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Protesting farmers sit on tracks after calling for a four-hour rail blockade as they continue their protest against the central governments recent agricultural reforms, in Sonipat on February 18, 2021. (AFP)

Rail roko: Protesting farmers sit on tracks in Punjab, Haryana;...

Security has been tightened in Haryana and Punjab with personnel of the government railway police and the state police...

18 Feb 2021 1:36 PM IST

The end of the chapter also marks the completion of the current contract for series star Allison Janney, who became the sole lead of the show following the exit of Anna Faris last year. (Image: Twitter/@MomCBS)

'Mom' to end with season 8

The series had started as a rare comedy with two female leads and deals with important issues like addiction, recovery...

18 Feb 2021 1:28 PM IST

Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan being sworn in Lt Governor of Puducherry, an additional charge, by Chief Justice of Madras High Court Sanjib Banerjee during a brief ceremony at Raj Nivas in Puducherry, Thursday, February 18, 2021. (PTI)

Telangana Guv Tamilisai Soundararajan sworn in as Pondy Lt Governor

After the swearing-in, the Lt Governor was presented a guard of honour by the Puducherry police outside Raj Nivas

18 Feb 2021 11:43 AM IST

An Australian Broadcasting Corporation page on Facebook is displayed without posts in Sydney, Thursday, February 18, 2021. Facebook is vowing to restrict news sharing as Australian lawmakers consider forcing digital giants into payment agreements. (AP /Rick Rycroft)

Australia slams 'heavy-handed' Facebook news blackout

Minister Paul Fletcher had also raised concerns that blocking news media on the popular platform could boost the spread...

18 Feb 2021 11:06 AM IST

The worst-affected was New Delhi, the most polluted capital on Earth, where around 54,000 deaths are estimated to have occurred due to hazardous PM2.5 airborne particles. (PTI file)

New Delhi world's most polluted capital, says Greenpeace report

Serious pollution caused around 160,000 premature deaths in the world's five most populous cities last year

18 Feb 2021 10:46 AM IST

Bengal minister injured in bomb attack in railway station Baharampur

Bengal minister injured in bomb attack in railway station Baharampur

The Minister was waiting on the platform to catch a train to Kolkata at around 10 pm when he was attacked

18 Feb 2021 8:45 AM IST

Moving towards use of renewable energy to meet Indias energy requirements is one of the priorities of this Budget. (Photo: AFP)

Budget 2021 puts green recovery at the centre of policy framework

The Budget has a long-term vision for this decade on environmental sustainability

18 Feb 2021 4:49 AM IST

The latest verdict must bolster the countrys determination to deal with religious obscurantism with an iron hand.

AA Edit | Bangla verdict is welcome

The Bangladesh trial court sentences five Islamist extremists to death for the murder of blogger Avijit Roy in 2015

18 Feb 2021 4:47 AM IST

Having lost Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh after the last general elections and Goa without even getting to re-establish its rule there, the Congress is proving somewhat inept at keeping its flock together in the face of the allure of defections. (Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)

AA Edit | Kiran Bedi pawn in BJP power games in Pondy

The removal of Kiran Bedi as lieutenant governor of Puducherry is only a subplot in a long political drama in the Union...

18 Feb 2021 4:30 AM IST

Human rights groups call this a form of discrimination in favour of the wealthy. There is also the ethical question of those who for one reason or another refuse to be vaccinated. (Photo: AFP)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Vaccine passports': Key to safe travels is...

Vaccine passports will prevent travel by people from countries that will not get vaccines for months, or even years

18 Feb 2021 4:16 AM IST

Bengaluru has the highest proportion of employers41 per cent, followed by Mumbai at 29 per cent and Delhi 24 per cent (AFP)

Job prospects look up for freshers: Survey

Information technology, telecommunications, e-commerce and technology start-ups seem to be the leaders in terms of...

18 Feb 2021 4:15 AM IST

Traditionally a Congress bastion, the former French colony has suddenly become the cynosure of the BJPs eyes since the party in power at the Centre is piqued over its inability to make inroads into South India. (Photo: Twitter @CMPuducherry)

Is the BJP eyeing Pondy?

Besides poaching the Congress MLAs, the BJP has also used NR Congress and AIADMK, in its mission to storm the Congress...

18 Feb 2021 4:10 AM IST