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Trinamul Congress leaders protest over Delhi violence at Parliament during the ongoing Budget Session in New Delhi on Monday. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Axing Question Hour lets government avoid accountability

Cancelling Question Hour deprives MPs of the lone device they have to exercise some control over the executive

4 Sept 2020 6:01 PM IST

A united Congress has a chance to strengthen its ranking; divided, the futures of all party members are at stake

Nilofar Suhrawardy | Bank on Gandhis, test non-Gandhis, start early...

The Congress is not a regional party and it is expected to give greater importance to a democratic process for electing...

4 Sept 2020 5:52 PM IST

Banning the apps, including the popular PUBG Mobile, is the most visible indication of Indias slow decoupling from China, as it has both an emotional and an economic impact.

India's virtual war on Chinese apps is an impactful move, say retired...

The ban on Chinese apps is the start of India's decoupling from the Chinese economy, say defence and warfare experts.

4 Sept 2020 5:42 PM IST

A student undergoes thermal screening as she arrives to appear in JEE Main examination, at a center in Kozhikode. PTI Photo

Dev 360 | In any crisis, take care of the most vulnerable

Covid-19 has not only revealed vulnerabilities and inequalities in the education systems across the world, it has made...

4 Sept 2020 5:28 PM IST

AA Edit | A whistleblowers vindication

AA Edit | A whistleblower's vindication

In his speech at AMU, Khan, had called attention to the appalling absence of doctors and basic infrastructure in...

4 Sept 2020 5:08 PM IST

Rahat Indori was five years old when the much loved poet Majaz died of a stroke after he was found on the freezing terrace of a country liquor shop in Lucknows Qaisar Bagh. Photo: Twitter

Saeed Naqvi | Rahat Indori, a theme for Bollywood with built-in lyrics

What will be Rahat's place in literature?

4 Sept 2020 4:42 PM IST

Currently, apps are automatically given a tracking code unless users of iPhones and other Apple devices go to the extra trouble of changing their privacy controls on their own. With iOS 14, Apple planned to make apps get explicit consent from users to track them to serve them ads according to their web use. (Photo | AFP)

Apple postpones unveiling privacy feature on iPhones as apps complain...

Facebook has said that the privacy feature in iOS 14 would deliver a blow to many apps at a time that they are...

4 Sept 2020 4:40 PM IST

The last active politician who became President before Pranab Mukherjee was Shankar Dayal Sharma in 1992. So it was not an easy going for Pranab. File Photo

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Pranab Da's politics: Adept at managing...

Pranab showed that he was capable in dealing with the intricacies of administration without handing over levers of power...

4 Sept 2020 4:23 PM IST

Alain Cocq, suffering from an orphan desease of the blood, rests on his medical bed in his flat in Dijon, northeastern France. (AFP)

Frenchman to livestream own death in right-to-die case

Alain Cocq had written to president Macron to be permitted for euthanasia but he wrote back to him saying its not...

4 Sept 2020 4:18 PM IST

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel asked the Centre to dispatch seven CRPF battalions. (PTI Photo)

Chhattisgarh CM seeks seven more CRPF battalions, mobile towers to...

In the letter, Baghel has sought Centres cooperation for effective implementation of the states strategies to eliminate...

4 Sept 2020 4:05 PM IST

Chairman of Indias Reliance Industries Mukesh Ambani (L) looks at rows of produce during a visit to a Reliance Fresh supermarket in Hyderabad. (AFP Photo)

Reliance Retail in talks with Silver Lake for $1 billion stake sale

The investment, which would value Reliance Retail at about $57 billion, comes as company aims to sell about 10% in new...

4 Sept 2020 3:26 PM IST

Pro-democracy students raise a three-finger salute, a symbol of resistance, during a protest rally in front of Education Ministry in Bangkok, Thailand . (AP)

Thai students turn agitators for educational reform

Thailand's ministry has issued statement saying schools must respect freedom of speech, allowing protests as long as...

4 Sept 2020 3:24 PM IST