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Stepan Svetlov is the founder of NEXTA, a Telegram channel with 2.1 million subscribers that helps mobilise protesters and shares photo and video content from the demonstrations. (AFP)World
Young blogger mobilises protest against Belarus dictator

Stepan Svetlov's NEXTA Live, a Telegram channel with 2.1 mm subscribers helps mobilise protesters and shares information...

29 Aug 2020 9:41 AM IST

Chadwick Boseman poses in the press room with the award for outstanding actor in a motion picture for \Black Panther\ at the 50th annual NAACP Image Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (AP File)Entertainment
'Black Panther' star Chadwick Boseman dies from colon cancer at 43

Boseman became the first black superhero to get his own standalone film in the record-breaking Marvel franchise with...

29 Aug 2020 8:57 AM IST

Taking a swipe at AAP Lok Sabha MP Bhagwant Mann for his changing subject during Zero Hour, Lok Sabha speaker OM Birla on Thursday said that he is an educated speaker. (Photo: ANI)India
Get tested for COVID-19 at least 72 hours before Monsoon Session: Om...

The Monsoon Session is likely to start from September 14 and conclude on October 1.

29 Aug 2020 4:09 AM IST

Ashoura is marked on the tenth day of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar. (Photos: AP)India
Jammu and Kashmir Police detain several Shia mourners trying to take...

The police sources said that 68 people were detained for violating an official ban on Muharram processions

29 Aug 2020 3:46 AM IST

Activists of various Kannada organizations installed freedom fighter Sangolli Rayanna statue in Peeranawadi village on Friday morning.India
Row over freedom fighter's statue turns into Kannadiga vs Marathi...

Tensions erupted in the village when a group of Kannada activists barged into the venue to install Rayanna statue at...

29 Aug 2020 2:36 AM IST

Remnants of a Saperation by Aanchal MalhotraBooks
Top ten books

Here's the top ten books of the week in fiction and non-fiction

28 Aug 2020 8:46 PM IST

Messi is the modern avatar of a universally loved sportsman, the man with the golden boots, the winner of six Ballon dOrs, member of Olympics gold-winning Argentina and a million Euros a week footballer who was at odds with his favourite club. AP PhotoOpinion
AA Edit | It's messy in Barcelona

The decision rips asunder Spanish football even as it lights up the eyes of clubs and managers elsewhere

28 Aug 2020 8:39 PM IST

TAKING A BACK SEAT: Chennai Super Kings Skipper MS Dhoni after winning the first match of 12th edition of the Indian Premier League 2019 T20 cricket tournament against Royal Challengers Bangalore at MAC Stadium in Chennai, Saturday, March 23, 2019. (PTI Photo/R Senthil Kumar) (PTI3_23_2019_000174B)Sports
COVID-19 hits Chennai Super Kings: 10 staffers, Team India pacer test...

Health scare in the Chennai team has forced the authorities to extend the team's quarantine period till September 1.

28 Aug 2020 8:33 PM IST

Activists of National Students Union of India (NSUI ) take part in a demonstration in front of the NSUI headquarters in New Delho. PTI PhotoOpinion
AA Edit | Relook at NEET and JEE entrances, take gap year instead

Extraordinary times also call for extraordinary measures

28 Aug 2020 8:22 PM IST

In July, the PTA issued a final warning to Chinese-owned social media app TikTok, ordering it to filter any obscene content. It also blocked the video-streaming app Bigo Live, though the ban was lifted after a few days once the platform agreed to moderate immoral and indecent content . Now, its the turn of YouTube.Technology
Pakistan tightens grip on internet, tells YouTube to remove...

Lawmakers in Punjab passed a bill last month to put publishers in prison if they print or import material with ...

28 Aug 2020 8:16 PM IST

A couple kiss as they visit an outdoor light immersive experience exhibition during the 2020 Beijing International Light Festival at a park in Beijing. AFP PhotoOpinion
Shreya Sen-Handley | The pandemic kissiquette

Since kissing from two metres away is a physical impossibility, this rule isn't hard to maintain except for politicians...

28 Aug 2020 8:00 PM IST

Shiite Muslims flagellates himself with knives on chains during a Muharram procession in Islamabad, Pakistan on Monday, September 9, 2019. Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar, is a month of mourning for Shiites in remembrance of the death of Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, at the Battle of Karbala in present-day Iraq in the 7th century. (Photo: AP)India
A day after Supreme Court says no to Muharram processions, Bombay High...

The Muslim organisation took the example of Ganesh idol immersions to support its right to undertake Muharram...

28 Aug 2020 7:40 PM IST

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