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One stoically reads about the saddest tales of grit, survival, defeat and loss during these terrible times of unprecedented suffering across the world. PTI Photo

Shobhaa De | Drastic survival steps to live through COVID times

With no signs of abatement, most of us are now resigned to a bleak future with dark clouds on the horizon

25 July 2020 6:43 PM IST

So why should Hindutva forces orchestrate a crusade against Gunasekaran and his ilk? Representational Image

Can Tamil media weather a Hindutva onslaught?

Tamil journalism faces a challenge from India's right wingers

25 July 2020 6:20 PM IST

Still from the show Indian Matchmaking

Ain't we like this only: Indian Matchmaking touches a raw nerve

The latest reality series on Netflix has left netizens fuming. But is it because it's too close to the truth?

25 July 2020 5:52 PM IST

Jair Bolsonaro allies' Twitter, Facebook accounts blocked on court's...

Members of Bolsonaro's inner circle are alleged to have run a social media campaign to discredit the Supreme Court and...

25 July 2020 5:46 PM IST

The Islamist attacks in India were, in all instances, politically motivated spreading terror in the name of a neighbouring state. AFP Photo

Farrukh Dhondy | Is Islamism' unjustified? It is, but so is women'

The objection is that the terms associate mass murder with Islam and that gives rise to Islamophobia and racism

25 July 2020 5:44 PM IST

Rajasthan crisis heats up as Congress ups the ante against BJP, governor Kalraj Mishra

Rajasthan crisis heats up as Congress ups the ante against BJP,...

The Congress had on Friday given the call for demonstrations in all district headquarters against the

25 July 2020 4:58 PM IST

The hearing in the US Congress at Capitol building was called amid rising concerns over Big Tech dominance, which has become even more pronounced during the coronavirus pandemic, and coincides with investigations at the federal and state level of the online giants. (Photo | Wikimedia Commons - aoc.gov)

Antitrust hearing with Big Tech CEOs at US Congress postponed

The hearing would have conflicted with the memorial service for the late representative and civil rights leader John...

25 July 2020 4:41 PM IST

Residents of Navjivan Cooperative Housing Society negotiate with civic staff at one of the gates to their complex. (AA Photo: Rajesh Jadhav)

Exasperated BMC seals off Navjivan Society entirely

With 12 gates, the residents were not following COVID precautions

25 July 2020 4:25 PM IST

A Sri Lankan municipal health worker takes a nasal swab sample to test for COVID-19 in Colombo. (AP)

Sri Lanka successfully curbed virus community spread: COVID task force...

The country has not witnessed a single community case for the last three months as per official records

25 July 2020 2:59 PM IST

Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday directed officials to regulate ambulances. (PTI Photo)

No complete lifting of lockdown in Maharashtra: Uddhav Thackeray

Majharashtra chief minister says there is need for a balance between the issues related to health and economy.

25 July 2020 2:25 PM IST

Former RBI governor Urjit Patel is out with a book titled Overdraft: Saving the Indian Saver.

Urjit Patel: Why our banks aren't saviours of the Indian saver

Former guv of Reserve Bank is out with a book on the rot in India's banking system

25 July 2020 2:14 PM IST

Federal officers use chemical irritants and projectiles to disperse Black Lives Matter protesters near the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse on Friday, July 24, 2020, in Portland, Ore. Since federal officers arrived in downtown Portland in early July, violent protests have largely been limited to a two block radius from the courthouse. (AP)

Portland protests gather in thousands, standoff with feds continue

The Federal agents, deployed by President Trump to tamp down the unrest, have arrested dozens during nightly...

25 July 2020 1:34 PM IST