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Twitter is also considering allowing users to join communities devoted to topics via a feature seemingly similar to Facebooks \groups.\ (AP/Matt Rourke, File)Business
Twitter considers charging users for special content, in revenue push

The globally popular social media platform announced the potential new Super Follows service at its annual investor...

26 Feb 2021 12:12 PM IST

BMC officials penalise a commuter for not wearing mask, amid rise in coronavirus cases across Maharashtra, in Mumbai on February 22, 2021. (PTI)India
COVID-19: Weekly markets, mass weddings banned in Maharashtra's...

The coronavirus tally in Palghar district has gone up to 45,838 with the addition of 45 cases on Thursday

26 Feb 2021 11:14 AM IST

The controversy, however, is more about the drug regulators emergency approval to the second coronavirus vaccine, the indigenously produced Covaxin, before critical efficacy data of the third phase of clinical trials are out.World
Brazil signs COVID-19 vaccine deal with Bharat Biotech

So far Brazil has vaccinated less than 4 per cent of its population of 210 million people

26 Feb 2021 10:51 AM IST

New Delhi added that it was in discussions with the Government of Bangladesh to ensure their (survivors) safe and secure repatriation . (Representational image : AFP)India
India finds boat carrying 90 Rohingya refugees adrift at sea, 8 dead

We are in discussions with the Government of Bangladesh to ensure their safe and secure repatriation, MEA said

26 Feb 2021 8:53 AM IST

The Unctad report finds that a few developing nations are exhibiting stronger capabilities to use, adopt and adapt frontier technologies than their per capita GDPs would suggest. (Representational image: AFP)Technology
India top over-performer in frontier technologies

Over-performance is measured as the difference between the actual index rankings and the estimated index rankings based...

26 Feb 2021 7:32 AM IST

Jammu and Kashmir have heaved a sigh of relief over India and Pakistan agreeing to strictly observe all agreements on ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) and other sectors. (Photo: PTI)India
J&K border residents heave a sigh of relief after LoC bonhomie

J&K parties, leaders too welcome the pledge

26 Feb 2021 4:08 AM IST

The vehicle, a Scorpio van, was found on Carmichael Road near Antilia, the multi-storey residence of Ambani, the chairman of Reliance Industries, an official said. (Twitter)India
Vehicle with explosives found near Mukesh Ambani's house

Police found gelatin sticks inside, but it was not an assembled explosive device, officials said

26 Feb 2021 12:07 AM IST

Climate activist Disha Ravi, 22, being taken to a court in New Delhi, India, Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. Ravi was arrested for circulating a document on social media supporting months of massive protests by farmers in India. (AP)Opinion
Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Arrests on flimsy basis undermine...

A citizen's liberty cannot be left to the mercy of a policeman or policewoman

26 Feb 2021 12:00 AM IST

A militant killed in an encounter with security forces in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday. (PTI Photo)India
India, Pak militaries agree for 'strict observance' of all agreements...

Army officials maintained that there will be no let-up in troop deployment as well its operations along Pak borders...

25 Feb 2021 10:45 PM IST

Nirav Modi extradition trial to resume in UK court on September 7. (PTI Photo)India
Nirav Modi loses extradition fight, UK judge rules he has case to...

Nirav's legal team did not immediately confirm if he intends to appeal against Thursday's ruling

25 Feb 2021 6:24 PM IST

Union Ministers Ravi Shankar Prasad and Prakash Javadekar in New Delhi, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021. (PTI)India
Govt announces guidelines to regulate social media, OTT platforms and...

As per the new rules, social media intermediaries have to appoint grievance officer, who shall register complaints in 24...

25 Feb 2021 3:31 PM IST

West Bengal state Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, pillion rides on an electric two wheeler driven by minister of Kolkata Firhad Hakim symbolizing a protest against repeated fuel and cooking gas price hike in Kolkata, India, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. (AP)India
Mamata rides pillion on electric scooter to protest fuel price hike

Banerjee was seen sitting behind state minister Firhad Hakim, who rode the battery-powered electric scooter

25 Feb 2021 2:22 PM IST

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