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Farmers, with more than 5,000 tractors and other vehicles, have again showed to the world that they are united, focused, tireless, and firm in their resolve. (Photo: AP)

Farmers agitating against new agri laws take out tractor march

These marches were a rehearsal for their proposed Jan 26 Kisan parade to the national capital from different parts of...

8 Jan 2021 4:13 AM IST

Now, the cases heard by the Supreme Court have anywhere between two and 30 parties. Who decides who will be unmuted? (PTI)

Opinion

Mary Mitzy | Ensuring justice in virtual courts: Who controls the mute...

Today, nine months on, the Supreme Court still takes up only urgent matters for hearing

8 Jan 2021 4:06 AM IST

The changes in this final rule will apply to all registrations, including those for the advanced degree exemption, submitted on or after the effective date of the final rule. (Representative Photo:DC)

World

US to modify H1B visa selection process, to give priority to wages,...

The final rule to be published in the federal register on Jan 8. It will be effective 60 days after its publication in...

8 Jan 2021 2:05 AM IST

Well-known Thai artist Lampun Kansanohs caricature of the Thai PM at the Biennale.

Opinion

Lekha Shankar | Life follows art, at Bangkok Biennale

It is not a coincidence that 25 international artists of the Biennale took a stand supporting the political protesters...

7 Jan 2021 8:51 PM IST

Petrol sales down 61%, diesel 56.5% in April. (PTI Photo)

Business

Petrol price at all-time high, diesel crosses Rs 81 in Mumbai

State-owned fuel retailers IOC, BPCL and HPCL had on Wednesday resumed daily price revision after nearly a month-long...

7 Jan 2021 12:24 PM IST

Supreme Court made clear to the Centre on Friday that it would not pass any order on the plea seeking closure of cases against two Italian marines. (PTI Photo)

India

SC refuses to stay Uttarakhand, UP laws regulating inter-faith...

UP government promulgated an ordinance on inter-faith marriages, religious conversions and a similar law was enacted by...

7 Jan 2021 12:10 PM IST

Farmers on a tractor during their protest over Centres farm reform laws, at the Delhi-UP border near Ghazipur, in New Delhi on Tuesday, January 5, 2021. (PTI /Manvender Vashist)

India

Security increased along Delhi borders ahead of farmers' tractor rally

The seventh round of talks between protesting unions and three central ministers ended inconclusively on Monday

7 Jan 2021 11:29 AM IST

Maternal stress endured during pregnancy can negatively affect a wide range of outcomes in children including on cognition, health and educational attainment. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Life

Rise in pregnancies, abortions with more than 40 per cent rise in...

With nine months spent at home this past year, many of those who underwent in vitro fertilization treatment have...

7 Jan 2021 10:54 AM IST

The Indian Army Corps of Signals contingent led by Captain Tanya Shergil marches during the 71st Republic Day Parade at Rajpath in New Delhi (Photo: PTI)

Opinion

AA Edit | Scale down the parade

It may be recalled that in the years 1952, 1953, and 1966 no invitation was extended to an international dignitary to be...

7 Jan 2021 4:52 AM IST

If the government is serious, and if farmers welfare is its priority, then it should keep the laws in abeyance, sit with them and draft new ones that address their concerns. (Photo:PTI)

Opinion

AA Edit | Scrap laws, ask farmers, don't skip due process

As for the farm laws, the government has done too little to take the stakeholders into confidence

7 Jan 2021 4:28 AM IST

Could it be that there are many more attractive alternative career paths available now that are more rewarding financially and career-wise than what the civil service can offer to our brightest?

Opinion

Dilip Cherian | India's toppers no longer find civil services a dream...

For decades, the civil services have enjoyed an unparalleled social standing

7 Jan 2021 4:15 AM IST

$This cover image released by Grove shows \Shuggie Bain,\ a novel by Douglas Stuart. The Scottish writer has won the Booker Prize for fiction for his novel about a boys turbulent coming of age in hardscrabble 1980s Glasgow. Stuart won the prestigious 50,000 pound ($66,000) award for his first published novel. (Grove via AP)$ Books

Top 10 Indian Best Selling Books: Fiction and Non Fiction

Ultimate guide for book lovers

7 Jan 2021 4:14 AM IST