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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman during the ongoing Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Wednesday, February 03, 2021

Mohan Guruswamy | No new taxes? Budget's Mahabharata lessons

Even in a much smaller economy like India, in the ultimate analysis it's the state of the economy that determines...

4 Feb 2021 7:20 AM IST

Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday indicated that the polls would be announced within a week in the state. (Photo:PTI)

Didi says Assembly polls announcement week away; blames TMC turncoat...

Mamata accused Rajib Banerjee of malpractice, during his tenure as the state forest minister, which has come under a...

4 Feb 2021 4:33 AM IST

IMF approves debt relief for 25 poor countries. (PTI Photo)

IMF sent Myanmar $350 million in emergency aid; no precedent for...

The State Department said it would review its foreign assistance to the southeast Asian country

3 Feb 2021 5:41 PM IST

When the House met for the day, Naidu said Parliamentary rules restrict usage of cellular phones within Rajya Sabha chambers. (RSTV/PTI )

Naidu warns Rajya Sabha MPs against recording proceedings on mobile...

Some opposition MPs had on Tuesday used their cell phones to record the disruption in proceedings over farm bills

3 Feb 2021 11:24 AM IST

Swedish environmentalist Greta Thunberg. (AFP)

After Rihanna, Greta Thunberg extends support to farmers' protest

Thunberg tweeted soon after singer Rihanna shared a news article highlighting the Centre's crackdown on the farmers

3 Feb 2021 11:17 AM IST

Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos tops Forbes richest list. (AFP Photo)

Jeff Bezos, Amazon's founder, will step down as CEO

Bezos, who is the company's biggest shareholder, will still have broad influence over Amazon

3 Feb 2021 11:00 AM IST

Reliance Retail runs more than 10,000 stores selling apparel, groceries and electronics across India. (AFP Photo)

Delhi HC asks Future Group to keep status quo on Reliance deal

Justice J. R. Midha said the court was satisfied that an immediate interim order was required to be passed to protect...

3 Feb 2021 9:56 AM IST

SC orders disbursal of Rs 9K cr to unitholders of Franklin Templeton's...

The bench granted liberty to the litigating parties to approach the court in case of any difficulty in the disbursal of...

3 Feb 2021 9:52 AM IST

Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny casting his vote at a polling station during to the Moscow city Duma election in Moscow. - Tests carried out on Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny provide clear proof that he was poisoned by a chemical nerve agent, the German government said Wednesday, September 2, 2020, demanding explanations from Moscow. (AFP File)

Moscow court confirms prison time for Kremlin critic Navalny

During Tuesday's hearing Navalny said the case was meant 'to intimidate a huge number of people'

3 Feb 2021 9:48 AM IST

In Rajya Sabha, Opposition parties had given notice under rule 267, calling for the suspension of business of the day to discuss the ongoing agitation by farmers on Delhi borders. (Twitter/ANI)

Farm protests find echo in Parliament, Opposition MPs stage walkout in...

In Rajya Sabha, Opposition MPs staged a walkout demanding a discussion exclusively on the farmers issues

3 Feb 2021 9:41 AM IST

The 21-kilometre distance crossing 16 stations was covered in less than 30 minutes and with minimal disruption to traffic along the route. By arrangement

Hyderabad Metro helps shift donor organ from LB Nagar to Jubilee Hills

Since the harvested heart had to be transplanted to a recipient's body in two hours, the best resources had to be put in...

3 Feb 2021 8:08 AM IST

Bombay high court said it expects media organisations to exercise restraint while publishing or reporting any details about investigation in Sushant death case. (PTI Photo)

Sushant Singh Rajput case: NCB arrests assistant film director

The name of Pawar, who was a friend of the late actor, had cropped up during interrogation of other accused arrested...

3 Feb 2021 7:37 AM IST