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Whatsapp said it was moving back the date on which people will be asked to review and accept the terms. (AFP)

WhatsApp delays new privacy policy by three months amid severe...

The policy change was originally scheduled to come into effect on February 8, the Facebook-owned company said

16 Jan 2021 1:45 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually launches pan-India rollout of COVID-19 vaccination drive, in New Delhi, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021. (PTI)

Modi launches India's vaccination drive against COVID-19

India getting two vaccines in such a short time is a testimony to the talent and skills of the nation's scientists', the...

16 Jan 2021 11:47 AM IST

The next round of talks has been scheduled on Tuesday, January 19, the day when the Supreme Court-appointed committee was due to start its consultations with stakeholders to end the impasse. (Photo:PTI)

Farm talks stuck after 9 rounds, next round on January 19

One of the major challenges before the govt is to ensure that the farmers call off their proposed tractor march to Delhi...

16 Jan 2021 1:27 AM IST

All 1.65 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccines -- 1.1 crore of Covishield and 55 lakh of Covaxin -- procured by the Centre have been allocated to all states and UTs in proportion to their healthcare workers database. (Photo:AP)

Prime Minister to inaugurate first phase of Covid vaccination today

This round of vaccination programme will be held all over the country, at a total of 3,006 sites which will be connected...

16 Jan 2021 1:12 AM IST

It took eight months to hit 1 million dead but less than four months after that to reach the next million. (Photo:AP)

This is not a game': Global virus death toll hits 2 million

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said the 2 million milestone has been made worse by the absence of a global...

16 Jan 2021 1:12 AM IST

Morarka was associated with Indian cricket as an administrator and he has served as vice-president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India. By arrangement

Former Union minister Kamal Morarka dies at 74

Morarka was associated with Indian cricket as an administrator and he served as vice-president of the Board of Control...

16 Jan 2021 12:58 AM IST

India says it needs the long-range surface-to-air missiles to counter the threat from China. (Representational Photo:Reuters)

India's friction with US rises over planned purchase of Russian S-400...

India has affirmed its right to choose its defence supplies

16 Jan 2021 12:43 AM IST

A copy of the petition, seen by Reuters, said Whatsapp was jeopardizing national security by sharing, transmitting and storing user data in another country with the information thus governed by foreign laws. (Representative Photo:AFP)

WhatsApp faces first legal challenge in India over privacy

WhatsApp has made a mockery out of our fundamental right to privacy, the petition said

16 Jan 2021 12:22 AM IST

So a step the Holy See takes to rework its hugely patriarchal system and make it more inclusive would be making history, and will have a catalytic and cascading effect. (Photo:AFP)

AA Edit | A seat at the table

The Pope, however, has once again refused to give women the permission to become priests

16 Jan 2021 12:05 AM IST

US President Donald Trump . (AP)

AA Edit | Does America have spine to convict its President?

Faith in the system has also eroded at a time when the pandemic has killed more Americans than World War II and Vietnam...

16 Jan 2021 12:05 AM IST

This year elections are due in two states in the east -- West Bengal and Assam -- and three states/UTs in the south -- Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. Its important to note that all these are now governed by different parties and no party has a government in more than one state. (Representative Photo)

Sanjay Kumar | Elections 2021: A mixed bag of hope & challenges

2021 is going to be more eventful, as five states are going to the polls in the middle of this year

16 Jan 2021 12:05 AM IST

The deniers of vaccination who pose a puzzle are those who have no such complete theory of the universe. What they have instead is the Internet through which the most abject nonsense is spread. (Representational Photo:AFP)

Farrukh Dhondy | Time for all to get Covid jabs; don't listen to...

There are millions of idiots around the world who are anti-vaccers

16 Jan 2021 12:00 AM IST