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Delhi Metro resumes after 169-day COVID hiatus. (PTI Photo)

After over 5-month hiatus, Delhi Metro resumes today with social...

Trains will operate in batches of four-hour each from 7-11 am in the morning and 4-8 pm in the evening in the first...

7 Sept 2020 7:57 AM IST

Nirav Modi extradition trial to resume in UK court on September 7. (PTI Photo)

PNB fraud: Nirav Modi's extradition trial to resume in UK court today

Modi has made repeated attempts at bail over the past year, each of which were turned down as he is deemed a flight risk

7 Sept 2020 7:17 AM IST

Akbar, the Great Mughal: Why are we obsessed with the Top Ten of kings?

Devulapalli | Time to move on from mythology

How about we put history aside for a bit and brush up on reason, scientific thinking and logic instead?

6 Sept 2020 11:15 PM IST

If Julian Assange is prosecuted it could have a chilling effect on media freedom, leading publishers and journalists to self-censor in fear of retaliation, said Amnestys Europe Director, Nils Muiznieks. (Photo | Flickr - Ecuador Foreign Ministry)

Julian Assange set to fight US extradition bid over Wikileaks exposes...

US prosecutors have indicted the 49-year-old Australian on 18 espionage and computer misuse charges that could draw a...

6 Sept 2020 10:42 PM IST

The survey results will be submitted to key stakeholders of the Digital Health ID initiative, says community social media platform LocalCircles that conducted the survey. (Photo | Pixabay - Mohamed Hasan)

59 pc of people surveyed about Digital Health ID do not want personal...

Forty eight per cent of respondents did not want external agencies to access their data for research or promotional...

6 Sept 2020 10:03 PM IST

At this time, we dont have any evidence indicating this is something other than a brushing scam where people receive unsolicited items from a seller who then posts false customer reviews to boost sales, the Department of Agriculture said in a statement on August 12. (Representative Image | Wikimedia Commons - ParentingPatch)

Suspected 'agri warfare' as US Amazon users get free Chinese seeds...

Initially feared to be a hit on US agriculture, it was later concluded that firms were looking to post fake reviews on...

6 Sept 2020 8:11 PM IST

Sharmistha Mukherjee, daughter of the late Pranab Mukherjee. (Twitter/@Sharmistha_GK)

Waqyanawis | Sharmistha has Pranab Mukherjee's treasure trove

Amit Shah and the stars, Priyanka and her rented flat, and Jyotiraditya's long wait

6 Sept 2020 7:21 PM IST

Social short-video platform Bolo Indya said it doesnt host audio or video libraries and any content on their platforms is user generated. If user content is found violating copyright, it is removed when alerted, the social video platforms representatives said. (Representative Image)

Homegrown TikToks get legal notice demanding Rs 3.5 crore each for...

The music distribution company also filed a lawsuit against short-video app Roposo over infringing its copyright.

6 Sept 2020 7:07 PM IST

File photo of prime minister Narendra Modi addressing BJP MPs.

Pavan K Varma | A Parliament without questions is no democracy

The decision to do away with Question Hour indicates that the government has no answers

6 Sept 2020 6:05 PM IST

Keshavananda Bharati of the Edneer mutt, who passed away on Sunday, September 6, 2020. His petition against Kerala land reform laws led to the Supreme Court laying down the principle that the basic structure of the Constitution cannot be altered. (Twitter)

Kesavananda Bharati, petitioner in landmark SC judgement, passes away

It was his case that the Supreme Court laid down the principle that the basic structure of the Constitution cannot be...

6 Sept 2020 5:07 PM IST

A medic collects a nasal sample from a migrant worker via Rapid Antigen kit for COVID-19 test, before he boards a bus to reach his workplace, at Thane Central Bus Stand, in Thane. PTI photo

India beats Brazil in coronavirus tally, now world's No.2 in cases

The health ministry is only harping on the fact that the COVID recovery rate has climbed to 77.32pc in the country

6 Sept 2020 4:58 PM IST

Apart from worries about China being able to develop competitors to American industry using American technology, Washington also worries about Chinas development of long-range missiles, supercomputers that can be used in nuclear warhead development and other high-tech weapons. (Representative Image)

Fearing US blacklisting, Chinese chipmaker SMIC asserts its tech is...

SMIC is a leader in a semiconductor industry built up by the ruling Communist Party in an effort to reduce China's...

6 Sept 2020 4:30 PM IST