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Despite numerous efforts by the civic body, the garbage problem at city beaches seems to be worsening with every passing day.

PM Modi launches a week-long campaign to free India of garbage

He was delivering his speech at the launch of the Rashtriya Swachhata Kendra

8 Aug 2020 7:36 PM IST

Mumbai: Bihar IPS officer Vinay Tiwari leaves the SRPF camp, after BMC exempted him from quarantine protocols and allowed to return to his home state. PTI Photo

Shobhaa De | Playing cops & robbers in Mumbai-ishstyle drama

This week, all the loose ends were supposed to be tied up neatly by Mumbai police, but wait, Bihar police dramatically...

8 Aug 2020 6:43 PM IST

Companies providing goods and services that differ from the competition through application of non-personal data stand to lose their comparative advantage if the data is treated as a public good. (Photo | Flickr - Kevin Zollman)

Tech This Week | India needs to be more mindful in regulating...

If non-personal data is made subject to mandatory sharing, data businesses will begin classifying such data as personal.

8 Aug 2020 6:24 PM IST

Modi government is considering hiking the basic salary of central government employees to Rs 21,000.

Mizoram employees to get full salary from August as government...

The state government had earlier decided to defer a portion of the salary of a large number of employees for three...

8 Aug 2020 6:20 PM IST

By performing bhoomipujan for Ram Mandir, PM Modi junked his constitutional oath of office that makes it mandatory for him to discharge all duties faithfully and conscientiously . AP Photo

Progressives must unite to expose government's Ram' narrative

Despite efforts to hide and manipulate data, the ground realities show the deep crises India has been sucked into

8 Aug 2020 6:17 PM IST

The prosecutors told the court on Tuesday that Donald Thurman had confessed to the crime and it ordered he be held without bail. (Reprewsentational Image)

Kolkata: COVID-19 positive man tries to jump off hospital building,...

The incident happened around 9 am at the Calcutta Medical College and Hospital

8 Aug 2020 6:11 PM IST

Indian Army trucks move towards Leh via Manali-Leh road, near Manali. PTI Photo

DC Edit | When the documents disappear

The move has sparked some consternation. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi flagged it on Twitter

8 Aug 2020 5:48 PM IST

- In this Aug. 7, 2019, file photo, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das speaks during a press conference in Mumbai. AP Photo

AA Edit | RBI loan policy spells relief for borrowers

The move fulfils the demand of bankers, who sought a one-time recast of loans accounts instead of a further extension of...

8 Aug 2020 5:13 PM IST

Taxis parked at roadside during state government imposed biweekly complete lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus disease, in Kolkata, Saturday. (PTI)

Life in West Bengal comes to a halt as state government imposes...

It is part of the twice-a-week lockdown imposed in the state since July 23 to break the chain of the infection.

8 Aug 2020 5:11 PM IST

Representational image (AFP)

Dev 360 | Pandemic on the rise: More questions than answers

Meanwhile, India's official Covid-19 tally has crossed the 19-lakh mark; and the death toll is close to 40,000

8 Aug 2020 5:06 PM IST

The important Chinese market, which is very restrictive for foreign firms, represents a drop in the ocean of Microsofts business, accounting for barely 1.8 percent of its turnover, president Brad Smith said at the beginning of the year.

Here's how Microsoft entered and managed to stay in China

The software giant has kept its business alive in the country by complying with the strict local laws on censorship.

8 Aug 2020 5:04 PM IST

Bollywood actress Rhea Chakraborty arrives at Enforcement Directorate office for questioning in connection with a money laundering case, in Mumbai, Friday. (PTI)

After ED probe, Rhea shares Sushant Singh Rajput's note expressing...

Maneshinde, however, did not say when the note was written or if it was handed over to the Mumbai police

8 Aug 2020 4:13 PM IST