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Yashwant Sinha (PTI)

Yashwant Sinha announces a new political front in Bihar

Yashwant Sinha didn't elaborate much about his new political front source said that the focus would be to pose a...

27 Jun 2020 6:48 PM IST

Garment MSMEs to Tamil Nadu: Dont even think of extending lockdown

Garment MSMEs to Tamil Nadu: Don't even think of extending lockdown

Over 400 MSME's in garment exports urge CM not to extend lockdown

27 Jun 2020 6:36 PM IST

Health workers screen residents for COVID-19 symptoms at Dharavi, one of Asias biggest slums, in Mumbai, India, Wednesday. AP Photo

Amitabha Bhattacharya | The summer of discontent: Let's learn to live...

Would things have been better if the lockdown was announced earlier, say in late February or early March?

27 Jun 2020 6:22 PM IST

A videograp of Mary Jo Laupp. She told the New York Times that one of her first projects would be to help build a group of pro-Biden content creators on TikTok.

TikTok Grandma' whose call to action led to poor show at Trump rally...

Mary Jo Laupp's TikTok video was viewed over two million times and boosted by American fans of South Korean pop music,...

27 Jun 2020 6:17 PM IST

Statues of people long dead, and possibly of zero relevance to our times, should be dismissed, ignored, and removed if they have become painful reminders of something hateful in the past. PTI Photo

Shobhaa De | 150 years of Mahatma: Why are we so touchy?

In the case of Mahatma Gandhi, why is our national outrage this pronounced?

27 Jun 2020 5:41 PM IST

In this file photo taken on June 2, 2020 A looted and boarded up Microsoft store is seen after a night of protest over the death of an African-American man George Floyd in Minneapolis in Manhattan in New York City. Microsofts physical stores, which sold Surface tablets, laptops and XBox gaming gear, never gained the momentum of rival Apple. Its retail team members will serve customers from Microsoft corporate facilities and remotely provide sales, training, and support, the company said. (Photo | AFP)

Microsoft products will now be sold solely online, all 80 retail...

It will keep four locations as Microsoft Experience Centers in London, New York, Sydney and the company's Redmond,...

27 Jun 2020 5:36 PM IST

PM Narendra Modi (AFP)

In Kerala, Modi hails Indian Constitution and calls it 'guiding light'...

He was addressing the 90th birthday celebrations of Rev Joseph Mar Thoma Metropolitan in Pathanamthitta.

27 Jun 2020 5:25 PM IST

Just as white skin is preferred to the Indian complexion, so too is credibility attached to ideas that come from the West

AA Edit | Lovely, but not fair yet

The Anglo-Dutch conglomerate is trying to realign its marketing strategies with the new anti-racist, anti-colourist...

27 Jun 2020 5:12 PM IST

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg had previously refused to take action against Trump posts suggesting that mail-in ballots will lead to voter fraud, saying that people deserved to hear unfiltered statements from political leaders. Twitter, by contrast, slapped a get the facts label on them. (Photo | BookCatalog)

Facebook bends to pressure, says will flag even Trump's post, if it...

Unilever became the latest and one of the biggest advertisers to join several other brands that have stopped placing ads...

27 Jun 2020 4:36 PM IST

While Prime Minister Narendra Modi insists that there has been no incursion, reports on the developments on the border tell us a different story. PTI Photo

AA Edit | Govt browbeats Opposition to skirt China mess

It is interesting to note that the government offensive against Congress has come after Opposition started asking...

27 Jun 2020 4:36 PM IST

Journalist and activist Omar Radi speaks to the media after his hearing at the Casablanca Courthouse, In Casablanca, Morocco.(AP)

Morocco rejects Amnesty's allegations on spying on journalist

A report by Amnesty alleges that authorities had snooped on journalist Omar Radi using Israeli-made technology

27 Jun 2020 4:00 PM IST

ED team visits Ahmed Patel's New Delhi residence, grills him in PMLA...

A three-member team reached Patel's home at 23, Mother Teresa Crescent in the Lutyens zone of central Delhi around 11:30...

27 Jun 2020 3:37 PM IST