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There is just no place for racism in sport, whether such overt acts of discrimination come from within the game and its players or from a source beyond like spectators who come to watch games. (AP /Rick Rycroft)

AA Edit | No room for racism

We are often reminded that cricket is a gentleman's game that prides itself on having been a constant metaphor for fair...

11 Jan 2021 8:53 AM IST

Langar being prepared for farmers during their ongoing protest against the new farm laws, at Singhu border in New Delhi, Sunday, January 10, 2021. (PTI/Arun Sharma)

AA Edit | How moving court over agri-row may go wrong

The farmers have consistently made it clear that they are not questioning the constitutionality or legality of the issue

11 Jan 2021 7:36 AM IST

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman speaks in the Rajya Sabha. (PTI)

Sanjaya Baru | Sitharaman's Third Act: What'll be her Big Idea?

The FM can spend money and secure early results and Ms Sitharaman has promised to spend a trillion rupees on...

11 Jan 2021 7:18 AM IST

A healthcare worker prepares COVID-19 vaccine doses at the Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center on December 16, 2020 in Portland, Oregon. (Nathan Howard/Getty Images/AFP)

Bhopal gas tragedy survivors demand halt to unethical' vaccine trial

The NGOs allege that the consent procedure and other protocol of testing are being thrown to winds

11 Jan 2021 4:56 AM IST

The ministry has also recommended relaxing detention norms to prevent drop-outs this year as well as a slew of measures to address learning loss due to the coronavirus-induced shutdown of schools. (Representational file photo)

States told to identify kids out of school

A door-to-door survey to identify out-of-school children and prepare an action plan for their enrolment

11 Jan 2021 4:42 AM IST

Union minister Nitin Gadkari. (PTI Photo)

Big steel, cement firms operating as a cartel; need to place...

The minister said he has discussed the issue with the PM and had a lengthy discussion on it with the Principal Secretary...

11 Jan 2021 4:41 AM IST

The states have been advised, to seed the mobile numbers of all vaccine beneficiaries with Aadhaar for registration and communications through SMS and to ensure that there are no proxies in this process since the beneficiaries need to be uniquely identified. (Representational photo:PTI)

Aadhar-seeded mobile needed for Covid vaccine

Officials of the Central government guided administrators from the states and Union territories on Co-WIN software...

11 Jan 2021 4:04 AM IST

Theres a security issue too because countries which have already begun rolling out the vaccines have warned us that there is a huge theft of it, so we may not even disclose where it is being centrally stored, Department of Health spokesperson Popo Maja said. (Photo:AFP)

South Africa to store COVID-19 vaccines from India at secret place for...

South African government had secured 1.5 million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine from India

11 Jan 2021 1:20 AM IST

Withdrawal of Jammu and Kashmirs special powers and bifurcating the state into two union territories in August last year also evoked a strong reaction from Pakistan, which has been unsuccessfully trying to rally international support against India on the Kashmir issue. (Photo:AFP)

No talks possible with India until restoration of autonomous status of...

We don't have adversarial relations with any country except India which is trying to destabilise Pakistan, he claimed

11 Jan 2021 1:01 AM IST

Police use water cannons to disperse farmers during their Kisan Mahapanchayat rally in Kaimla village, in Karnal. (PTI)

Protesting farmers ransack venue of CM Khattar's 'kisan mahapanchayat'...

Earlier, Haryana Police used water cannons and lobbed teargas shells to prevent farmers from marching towards the...

10 Jan 2021 9:24 PM IST

Krithika Babu, Kingfisher Model 2021

Camaraderie over fashion

The Kingfisher calender is back, introducing five new models, shot in the stunning locales of Kerala

10 Jan 2021 2:22 PM IST

People are silhouetted on vehicles headlights on a dark street during widespread power outages in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021. Pakistans national power grid experienced a major breakdown late night on Saturday, leaving millions of people in darkness, local media reported. (AP)

Pakistan hit by nationwide power blackout

Power Minister Omar Ayub Khan said the frequency in the power distribution system suddenly dropped from 50 to zero,...

10 Jan 2021 1:05 PM IST