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The rescued Indians on board INS Shardul. (Twitter)

INS Shardul brings back 233 stranded Indians from Bandar Abbas in Iran

The evacuees were disembarked and were taken for medical screening at the jetty followed by Customs clearance and other...

13 Jun 2020 2:56 AM IST

Situation is grim in cities like Delhi and Mumbai. (PTI)

Coronavirus cases inch towards 3 lakh mark as states scramble to...

As per worldometers.info, the total cases in India is already 300,821 and deaths are 8,531.

13 Jun 2020 1:44 AM IST

A protesters sign is shown at Peachtree Plaza during a demonstration Saturday, June 6, 2020, in downtown Atlanta. Protesters were demonstrating against the death of George Floyd, who died after he was restrained by Minneapolis police on May 25. (Photo | AP)

Websites taken down, police radio radio disrupted amid Black Lives...

There were interruptions to police radio frequencies in the last weekend of May as despatchers tried to direct responses...

12 Jun 2020 8:50 PM IST

Bomb explosion in Kabul mosque kills at least 4 people

Bomb explosion in Kabul mosque kills at least 4 people

Violence has spiked in recent weeks in Afghanistan with most of the attacks claimed by the Islamic State group affiliate

12 Jun 2020 8:10 PM IST

The H-1B visa is much sought-after among Indian IT professionals. (Photo | Wikimedia Commons)

As US looks to suspend H-1B visas, Nasscom seeks exemptions for tech...

It said without H-1B, L1 workers, economic pain would worsen, industry would slow, and the timeline for treatment and...

12 Jun 2020 7:39 PM IST

People wearing face masks stand in a queue as they wait at a bus stand, during the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, in Mumbai. PTI Photo

AA Edit | Cenrtre-state unity key to winning Covid fight

This is not the first time, though, the Union government has deputed its teams to the states but the results were not...

12 Jun 2020 7:18 PM IST

Capitalism, in other words, kept a wary eye on all transitions away from its stranglehold

Saeed Naqvi | Can US riots be compared with India's millions walking...

The vigour and success of a free society covered up an undercurrent of flaws like racism from the start

12 Jun 2020 6:55 PM IST

This inequality is a barrier to wider equality, and we know it most affects those who are already marginalized _ people in developing countries, those on low incomes, and of course, women and girls, Tim Berners-Lee said. Men remain 21 percent more likely than women to be online, and 52 percent more likely in the least developing countries. (File Photo | AP)

World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee says digital divide should be...

Some 3.5 billion people nearly half the world have missed out on the lifeline the internet has provided during the...

12 Jun 2020 6:54 PM IST

Supreme Court issued a notice to government and others on PIL against lay-offs and salary cuts in media industry. (PTI Photo)

Abdul Khaliq | Dismantling quotas, bit by inseparable bit

Dalits have been assaulted for daring to ride a horse; killed for sitting cross-legged; and thrashed for wearing mojris

12 Jun 2020 6:02 PM IST

CEO Tim Cook said he grew up in Alabama during the Civil Rights movement, and said the burden of change must not fall on the underrepresented. (Photo | AFP)

To make the workplace more inclusive, Apple starts USD 100 million...

The initiative's goal is to challenge systemic barriers to opportunity faced by communities of colour, particularly...

12 Jun 2020 5:36 PM IST

At a time of deep introspection over tragic events triggered by outright racial discrimination, sportsmen too must use the crisis as an opportunity for redemption

AA Edit | Racism: Its time to say sorry

The world of sport also stands exposed now as tales of racism and blatantly racist terms come tumbling out of the locker...

12 Jun 2020 5:30 PM IST

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. (PTI Photo)

FM gives relief to small taxpayers, halves interest on delayed filing...

No late fee will be levied for delayed filing of GST returns by registered entities with nil liability, said Sitharaman

12 Jun 2020 5:05 PM IST