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Aakar Patel | India losing its Mahabharat against Covid?

India is the only nation, to repeat, that has consistently been going up in terms of number of cases from the start till...

11 Aug 2020 5:15 PM IST

Supreme Court of India

Daughters have equal coparcenary rights in Hindu family property:...

The amendment to the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 granting equal rights to daughters to inherit property would have...

11 Aug 2020 5:15 PM IST

Those who lost their lives in the fire at Vijayawadas five-storey Swarna Palace hotel, taken on lease by Ramesh Hospital, are more than mere statistics

AA Edit | Covid-19 facility fires offer safety lesson

Unplanned construction in densely-populated areas remains the biggest threat

11 Aug 2020 4:52 PM IST

The state government could use its authority, position and influence to convince small bodies societies, neighbourhoods, sports associations, cultural associations and so on to use blockchain-based technologies to conduct their internal elections. Once we have enough use cases, we can convince the government to try it out and gradually scale it up to the national level, Principal Secretary for IT Jayesh Ranjan said. (Photo | Wikimedia Commons - Ankur Banerjee)

Telangana keen to explore blockchain technology's applications in...

Blockchain tech would provide a secure system whereby voters can cast their votes remotely, without the risk of privacy...

11 Aug 2020 4:51 PM IST

Samujjal Kumar Bhattarcharya. (ANI)

AASU releases confidential report on Clause 6 of Assam Accord, says...

The bone of contention since the signing of the Accord was the definition of Assamese people, which the committee tried...

11 Aug 2020 4:24 PM IST

Russian President Vladimir Putin says that a coronavirus vaccine developed in the country has been registered for use and one of his daughters has already been inoculated. (PTI Photo)

Russia has developed coronavirus vaccine, claims Putin, says his...

Russian authorities have said that medical workers, teachers and other risk groups will be the first to be inoculated

11 Aug 2020 3:43 PM IST

PM Narendra Modi (AFP)

Modi to CMs in video conference: Defeat coronavirus in your states so...

Modi said the recovery rate has gone up which, he added, meant that government efforts have proved to be effective.

11 Aug 2020 3:11 PM IST

Congress leader Sachin Pilot interacts with the media at his residence in New Delhi, Tuesday. (PTI)

Will give warm hug to Pilot, other rebels if Congress top bosses...

Gehlot added that it was his responsibility to address the grievances of those who were annoyed with him.

11 Aug 2020 2:55 PM IST

Wife Sushma Sathe and son Dhananjay Sathe of Air India Express pilot Captain Deepak Sathe, grieve as his body was laid out for final respects in Mumbai.(PTI)

Pilot Deepak Sathe cremated with state honours

The Maharashtra government said Capt Sathe was an inspiration to younger pilots

11 Aug 2020 2:41 PM IST

Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government on Tuesday refused to transfer Sushant Singh Rajputs case to the CBI. (AFP Photo)

Enforcement Directorate probes Sushant Singh Rajput's friend, business...

Pithani and Modi arrived at the office of the central probe agency in the Ballard Estate area around 11 am

11 Aug 2020 2:25 PM IST

Former president Pranab Mukherjee has been admitted to the Armys R&R hospital in New Delhi.

Pranab Mukherjee in critical condition, says hospital

The former president is under ventilator support due to a coronavirus infection

11 Aug 2020 2:16 PM IST

In this file image ZR Thiamsanga was treating a policeman at the Myanmar border. (@DIPR_Mizoram)

Mizoram MLA ZR Thiamsanga helps woman deliver while visiting...

Thiamsanga is a doctor by profession who specialises in obstetrics and gynaecology

11 Aug 2020 1:41 PM IST