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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addresses a press conference, ahead of the Bihar Assembly Elections, in Patna, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020. (PTI Photo)

BJP's manifesto promises free coronavirus vaccine for Bihar

The announcement has triggered a political row in the state ahead of polls

23 Oct 2020 12:40 AM IST

Border Security Force (BSF) is tasked to guard the India-Pakistan International Border in the Jammu region of the state. (Representational Image | PTI)

Pakistan hasn't taken action against terror, can't escape FATF grey...

India also said Pakistani forces have carried out more than 3800 unprovoked ceasefire violations (CFVs) this year

22 Oct 2020 11:33 PM IST

The Joint Statement was issued at the end of the second India-US 2+2 dialogue between US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Defence Secretary Mark Esper and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh at the State Department on Wednesday amidst the historic impeachment vote against President Donald Trump. (Photo: MEA Twitter)

India-US 2+2 talks: Esper, Pompeo to also meet NSA Ajit Doval and PM...

United States Secretary of State Michael R Pompeo and Secretary of Defense Mark T Esper will visit New Delhi on October...

22 Oct 2020 10:19 PM IST

Crowded Chandni Chowk market during festive season, amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, in New Delhi, Monday, Oct. 19, 2020. (PTI Photo)

Some respite from COVID-19 for India as active cases continue to...

According to Union health ministry, the daily Positivity Rate has also been less than 5 per cent over the past three...

22 Oct 2020 9:37 PM IST

Pope Francis delivers a speech during a ceremony for peace with representatives from various religions in Campidoglio Square in Rome on October 20, 2020. (AFP)

Pope says same-sex couples should be protected by civil union laws

He made his comments in a new documentary Francesco by Oscar-nominated director Evgeny Afineevsky that was released on...

22 Oct 2020 6:17 PM IST

With laboratories around the world in a furious race to develop a first effective vaccine, Moderna seems to hold the lead as it enters a final round of clinical trials -- a decisive step in determining whether a vaccine is both effective and safe. (AFP)

COVID vaccine volunteer dies during trial in Brazil

The brazilian regulator said that the trial is bound to coninue regardless of the death of a volunteer involved in the...

22 Oct 2020 2:28 PM IST

Pro-democracy protesters wave Thailands national flag as others shine their mobile phone lights during an anti-government protest in Bangkok, Thailand. (AP)

Thailand cancels emergency decree in bid to calm protests

Wednesday marked the eighth straight day of demonstrations by a movement that was launched in March

22 Oct 2020 2:27 PM IST

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. PTI photo

Maharashtra will announce compensation to farmers soon: Thackeray

The CM on Wednesday toured parts of the Marathwada region, which has been ravaged by the heavy rains

22 Oct 2020 12:47 PM IST

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday expressed concern over an artificial intelligence (AI) bot (a Cyber mechanism) that reportedly turns womens photographs into nudes and asked the Union government what it could do on such AI bot.(Representational Image: AFP)

Bombay HC asks govt to act against bot that turns women's photos into...

The ASG said the Union government was in favour of the press exercising self-regulation

22 Oct 2020 12:24 PM IST

CSK skipper M.S. Dhoni with his daughter Ziva at the post match ceremony. (Photo: BCCI)

AA Edit| Rapist' trolls: Shame them

Earlier, the five-year-old daughter of cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni was threatened similarly by a tennager from...

22 Oct 2020 12:02 PM IST

Congress Party workers celebrate after Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh resolution at Punjabs state assembly rejecting the three farm laws passed by Indian Parliament, in Amritsar on October 20, 2020.(AFP)

AA Edit | Punjab makes a point, will other states follow?

It is highly likely that courts will be called upon to decide on the constitutionality or otherwise of the bills

22 Oct 2020 11:08 AM IST

Protestors raise slogans against the amendments to the Right to Information Act, in New Delhi in 2019.(PTI File)

Dilip Cherian | CIC sans chief, only 10 of 28 panels worked during...

Fifteen years after the Right to Information (RTI) Act came into force, does the nation have more transparency or less?

22 Oct 2020 10:58 AM IST