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HAL employee arrested for supplying Indian fighter aircraft details to...

The man was supplying secret information about Indian fighter aircraft and their manufacturing unit to ISI, a police...

9 Oct 2020 4:30 PM IST

An ineffective outcome seems to be written into the project because it glosses over the ground realities and betrays short-sightedness and ignorance of the political canvas on which the CAA law in reaction to which Shaheen Bagh has sprung has been inscribed. (Photo: G.N. JHA)Opinion
AA Edit | Spare the commuter from the Shaheen Bagh protests

The court was categorical in rejecting the argument that citizens have an absolute right of peaceful protest

9 Oct 2020 4:28 PM IST

Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) Chief Chirag Paswan along with party leaders after the meeting ahead of Bihar Assembly elections, in New Delhi. PTI PhotoOpinion
AA Edit | LJP's Bihar poll games bare BJP's secret hand

It also invites us to reflect on the BJP's relationship with allies once the saffron party has gains in strength

9 Oct 2020 4:18 PM IST

Indias Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar (lower L), Japans Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (lower R), Japans Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (centre R), Australias Foreign Minister Marise Payne (centre L) and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (top L) attend a Quad Indo-Pacific meeting at the prime ministers office in Tokyo. AP PhotoOpinion
K.C.Singh | Can Quad' grow into a force that China fears?

This week's Quad meeting was timely also because Japan had a change of leadership, with the ailing Abe passing the baton...

9 Oct 2020 4:05 PM IST

Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal holding an all-party meet.India
Bodoland Territorial Council polls to be held in December

The polls, scheduled for April 4, was postponed indefinitely in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.

9 Oct 2020 3:30 PM IST

The WFP was honoured for \its efforts to combat hunger, for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas and for acting as a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict,\ the jury said(Image: Twitter/@NobelPrize)World
World Food Programme wins Nobel Peace Prize for efforts to combat...

Founded in 1961, the UN organisation helped 97 million people last year, distributing 15 billion rations to people in 88...

9 Oct 2020 3:05 PM IST

A person walks past a board advising on hand disinfection facilities in a public place in Berlin on October 6, 2020, amid the new coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. (AFP)Science
Coronavirus can survive on skin for 9 hours: Study

The study found that virus was inactivated more rapidly on skin surfaces than on other surfaces such as stainless steel,...

9 Oct 2020 2:56 PM IST

Madhya Pradesh State Congress President Kamal Nath during a party workers rally, in Dewas district. PTI photoIndia
Kamal Nath vows to dump farm bills if voted back to power

Nath described the 3 bills as anti-farmer' and alleged the bills were moved in the parliament to benefit the big...

9 Oct 2020 2:48 PM IST

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Shaktikanta Das addresses via livestream as he announces the central banks monetary policy decisions, in Mumbai. PTI photoBusiness
RBI keeps key rates unchanged; signals more easing to protect India's...

The six-member Monetary Policy Committee voted unanimously to retain the benchmark repo rate at 4 per cent

9 Oct 2020 2:09 PM IST

Tourists wearing masks to protect from the coronavirus stand near a floral decoration set up for the National Day celebrations on Tiananmen Square in Beijing on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020. Negative perceptions of China have increased sharply in many of the worlds advanced economies, especially in Australia and the U.K., a new survey from the Pew Research Center showed Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020. (AP)World
China tourism rebounds over Golden Week but still below last year

Tourism sites were visited by 637 million domestic tourists over the eight-day National Day holiday that started October...

9 Oct 2020 1:34 PM IST

Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh pays tribute to the mortal remains of Union Minister and Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) leader Ramvilas Paswan after his demise on Thursday evening, at his Janpath residence in New Delhi. PTI photoIndia
A Dalit icon, Paswan always read writing on the wall

LJP wanted to write about the historyt of socialist politics

9 Oct 2020 1:27 PM IST

China is now the biggest economy to pledge support to help buy and distribute the shots fairly as part of the COVAX initiative. (AFP)World
China joins COVAX initiative for fair COVID-19 vaccine distribution

China is also holding separate talks with the WHO to have its locally produced COVID-19 vaccines assessed for...

9 Oct 2020 1:24 PM IST

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