abbas Siddiqui in West...

Owaisi kickstarted his campaign at Sagardighi in Murshidabad and announced the names of two candidates

28 March 2021 9:18 AM IST

Mamata Banerjee (PTI file image)

Mamata Banerjee lands in a tight spot after audio clip asking BJP man...

The BJP which tweeted the audio clip lodged a complaint against the CM with West Bengal's CEO Ariz Aftab and demanded...

28 March 2021 9:15 AM IST

A country that lifted 271 million people out of poverty between 2004 and 2014 is today staring at the spectre of a growing income and wealth inequality. (Photo: PTI)

Manish Tewari | INDIA'S GILDED AGE

This privatisation turned out to be more of a societal shock, rather than therapy for an ailing economy

28 March 2021 4:49 AM IST

Women show their identity cards as they wait to cast votes at a polling station, during the first phase of Assembly polls, in Midnapore on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

80% turnout in West Bengal, 72% in Assam elections

30 Assembly constituencies in West Bengal & 47 Assembly constituencies in Assam on Saturday went to polls during the...

28 March 2021 4:49 AM IST

Weve all been here before; reassured by our leaders that theyll take firm steps to protect women, we watch history repeating as they blithely fail. (Photo: PTI)

Shreya Sen-Handley | Connecting the Dots

After rampaging diseases, our single biggest problem is male violence

28 March 2021 4:21 AM IST

Saeed Naqvi | Acknowledge potential of Pope-Sistani historic tryst

Pardon my Lucknow chauvinism, but the benighted city once had intimate links with the centre of Shia Islam, Najaf, in...

28 March 2021 4:06 AM IST

Paramilitary jawans guard as people wait in a queue to cast their votes at a polling station during the first phase of West Bengal Assembly elections, at Chandrapur in Lalgarh, Saturday, March 27, 2021. (PTI)

Sporadic violence marks first phase of West Bengal polls

54.90 per cent of 73.80 lakh voters exercise their franchise till 1 pm in 30 seats where polling is underway for first...

27 March 2021 1:54 PM IST

The cause of the fire is being investigated, officials said. (Image: Twitter/@rits70)

500 shops gutted in fire at Pune's Fashion Street, nobody hurt

The fire had broken out around 11 pm on Friday, officials said, adding that nobody was injured in the incident

27 March 2021 11:40 AM IST

A health worker collects a nasal swab sample from a woman to test for the Covid-19 coronavirus infection at a government hospital in Hyderabad. (AFP)

India records 62,258 new infections today, highest single day rise so...

Registering a steady increase for the 17th day in row, India's recovery rate has further dropped to 94.85%

27 March 2021 11:19 AM IST