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Twitter has to appear before the panel on June 18 at 4 pm and give representation on how to prevent misuse of social media and online news. (Photo: PTI/File)

Congress accuses Twitter of violating freedom of expression

The party also claimed that the Twitter handle of INC-TV was also suspended this morning

9 Aug 2021 4:07 PM IST

UK court plays video of Nirav Modis death threats to Dummy Directors. (PTI Photo)

UK HC grants Nirav Modi permission to appeal on depression, suicide...

The diamond merchant is wanted in India to face charges of fraud and money laundering in the estimated USD 2-billion PNB...

9 Aug 2021 4:01 PM IST

Climate change is already affecting every region on earth, in multiple ways. A file photo of the massive 2018 Kerala floods. (PTI)

UN landmark report: Extreme sea level events will hit every year by...

The report, however, gave hope that it is still possible from a physical science point of view, to limit global warming...

9 Aug 2021 2:30 PM IST

The SARS-CoV-2 virus has RNA as its genetic material. (Photo: Representational/PTI)

SARS-CoV-2 antibodies remain stable, even increase 7 months after...

The research team analysed blood samples from 578 participants, taken at four different time points between March and...

9 Aug 2021 1:04 PM IST

Supreme Court of India (PTI)

SC seeks Centre's action taken report on recommendations of Task Force...

NTF had recommended that the country should have strategic reserves of Oxygen for 2-3 weeks of consumption

9 Aug 2021 12:57 PM IST

A regional train sits in the flood waters at the local station in Kordel, Germany, Thursday July 15, 2021 after it was flooded by the high waters of the Kyll river. (Sebastian Schmitt/dpa via AP)

UN set to unveil landmark report as climate impacts multiply

The report will project global temperature changes until the end of the century under different emissions scenarios

9 Aug 2021 12:39 PM IST

An atomic bomb survivor offers a prayer for the atomic bomb victims in front of the cenotaph at Nagasaki Hypocenter Park. (AFP Photo)

Nagasaki marks 76th anniversary of atomic bombing

The Aug. 9, 1945, bombing came three days after the United States made the world's first atomic attack on Hiroshima,...

9 Aug 2021 12:17 PM IST

Fake posts that appear to be real are of particular concern ahead of the US presidential election in November, especially after false social media posts exploded in number during the 2016 vote that brought Donald Trump to power. Microsoft said it has partnered with the AI Foundation in San Francisco to make the video authentication tool available to political campaigns, news outlets and others involved in the democratic process. (Photo | AFP)

Microsoft's new Xbox night mode lets users dim controller's LED...

The Xbox night mode allows for a lot of customization, including different dimming levels and an optional blue light...

9 Aug 2021 11:58 AM IST

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan conducts aerial survey of flood-affected areas of the state, in Datia district, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021. (PTI Photo)

MP govt forms cabinet task force for relief work in flood-hit areas

The state government is also arranging financial assistance for the construction of houses destroyed in floods

9 Aug 2021 10:59 AM IST

A health worker inoculates a man with the dose of Covaxin vaccine against the Covid-19 coronavirus during a vaccination camp held in Ahmedabad on August 8, 2021. (Sam Panthaky/ AFP)

COVID-19: India records 35,499 new cases, 447 deaths

A decrease of 4,634 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours

9 Aug 2021 10:36 AM IST

With the shrinking footprint of the United States in the region and the relentless advance of the Taliban, the real Quad in connectivity which looms on the horizon is between a Taliban-dominated Afghanistan, an expansionist China, a hostile Pakistan and Uzbekistan --the only country that is friendly to India in this group. Image from the conference Central and South Asia: Regional Connectivity. Challenges and Opportunities. (Twitter)

Skand Tayal | Central Asia's bid for access to sea may see new Quad...

Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev invited Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan as his...

9 Aug 2021 3:40 AM IST

The ride has been rough for Ms Sitharaman. Despite her best efforts, and visible results on the fiscal front, both investment and consumption remain subdued due to persistent modest expectations about the near term.

Sanjaya Baru | Restoring confidence is key to economic growth

It is not at all surprising that Ms Sitharaman chose to be so bold as to claim credit for the sentiment on Dalal Street

9 Aug 2021 3:09 AM IST