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Billionaire Mukesh Ambanis Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) plans to increase its network of aviation fuel stations by 50 per cent. (PTI Photo)

Reliance plans to up aviation fuel stations by 50%

Reliance Aviation has the highest market share in 20 per cent of the operating airports

6 July 2020 9:51 AM IST

A police officer directs traffic at a roadblock in suburban Melbourne, Australia. (AP)

Australia closes state border for first time in 100 years

Victoria, Australia's most populous state, will be closed off from the rest of the country, and its 6.6 million...

6 July 2020 9:50 AM IST

An Indian convoy moves to a forward location near the Line of Actual Control in Ladakh. (File photo: PTI)

Army to verify if China has withdrawn from flashpoints

India will carry out its disengagement in a step-by step process in which each step will be verified before the next is...

6 July 2020 9:35 AM IST

Oil prices offered up a mixed market snapshot on Monday. (AFP Photo

Oil prices mixed as virus spike casts shadow over demand

OPEC and allies including Russia have pledged to slash production by a record 9.7 million barrels per day (bpd) for a...

6 July 2020 9:15 AM IST

A car leans against a building following a heavy rain in Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto prefecture, southern Japan Monday, July 6, 2020. (AP)

Desperate searches as dozens feared dead in Japan floods

At least 36 people are feared dead after record rains lashed areas of western Japan in the early hours of Saturday

6 July 2020 8:53 AM IST

Maintaining respiration during chloroform delivery was vital to prevent unnecessary deaths, a technique perfected by Dr Lawrie in 20 years of practice. Representational Photo, AFP.

Chloroform & how modern medicine came to Hyderabad

In the 19th century, chloroform was being increasingly used for surgical procedures, but its safety profile was yet to...

5 July 2020 8:23 PM IST

Very early in his tenure, in 1991, he told the World Economic Forum, an assembly of wealthy investors, that economic reforms and globalisation should work for the building of a more humane and caring society

P. V. Narasimha Rao: The unsung PM who changed India's economic...

Although his five-year tenure witnessed policy reforms across most of the sectors, he chose not to be the voice of the...

5 July 2020 7:56 PM IST

Normally, public outcries over custodial deaths, which are common in India, would fizzle out after the initial anger. PTI Photo

AA Edit | Incremental progress in Jayraj and Bennix case

It was a shocked civil society that first raised the demand for booking the men in uniform for murder

5 July 2020 7:27 PM IST

Security personnel stand guard during clashes between those supporting and against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act in north east Delhi. PTI photo

AA Edit | Delhi riots probe faces a crisis of credibility

The police have filed over 80 chargesheets pertaining to the riots

5 July 2020 7:05 PM IST

We can only visualize what positives would have been there in a situation like todays if the area sabhas were in existence and active. PTI Photo

Coronavirus and lessons for improving urban governance

As we get back to normalcy, it would be desirable to have area level arrangements like area sabha even as administrative...

5 July 2020 6:47 PM IST

When it comes to race issues, people of Indian origin have often been regarded an invisible band of the racial spectrum and have often readily embraced this cloak of invisibility. AP Photo

Indians and the 'R' word

The Indian diaspora is known for its merits of hardwork but is also seen as one that does not rise up and challenge the...

5 July 2020 6:06 PM IST

BJP MLA Ajay Vishnoi asks CM Shivraj Chouhan to take charge of unhappy MP divisions. (PTI Photo)

MP cabinet expansion: BJP MLA writes to CM Shivraj Singh, says people...

Vishnoi's letter, sent on Saturday, claimed there was resentment among the people of Jabalpur and Rewa divisions

5 July 2020 4:43 PM IST