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In this 2014 file photo, the audience reacts during the Proms at Royal Albert Hall, London. The BBC has ditched the lyrics of Rule Britannia! for its traditional summer-ending concert amid a controversy over the songs celebration of the British Empire. (AP file photo)

Farrukh Dhondy | BBC Proms: Bosses caught between govt line and woke...

Public hoo-ha between the BBC and the prime minister over song lyrics

2 Sept 2020 12:28 AM IST

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) said it had barred users from accessing Tinder, Grindr, SayHi, Tagged and Skout after the social networking apps failed to moderate... content in accordance with Pakistans laws.

Tinder, Grindr blocked in Pakistan for 'immoral content'

An app can request to have the block lifted if it shows it is moderating the indecent/immoral content through...

1 Sept 2020 10:16 PM IST

Some relief for passengers.

Unlock 4: SOPs on metro rail operations to be out tomorrow

Metro trains will be allowed to operated in a graded manner.

1 Sept 2020 8:06 PM IST

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi asserted that a fair and inclusive COVID-19 vaccine access strategy should have been in place by now. (PTI Photo)

Rahul Gandhi: International media has exposed FB-WhatsApp's assault on...

Ruling party's IT cell head Amit Malviya alleged a

1 Sept 2020 7:28 PM IST

Ble¼ is built largely from her own savings and bootstrapped, as she likes to call it, it is still is all about helping women avoid all kinds of chemicals entering their bodies

Komal Baldwa's start-up fights the intimate enemy

Her start-up Ble¼ promotes non-toxic condoms and she hopes to diversify into many other products

1 Sept 2020 6:57 PM IST

A rikshaw puller rests near a deserted road during a day-long state-imposed lockdown as a preventive measure against the surge in Covid-19 coronavirus cases in Siliguri. PTI Photo

'Act of God': As coronavirus rises, India's economy falls to all-time...

Given the less-than-ideal economic scenario, a nationwide complete lockdown was bound to have a considerable impact on...

1 Sept 2020 6:40 PM IST

2 dead as Mauritius oil spill clean-up boats collide. (AFP Photo)

2 dead, 2 missing after Mauritius oil spill clean-up boats collide

It is tragic that we lost two of the tugboat crew, while two others are still missing, Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth...

1 Sept 2020 6:24 PM IST

A man rests in front of closed book stalls during a day long state-imposed lockdown as a preventive measure against the surge in Covid-19 coronavirus cases, in Kolkata. AFP Photo

Mohan Guruswamy | Is another global economic crisis now inevitable?

The essential problem we must confront is how to rectify a world economic system that has gone hopelessly wrong

1 Sept 2020 5:56 PM IST

Black former franchisees sue McDonalds for discrimination. (AP Photo)

52 Black ex-franchisees sue McDonald's for racial discrimination

The 52 plaintiffs are seeking compensation of USD 4 million to USD 5 million per store, according to the lawsuit

1 Sept 2020 5:54 PM IST

New office space supply down 93pc, demand falls 73pc during Jan-Jun due to COVID-19. (Representative Image)

Demand for office space leasing falls 73% in first six months amid...

Vacancy levels rose to 20 per cent during the first half of 2020

1 Sept 2020 5:34 PM IST

WB asks Railways not to send Shramik Special trains to state till May 26 in view of Cyclone Amphan. (PTI Photo)

Aakar Patel | Unlock' rules are illogical: If flights allowed, why not...

The Indian Railways is still by and large largely shut, and has been shut since the lockdown began

1 Sept 2020 5:34 PM IST

Army personnel pay salute as mortal remains of former president Pranab Mukherjee being taken to Lodhi Road crematorium from his residence for the final rites, in New Delhi, Tuesday. (PTI)

Ex-President Pranab Mukherjee cremated with full state honours

An Army contingent gave a guard of honour and a gun salute to the former president.

1 Sept 2020 5:21 PM IST