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Prime Minister Narendra Modi being welcomed by Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina and other dignitaries on his arrival at the National Day programme of Bangladesh, in Dhaka. (PTI)

I was jailed for Bangladesh: Prime Minister Modi

The high-profile visit of PM Modi began on a stormy note, with four supporters of hardline Islamist group...

27 March 2021 9:15 AM IST

The traditional view that women are unsuited to combat roles may have caused these deep-seated inhibitions about promoting women even when they are otherwise as qualified as men who take up a career in the armed forces. (Representational Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Army's male bias: Slap on the wrist for now from SC

It is the systemic discrimination that works against women in the Army and Navy that must be dismantled

27 March 2021 4:56 AM IST

Tata Group stocks gained sharply, rising between 2 to 6 per cent after a favourable Supreme Court verdict. (Photo: AFP)

TATA stocks raise after Supreme Court verdict

As the SC upheld Tata Sons' decision to remove Cyrus Mistry as the chairman of Tata Sons, shares of Tata Group...

27 March 2021 4:49 AM IST

There are other ways in which BoJos government behaves in an unsurprising manner. (Photo: AFP)

BoJo facing flak over legal' graft, dodging of tax & the nanny state'

Boris Johnson govt has, because of the Covid-19 crisis, done some peculiar things for a Conservative Party to have...

27 March 2021 4:46 AM IST

Whether people and voters will see through the BJPs cynical use of diplomacy for electoral gain or lap it up as realpolitik will be known only on May 2. (Photo: AFP)

K.C. Singh | National interests hurt if politics, diplomacy mixed

India-Bangladesh relations get impacted by the BJP's divisive and majoritarian politics, over illegal immigrants and...

27 March 2021 4:25 AM IST

The SC said the Facebook post would indicate that the editors agony was directed against the apathy shown by the Meghalaya CM, the DGP and the Dorbal Shnong (the local tribal council) in not taking action against the culprits. (Photo: Facebook @Patricia Mukhim).

AA Edit | Free speech: A morality tale

It was refreshing to find the Supreme Court last Thursday quash an FIR against Shillong Times editor Patricia Mukhim

27 March 2021 4:17 AM IST

This satellite image from Maxar Technologies shows the cargo ship MV Ever Given stuck in the Suez Canal near Suez, Egypt, Friday, March 26, 2021. A maritime traffic jam grew to more than 200 vessels Friday outside the Suez Canal and some vessels began changing course as dredgers worked frantically to free a giant container ship that is stuck sideways in the waterway and disrupting global shipping. (Â©Maxar Technologies via AP)

Over 200 vessels blocked as 'maritime traffic jam' grows outside...

An initial investigation showed the vessel ran aground due to strong winds and ruled out mechanical or engine failure as...

26 March 2021 11:22 PM IST

Firefighters attempt to douse a blaze at Dreams Mall, affecting patients admitted in the nearby COVID-19 dedicated Sunrise Hospital, in Mumbai, early Friday, March 26, 2021. (PTI)

10 dead in fire at mall hospital treating COVID-19 patients in...

The cause of the 'level four' fire (serious emergency call in fire brigade parlance) has not been ascertained yet, BMC...

26 March 2021 1:57 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi being received by Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina, in Dhaka, Friday, March 26, 2021. (PTI)

PM Modi arrives in Bangladesh on his first foreign trip since COVID-19...

Modi is visiting Bangladesh on his first trip to a foreign country since the outbreak of the coronavirus

26 March 2021 12:36 PM IST

A health worker collects a swab sample from a passenger for Rapid Antigen Test for the Covid-19 coronavirus at a railway station In New Delhi on Match 25, 2021, as India recorded over 50,000 new coronavirus cases for the first since October, while a new wave of infections takes hold a year after one of the worlds tightest lockdowns was imposed. (Prakash SINGH / AFP)

Surge in fresh COVID-19 cases, India records 59,118 new infections

The health ministry stressed that more than 70 per cent of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities

26 March 2021 11:57 AM IST

The Centre has purchased 11 million doses of Covishield vaccine for the ongoing inoculation drive. (Photo: AP)

India's gift of 200,000 COVID vaccine doses will be sent to UN...

More than 58 million Made in India coronavirus vaccine doses have reached about 70 countries in the recent weeks

26 March 2021 11:40 AM IST

The handling of the farmers on the borders of Indias capital has become a perception battle more than a true search for corrections in basic issues. (Photo:AFP)

Bharat Bandh: Farmers gather near national highways, key roads in...

Farmer leaders have said road and rail transport will be blocked and claimed that markets will also remain closed

26 March 2021 10:17 AM IST