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Bengaluru has the highest proportion of employers41 per cent, followed by Mumbai at 29 per cent and Delhi 24 per cent (AFP)

Job prospects look up for freshers: Survey

Information technology, telecommunications, e-commerce and technology start-ups seem to be the leaders in terms of...

18 Feb 2021 4:15 AM IST

Traditionally a Congress bastion, the former French colony has suddenly become the cynosure of the BJPs eyes since the party in power at the Centre is piqued over its inability to make inroads into South India. (Photo: Twitter @CMPuducherry)

Is the BJP eyeing Pondy?

Besides poaching the Congress MLAs, the BJP has also used NR Congress and AIADMK, in its mission to storm the Congress...

18 Feb 2021 4:10 AM IST

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

Second dose of COVID-19 jab will see more adverse effects: Experts

Experts say the human body is now ready to act against the antigen that the vaccine is providing

18 Feb 2021 3:15 AM IST

Modi said the nation is looking to build a natural gas pipeline grid to boost usage of the environment-friendly fuel that would help cut carbon emissions. (Photo:PTI)

Rs 100/litre petrol, PM faults predecessors

Price of petrol crossed the Rs 100 per litre mark in Rajasthan after fuel rates were hiked for the ninth day in a row

18 Feb 2021 12:47 AM IST

Tamilisai Soundararajan receiving The Warrant of Appointment to discharge functions of Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry from The Honble President of India (Twitter@@DrTamilisaiGuv)

TS Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan to be sworn-in as Pondy Lt...

She was posted as Lt Governor incharge after former IPS officer Kiran Bedi was removed from office through a...

18 Feb 2021 12:36 AM IST

Brigadier General Zaw Min Tun, spokesman for the ruling council (Twitter@descifraguerra)

Myanmar military promises new election; Suu Kyi faces additional...

Suu Kyi, 75, spent nearly 15 years under house arrest for her efforts to end military rule

18 Feb 2021 12:16 AM IST

Indian journalist Priya Ramani, left, smiles as she leaves Patiala House Court in New Delhi, India. A New Delhi court on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, acquitted Ramani of criminal defamation after she accused a former editor-turned-politician and junior external affairs minister of sexual harassment. M.J. Akbar, now 70, filed a case against Ramani in Oct. 2018, denying the allegations as false, baseless and wild.(AP)

#Metoo: Court throws out Akbar's defamation case against Ramani

Reacting to the verdict, Ramani said it feels great to have truth validated before the court

17 Feb 2021 9:37 PM IST

New Zealands Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern talks to media in Wellington, New Zealand on February 15, 2021. (AP/Nick Perry)

New Zealand ends snap virus lockdown in largest city

New Zealand has been widely praised for its handling of the pandemic, with just 26 deaths in a population of five...

17 Feb 2021 12:37 PM IST

Protesters hold signs calling for the release of detained Myanmar civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi as they block a road during a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon on February 17, 2021. (Sai Aung Main / AFP)

Thousands rally in Myanmar's Yangon despite military build up

UN special rapporteur Tom Andrews said he feared the situation was spiralling out of control

17 Feb 2021 11:57 AM IST

NDRF team carries out a rescue operation after an overcrowded bus plunged into a canal in Sidhi district of Madhya Pradesh. (PTI)

MP bus accident: 2 more bodies recovered as rescue operations resume...

On Tuesday, bodies of 47 people, including 20 women and two children, were recovered

17 Feb 2021 11:16 AM IST

Rohit Sharma raises his bat after he scored 150 runs during the 1st day of second cricket test match between India and England, at M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, in Chennai on Feb. 13, 2021. (BCCI/PTI)

AA Edit | Good cricket, bad pitches

The performance of this Team India is so good it does not need the assistance of home conditions to perform against all...

17 Feb 2021 7:50 AM IST

Petrol price was hiked by 30 paise per litre and diesel by 25 paise a litre, according to a price notification of state-owned fuel retailers. (Representational Photo:PTI)

AA Edit | Fuel prices untenable, government must revisit tax structure

Heavy taxes on fuel go against fair tax practices which discourage the government from taxing the rich and the poor...

17 Feb 2021 7:38 AM IST