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Its victory returns many figures of the tumultuous transition period, including CPN-UML leader KP Sharma Oli, who is expected to be the new prime minister. (Photo: AP)

Nepal's new map artificial enlargement, says India

Oli, in an address to Parliament in Kathmandu, asserted that Lipulekh, Kalapani and Limpiyadhura belong to Nepal.

21 May 2020 10:05 AM IST

India will allow airlines to begin some domestic flights from May 25. (AFP Photo)

India to resume domestic passenger flights from May 25

Indian Railways too has announced to commence its routine passenger train operations from June 1 with about 200 non-AC...

21 May 2020 9:07 AM IST

Global equities have received a boost this week as governments around the world gradually loosened their coronavirus lockdown restrictions. (AFP Photo)

Asia shares rise on hopes of rapid economic recovery

Global equities have received a boost this week as governments around the world gradually loosened their coronavirus...

21 May 2020 8:55 AM IST

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IIT Guwahati researchers discover new ways to prevent memory loss due...

They found that external electric or magnetic field modulates the structure of these peptide molecules, thereby...

20 May 2020 8:45 PM IST

Associated Press reporter Zen Soo eats her lunch at the dining table at home while serving a two-week home quarantine in Hong Kong, April 17, 2020. Hong Kong issued quarantine wristbands to monitor returning residents of the city while they serve their mandatory 14-day quarantine, in a bid to curb local transmissions of COVID-19 during the pandemic. (Photo | AP)

On quarantine, wearing a government-mandated location tracker, how...

An Associated Press reporter in Hong Kong describes her experience.

20 May 2020 8:37 PM IST

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IAF aircraft behind the boom sound that shook Bengaluru

The residents were quick to take to the social media with the recorded boom sound.

20 May 2020 8:34 PM IST

The police sources said that one of the jawans was killed on the spot and the other died on way to nearby Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS). Medical Superintendent at SKIMS. AP Photo

Two BSF jawans shot dead by motorbike-borne militants in Srinagar

None of the militant outfit active in J&K has, so far, owned responsibility for the attack

20 May 2020 8:22 PM IST

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

AA Edit: Soothe dragon's feathers

The Chinese may be making things just a bit more difficult for India when Nepal is revving up a territorial dispute with...

20 May 2020 8:08 PM IST

Though Prime Minister Narendra Modi has grandly announced about Rs 20 lakh crores worth stimulus package to support a wavering economy, the analysis of announcements made finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman showed that it was a mere jugglery to hog the limelight. PTI Photo

AA Edit: Cash relief is crucial, finance minister didn't acknowledge...

Instead of supporting the economy when it needed the most, Ms Sitharaman focused on medium and long term reforms

20 May 2020 7:51 PM IST

Google said it will honour all existing contracts with its customers, but didnt specify what companies. Greenpeaces report says Microsoft appears to be leading the way with the most oil and contracts, offering AI capabilities in all phases of oil production. Amazons contracts are more focused on pipelines, shipping and fuel storage, according to the report. (Photo | Flicker)

Reminded of its climate change pledge, Google says it will stop...

Greenpeace report said Amazon, Microsoft, Google undermining their own climate pledges by partnering with Shell, BP,...

20 May 2020 7:45 PM IST

An aerial view of Hebbal flyover during the nationwide lockdown, imposed in wake of the coronavirus pandemic, in Bengaluru. (PTI)

Investigations on to find the reason behind the boom sound

While police commissioner Bhaskar Rao stated that no damage has been reported

20 May 2020 7:44 PM IST

Punjab Chief Secretary Karan Avtar Singh. Image source- punjab.gov.in

Dilli Ka Babu: As mantris, babus slug it out, chief secretary is the...

The chief secretary of Punjab has earned the ire of the ministers for his alleged rude behaviour

20 May 2020 7:40 PM IST