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In this Aug. 13, 2019 file photo, the then chief justice of India justice Ranjan Gogoi seen during the 18th late Dharamnath Prasad Kohli memorial lecture organised by the CBI in New Delhi. President Ram Nath Kovind nominated Gogoi to the Rajya Sabha on March 16, 2020. (PTI)

Ex-CJ Ranjan Gogoi case: SC hints at possible larger conspiracy

A three-member committee that inquired into the allegation of sexual misconduct gave a clean chit to former CJI Gogoi

19 Feb 2021 8:02 AM IST

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Lok Sabha during Budget Session of Parliament. (Photo: PTI)

Karan Thapar | Decoding the numbers: What the FM didn't say

When you dig into details and ponder over the implications, the Budget feels rather different to what you've heard

19 Feb 2021 4:51 AM IST

In upholding the dignity of a sexual harassment survivor, the court has not only shone the light on how such cases should be dealt with but also lays a solid foundation for the #MeToo movement in India. (Photo: AP)

DC Edit | A shining verdict

Delhi court ruling acquitting journalist Priya Ramani of defaming M J Akbar, a former minister, goes far beyond just...

19 Feb 2021 4:41 AM IST

The arrival of the latest South African variant indicates that India has, at present, all the three variants: B.1.1.7 which was first found in the UK; B.1.351, which is now spreading in South Africa; and P.1, discovered in Brazil. (AFP PHOTO /NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES/HANDOUT)

AA Edit | Covid-19 variants: India not out of the woods yet

Experts and scientists fear that all three South African, UK and Brazil variants have a tendency to spread faster than...

19 Feb 2021 4:12 AM IST

India has authorised the emergency use of two coronavirus vaccines developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University and by local pharmaceutical firm Bharat Biotech, the countrys drug regulator said Sunday. (Representational Image: PTI)

After 75 days, Maharashtra reports 5,000-plus new COVID-19 cases

Reports after the lockdown stated, Akola division with 1,258 cases, Amravati municipal corporation reported 542 and...

19 Feb 2021 12:16 AM IST

Google, a unit of Alphabet Inc., has announced agreements to pay publishers in Australia (AP)

EXPLAINER: What's up between Google, Facebook and Australia?

Google has announced agreements to pay publishers in Australia while Facebook said it blocked users in the country from...

18 Feb 2021 10:55 PM IST

Customers waited over an hour in the freezing rain to fill their propane tanks in Houston (AP)

Texas outages below half-million but water crisis persists

More than 320,000 homes and businesses were without power in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama

18 Feb 2021 10:21 PM IST

China says disengagement of Chinese, Indian troops in eastern Ladakh going on smoothly

China says disengagement of Chinese, Indian troops in eastern Ladakh...

After nine months of border standoff in eastern Ladakh, the two armies reached an agreement on disengagement

18 Feb 2021 9:26 PM IST

Confederation of All India Trader (CAIT) (Twitter@CAITIndia)

Commercial markets across India to remain shut on Feb 26: Traders'...

It also called for a review of the GST system and its tax slabs to simplify and rationalise it for easier compliance by...

18 Feb 2021 8:03 PM IST

Resue teams inside the Tapovan tunnel (Twitter@ITBP_official)

2 more bodies recovered from Tapovan tunnel; U'khand disaster toll...

143 are still missing in the Chamoli disaster that took place on February 7, said the police

18 Feb 2021 7:22 PM IST

A health worker takes swab sample of a resident for COVID-19 testing in a housing society, amid a surge in coronavirus cases, at Nehru Nagar in Mumbai, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. (PTI)

3 Maharashtra cities likely to face stricter curbs 'at any moment'

The state reported 4,787 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, the highest one-day count this year

18 Feb 2021 2:55 PM IST

Globally, approximate 160,000 deaths have been attributed to PM2.5 air pollution in the five most populous cities of Delhi (30 million), Mexico City (22 million), Sao Paulo (22 million), Shanghai (26 million) and Tokyo (37 million), report said. (AFP)

Air pollution claimed 54,000 lives in Delhi last year: Study

The study also noted that the damage is equally worrying in other Indian cities

18 Feb 2021 2:40 PM IST