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The World Health Organisation may have had the worst of track records in the six months of the global Covid-19 fight experience. PTI Photo

AA Edit | Herd immunity no solution to COVID-19

Governments must stop toying with any policy that seeks herd immunity

8 July 2020 6:06 PM IST

Civil rights leaders who met virtually with Zuckerberg and other Facebook leaders Tuesday expressed skepticism that recommendations from the audit would ever be implemented, noting that past suggestions in previous reports had gone overlooked.

Biased algorithms, content moderation, ad policy, voter suppression...

A civil rights audit being conducted over the past two years says not fact-checking Trump's lies among setbacks to...

8 July 2020 5:59 PM IST

While this diplomacy and troop movement painfully inches on, India must keep up pressure on other fronts. PTI Photo

AA Edit | China pullout: Firmness, vigilance are both critical

The Army believes the process will proceed cautiously as there would be a complete verification at each step

8 July 2020 5:41 PM IST

While the Annual Survey of Education Report (ASER) by the NGO Pratham among rural children makes for depressing reading each year, the learning outcomes of the children enrolled in CBSE schools were none too good either.

CBSE syllabus reduction is an ideologically-driven move, allege...

On Tuesday, the board had notified that it has rationalised by up to 30 per cent the syllabus for classes 9 to 12 for...

8 July 2020 5:33 PM IST

A hindu temple in Mithi, Pakistan. (AFP)

Pakistan court rejects petitions challenging construction of Hindu...

Pakistan Muslim League-Q, a ruling ally of Imran Khan gov, had opposed the construction, asking its coalition partner to...

8 July 2020 5:32 PM IST

China accuses India of crossing boundary line in Galwan Valley. (AFP Photo)

Skand Tayal | Asean resists bullying by China in SCS

China's pre-meditated aggression all around its neighbourhood is a matter of deep concern

8 July 2020 5:13 PM IST

Parler is not the first social platform created over concerns of political bias. It follows the limited success of networks including Gab and Voat which aimed at conservatives feeling out of place on the mainstream platforms. Parler has become home to Republican lawmakers including Senator Rand Paul, and right-wing activists kicked off other social media. Trumps son Eric is also a member. (Representative Image)

Facebook and Twitter rejects populate conservative social network of...

Parler, founded in Nevada in 2018, bills itself as an alternative to ideological suppression at other social networks.

8 July 2020 4:57 PM IST

File image of the duo that was killed in custody.

CBI takes over investigation into Sathankulam custodial deaths,...

The CBI has dispatched a special team to conduct the probe.

8 July 2020 4:55 PM IST

In this file photo dated Thursday, June 12, 2008, of Syed Ali Shah Geelani waves at a crowd, in Srinagar. Geelani, the lifetime chairman of the pro-Pakistan Hurriyat Conference, made a surprise announcement of completely dissociating himself from the 16-party amalgam. PTI Photo

Anand K. Sahay | Geelani's exit hints to a possible shift in Kashmir...

The Mirwaiz and Geelani factions of the Hurriyat had no popular leaders in their ranks

8 July 2020 4:49 PM IST

Wont entertain Hong Kong user data requests, say Microsoft, Zoom joining Twitter, Facebook, Google

Won't entertain Hong Kong user data requests, say Microsoft, Zoom...

Police have stepped up requests on user data to pick up dissidents in the wake of the national security law being...

8 July 2020 4:10 PM IST

Congress candidate Mr Shatrughan Sinha

Shatrughan's jibe at Madhya Pradesh BJP: 'Maharaj, Narazand Shivraj'...

Even six days after 28 ministers took oath, Chouhan is unable to allocate portfolios to ministers.

8 July 2020 3:37 PM IST

A woman displays information on her phone while checking in to be tested at a COVID-19 testing center at Lincoln Park. (AFP)

We can now trap coronavirus in this 'catch and kill' air filter

According to a recent study, the device killed 99.8 per cent of the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, in a single pass...

8 July 2020 2:44 PM IST