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Taxes, levies in telecom sector high, need to be reviewed thoroughly, said Sunil Mittal. (DC Photo)

There is a need to review high levies in telecom sector, says Sunil...

Government should not view the sector as source for exchequer, but instead as a force multiplier for ensuring economic...

31 July 2020 4:09 PM IST

JKPC chief Sajad Lone. (Twitter)

JKPC chief and ex-minister Sajad Lone released after 360 days in...

Lone was released days ahead of the first anniversary of the Centre's move to revoke Article 370

31 July 2020 3:48 PM IST

The Himalayan country shut its borders in March just ahead of the busy spring season when hundreds of mountainees usually flock to the country, costing jobs and millions of dollars in revenue. (Representational Image: AFP)

Nepal reopens Everest for trekking season despite pandemic...

A nationwide lockdown was lifted last week, and Nepal is now open 'for tourism activities, including mountaineering and...

31 July 2020 3:31 PM IST

Traders wait for customers to sell goats ahead of Eid-al Adha in Mumbai. PTI photo

Maharashtra bans public gatherings in Bhiwandi, Palghar on Bakrid

Also, there was an appeal to the citizens to conduct the 'qurbani' ritual in a symbolic manner during the celebrations

31 July 2020 3:20 PM IST

SBIs Q1 profit surges 81 pc to Rs 4,189 crore. (PTI Photo)

India's largest bank SBI net profit up 81% to â‚¹4,189 crore in Q1

Its gross non-performing assets (NPA) of the total advances declined to 5.44 per cent at June-end, over 7.53 per cent at...

31 July 2020 3:19 PM IST

Supreme Court of India (PTI)

Supreme Court to Centre: Ensure salaries are paid to frontline...

Maharashtra, Punjab, Karnataka and Tripura are yet to follow directives, claims Centre

31 July 2020 2:50 PM IST

A picture shows pilgrims circumambulating around the Kaaba, the holiest shrine in the Grand mosque in the holy Saudi city of Mecca. (AFP)

Hajj 2020: Masked pilgrims throw sanitised pebbles at Satan

Only up to 10,000 Muslims are taking part in the Hajj after millions of international pilgrims were barred due to...

31 July 2020 2:50 PM IST

Canada, France, Germany and Spain too have been trying to get Google and Facebook to pay for news with no success, but Australias law could move things along. (Photo | AP)

Australia's draft law makes it mandatory for Google and Facebook to...

The aggregators will be given three months to work out a deal on fair pay for news, failing which arbitrators will make...

31 July 2020 2:24 PM IST

A woman waits for buyers in her wholesale rakhi shop in Dharavi in Mumbai. As Dharavi is a coronavirus containment zone, people are rarely coming out to shop. (DC photo: Rajesh Jadhav)

Amid COVID-19 siblings refrain from visiting each other, rakhi sales...

Pepaa, a recycled paper product company, would normally get 15,000 orders but thi his year, the number came down to less...

31 July 2020 2:02 PM IST

On the occasion of Eid Milad-un-Nabi, we need to revisit the true prophetic personality traits that we often overlook.

Kerala marks low-key Bakrid amid coronavirus restrictions

100 people would be allowed in large mosques but strict health protocol have to be followed

31 July 2020 2:01 PM IST

Visitors watch while maintaining social distancing during a re-enactment ceremony of the changing of the Royal Guard at the Gyeongbok Palace, one of South Koreas well-known landmarks, in Seoul, South Korea. (AP)

Does physical distancing help? Study says it prevented 1.5 million...

Countries with nation-wide social distancing policies had significantly reduced community mobility than those without...

31 July 2020 1:59 PM IST

Ellen DeGeneres. (AP)

Ellen DeGeneres addresses workplace allegations in letter to staff

In a letter written to the crew, DeGeneres says that the show was envisioned as a 'place of happiness' but that is not...

31 July 2020 1:10 PM IST