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A motorcyclist rides on a deserted street in Paris on December 15, 2020, as a new 8:00 pm-6:00am curfew is implemented in France to avoid a third wave of coronavirus infections. The curfew will be waived for Christmas Eve in order to allow families to travel to celebrate together but it will be kept in place for New Years Eve. (MARTIN BUREAU / AFP)

European nations tighten virus curbs as Christmas surge fears grow

The WHO has said it is in talks with Pfizer and Moderna about including their vaccines at affordable prices for poor...

16 Dec 2020 1:17 PM IST

Cover page of Jugalbandi: The BJP Before Modi

Mahatma's assassination delayed Hindutva supremacy by two generations:...

The book though is neither a tale of a historical plot to create Modi nor a century-old history of the Sangh Parivar

16 Dec 2020 12:33 PM IST

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Language row led to a new nation 49 yrs ago

Jinnah's toxic temper, mixed with arrogance, sowed the seeds of irreversible Bengali nationalism in the world's most...

16 Dec 2020 9:05 AM IST

This combination of pictures created on November 4, 2020 shows Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden gestures after speaking during election night at the Chase Center in Wilmington, Delaware, and US President Donald Trump speaks during election night in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, early on November 4, 2020. - President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden are battling it out for the White House, with polls closed across the United States Tuesday -- and a long night of waiting for results in key battlegrounds on the cards. (AFP)

AA Edit | Biden affirmation is a win for US democracy

Mr Biden, put it in a gracious speech in which he said realistically, 'Now it is time to turn the page'

16 Dec 2020 7:02 AM IST

AA Edit | Reckless' Kamal Haasan

He even pledges to make ministers out of at least 20 women when the mantle falls on him

16 Dec 2020 6:46 AM IST

Parliamentarians participate in a debate in the Lok Sabha today. (PTI)

No Parliament Winter Session due to COVID-19

The government will convene the Budget Session in January 2021, parliamentary affairs minister Prahlad Joshi said

16 Dec 2020 4:25 AM IST

Members of Resident Doctors Association of AIIMS. (Photo- PTI)

AIIMS nurses go on indefinite strike; patient care services hit

AIIMS in a statement said nurses have gone on a strike in contravention of the high court's direction on the 'code of...

15 Dec 2020 2:23 PM IST

Nurse Frank Baez, right, administers the COVID-19 vaccine to Tara Easter, a nurse manager of the hospitals medical intensive care unit, at NYU-Langone Hospital on Monday, December. 14, 2020, in New York. (AP/Kevin Hagen)

US COVID-19 deaths top 300,000 just as vaccinations begin

If a second vaccine is authorised soon, as expected, 20 million people could be immunized by month's end

15 Dec 2020 1:12 PM IST

Aakar Patel | Modi govt's real eco strategy: To let Big Biz grow &...

'Atma Nirbhar' privileges the industrialist over the consumer, but that is not the way that it is advertised

15 Dec 2020 8:54 AM IST

BJP National President JP Nadda is greeted by his party supporters on his arrival in Kolkata on Wednesday, December 9, 2020. BJP MP Locket Chatterjee is also seen. (PTI /Ashok Bhaumik)

Shikha Mukerjee | BJP in Bengal: Bruised, battered still upbeat?

The BJP in West Bengal needs to create a playbook that is in sync with the political culture of the state

15 Dec 2020 7:32 AM IST

Punjabi singer Kanwar Grewal (C) with Hard Cheema Vadhesh and Sonia Mann performs during their visit to Ghazipur border to support farmers protesting against Centres farm reform laws, in Ghaziabad, Sunday, Dec.13 2020. (PTI)

Farmers 'apologise' to people with 'folded hands' for road blockade,...

Leaders of around 32 farmer unions observed a day-long hunger strike at Delhi's Singhu border earlier on the day

14 Dec 2020 11:07 PM IST

A group of protesting farmers march towards the residence of ruling Bhartiya Janata Party leader Mahesh Sharma to hand over a list of their demands during a protest against new farm in Noida on the outskirts of New Delhi, India, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020. Indian farmers filed a petition with the Supreme Court on Friday seeking the quashing of three new laws on agricultural reform which they say will drive down crop prices, as they continued their two-week blockade of highways connecting to the Indian capital. (AP)

Farmers' stir: Several Delhi border points closed, police ask...

Farmer leaders are observing day-long hunger strike against the Centre's new farm laws today

14 Dec 2020 2:33 PM IST