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DMK MP Kanimozhi on Sunday said a CISF officer asked her if she was an Indian, when she asked the woman official to speak in Tamil or English. (PTI Photo)

Asked if I am an Indian for not speaking in Hindi at airport: DMK MP...

I would like to know from when being indian is equal to knowing Hindi, Kanimozhi tweeted

9 Aug 2020 4:54 PM IST

External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar. (PTI Photo)

K.C. Singh | External affairs minister Jaishankar's new vision may...

An excerpt published recently from the book's introduction outlines his worldview. It also raises a number of...

9 Aug 2020 4:50 PM IST

PS Sreedharan Pillai (Twitter)

Mizoram governor wrote 13 books during lockdown

On the occasion, the governor shared how he has derived inspiration for writing books

9 Aug 2020 4:49 PM IST

Chinese consumersknown for eagerly embracing e-commerce, online payments and other digital solutionsare lining up for a spin in DiDi Chuxings self-developed autonomous taxis at a Shanghai pilot project launched in June. (Photo | AFP)

China begins testing robotaxis for hire amid race against US tech...

Autonomous hired cars are considered ideal for accumulating driving time and the data cache needed for cars to learn and...

9 Aug 2020 4:33 PM IST

I swallowed, collected my scattered wits, and told the driver there was something wrong with the meter.

Shashi Warrier | My first brush with a Madras autowallah

One final instruction relayed from my Madras cousin: Don't ever take an autorickshaw in madras because the drivers are...

9 Aug 2020 4:32 PM IST

While Twitter does allow for the sharing of videos, most posts contain short text messages and photos or GIFs. In 2012 Twitter acquired the platform Vine, which allowed users to share short videos, but shut down the service in 2016. (Photo | MaxPixel.net)

Twitter also in talks to purchase TikTok, says report

Twitter's bid is a long shot, but it believes it would face less antitrust scrutiny than larger corporations such as...

9 Aug 2020 3:51 PM IST

Lebanons Information Minister Manal Abdel Samad. (AFP)

Lebanon information minister quits in first government resignation...

The head of Lebanon's Maronite church meanwhile called on the entire government to step down over the August 4 explosion

9 Aug 2020 3:47 PM IST

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar. (AP)

Trump official lands in Taiwan for highest-level US visit since 1979

China described the visit as a threat to peace and stability', while the defence minister warned against US making any...

9 Aug 2020 3:14 PM IST

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko casts his ballot at a polling station during the presidential election in Minsk, Belarus. (AP)

Belarus' strongman president faces a tough election

Incumbent Alexander Lukashenko has made it clear he won't hesitate to quash any protests against the results of Sunday's...

9 Aug 2020 2:17 PM IST

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani gestures as he speaks during the first day of the Loya Jirga, a grand assembly of Afghan elders, at the Loya Jirga Hall in Kabul. (AFP)

Afghan's traditional council frees 400 Taliban prisoners

The move also looks to bring the United States a little closer to bringing its troops home and ending its longest...

9 Aug 2020 1:33 PM IST

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh announces progressive restrictions on import of 101 defence items. (PTI Photo)

Defence Ministry bans 101 import items, big push to atmanirbhar bharat...

Ministry has prepared a list of 101 items for which the embargo on imports is planned to be progressively implemented...

9 Aug 2020 1:30 PM IST

Saki Morioki, 5 years old, prays as paper lanterns float along the Motoyasu River in front of the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima. (AP)

Nagasaki hopes for a 'nuclear-free world' on 75th anniversary of...

On August 9, 1945, Nagasaki was flattened in an atomic inferno three days after the first US atomic bombing in Hiroshima

9 Aug 2020 12:51 PM IST