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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh during a meeting with the Chinese Defence Minister General Fenghe (unseen), in Moscow

AA Edit | India-China flareup at Ladakh: The only way out is diplomacy

With both armies having deployed thousands of troops, tanks and armoured vehicles, Ladakh is more of a tinderbox than...

5 Sept 2020 6:14 PM IST

No one ever is happy with the current amount of content moderation that platforms are undertaking. Some people think it is too little, while others think it is too much.

Technology

Tech This Week | Should India have its own social media content...

Platforms are diverse and a one-size-fits-all approach will not work.

5 Sept 2020 6:03 PM IST

Opinion

Shobhaa De | Chana Kisney Khaaya Rasode Mein Kaun Tha?

This is the aftereffect of the GDP debacle, which has set India back by a staggering 24 per cent

5 Sept 2020 6:00 PM IST

Twitter has cracked down by removing or labelling several of the presidents tweets. Facebook, citing the risk of civil unrest, announced Thursday that it would not allow new political ads on its platform in the last week of the November 3 race. (Photo | AFP)

Technology

Team Trump sticks to polarising, manipulative content on social media...

The open use of digitally-altered images by Trump and other candidates in 2020 has tech giants worried.

5 Sept 2020 5:38 PM IST

Taslimbano Harun Pathan, the school principal of Aasha Marathi Vidyalay, points to a writing from textbooks of various subjects painted on the wall of a house to teach students who are unable to carry smartphones to attend online school classes amid Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic in Solapur. AFP Photo

Opinion

S.B. Shashank | Early childhood education the worst hit during COVID...

On the education front, countries across the globe are grappling with back-to-school plans.

5 Sept 2020 5:33 PM IST

A Google map pinpointing Nacho, the area where the porters are said to have been detained by Chinas Peoples Liberation Army. (Photo: Google)

India

Five porters allegedly detained by China's PLA in Arunachal Pradesh

Villagers learn of the abductions from wireless messages of the Indian security agencies

5 Sept 2020 4:27 PM IST

World

Portland police made 'multiple arrests' overnight as city nears 100...

Portland, in particular, has seen over three months of daily demonstrations calling for policing and social justice...

5 Sept 2020 3:52 PM IST

$Francisco Espaata, 60, is surrounded by members of his medical team as he looks at the Mediterranean sea from a promenade next to the \Hospital del Mar\ in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, Sept. 4, 2020. A hospital in Barcelona is studying how short trips to the beach may help COVID-19 patients recover from long and traumatic intensive hospital care. (AP)$ World