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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. (PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Why Sitharaman's appeal to India Inc seems...

FM Nirmala Sitharaman made it evident that the government's policies have been private sector-friendly through measures...

17 Sept 2022 12:16 AM IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah meets tribal leaders during signing of a peace agreement with eight tribal militant organisations (Adivasi groups) of Assam, at North Block in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Peace moves in N-E bring a ray of hope

Members of the rebel groups, who have been living in designated camps will now be free to pursue their political demands...

17 Sept 2022 12:07 AM IST

In this file photo taken on October 24, 2017 Switzerlands Roger Federer celebrates after winning against Frances Tiafoe of the US at the Swiss Indoors ATP 500 tennis tournament in Basel. - Swiss tennis legend Roger Federer is to retire after next weeks Laver Cup, he said on September 15, 2022. (Photo: AFP)

AA Edit | Exit Fedex: An era ends

It is doubtful if anyone will play the game with the elegance of Federer and his refined on-court manners

17 Sept 2022 12:06 AM IST

Britains Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party, Liz Truss, leaves from Balmoral Castle in Ballater, Scotland, on September 6, 2022, after meeting with Britains Queen Elizabeth II and being invited to form a Government. (Photo: AFP)

Farrukh Dhondy | Liz Truss will have array of problems as soon as...

The first huge problem she will face as the new occupant of 10 Downing Street is the horrible kitsch wallpaper,...

17 Sept 2022 12:00 AM IST

Pope Francis arrives to address journalists aboard the plane flying from Nur-Sultan to Rome following his three-day visit to Kazakhstan on September 15, 2022. (Photo: AFP)

Pope Francis will not attend queen's funeral: Vatican

Pope Francis' de-facto foreign minister will attend the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II in London next week

16 Sept 2022 4:54 PM IST

Story Type Required Source Required Byline Optional No Photo Title Required 85 Characters Remaining URL(Alias) Required 27 Characters Remaining wave-of-lebanon-bank-heists-to-seize-back-frozen-savings Same as Title? Strap Required Maximum 150 Characters Sali Hafiz streamed a live video of her raid, in which she could be heard yelling at employees to release a sum of money while entrances to the bank were sealed. (Photo: Twitter)

Wave of Lebanon bank 'heists' to seize back frozen savings

Since the value of Lebanon's currency began plummeting and banks started imposing draconian restrictions on withdrawals.

16 Sept 2022 4:47 PM IST

Ukraine said on Friday it had counted 450 graves at just one burial site near Izyum, which was seized back by Ukrainian forces. (Photo: Twitter

UN wants to send team to probe mass grave in Ukraine's Izyum

Hundreds of graves topped with white crosses and marked with numbers are located in forests outside the recaptured city

16 Sept 2022 4:21 PM IST

A Cheetah and cubs

8 cheetahs to fly from Namibia to Kuno Park in Madhya Pradesh

The introduction of cheetahs in India is being done under Project Cheetah

16 Sept 2022 3:09 PM IST

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and BJP Goa President Sadanand Shet Tanavade with eight Congress MLAs who joined the party, in Panaji, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. (Photo: PTI)

DC Edit | Goa meltdown warning to Congress

The long march the Congress has undertaken now will have little resonance among its own supporters unless the party...

16 Sept 2022 12:10 AM IST

Security personnel use water canons to disperse BJP supporters from the Howrah Bridge during their Nabanna Abhijan (March to Secretariat) to protest against alleged corrupt practices of TMC government, in Kolkata, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Order swift Kolkata inquiry to fix blame for violent stir

A photo in a prominent daily shows a peaceful protester violently kicking a helmeted police officer sprawled...

16 Sept 2022 12:05 AM IST

A woman signs the condolence book at the British embassy in Manila on September 12, 2022. (Photo: AFP)

Shobhaa De | The Queen's mantra: Never complain never explain'

The Queen was seen as a matriarch trying to keep a large, dysfunctional family together. Much like matriarchs of joint...

16 Sept 2022 12:00 AM IST

Security personnel outside a mortuary during post-mortem of one of two minor Dalit sisters allegedly raped and murdered in Lakhimpur Kheri, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022. (PTI Photo)

Uttar Pradesh Dalit sisters death: 6 accused arrested

The girls were found hanging from a tree in a sugarcane field located about a kilometre away from their house on...

15 Sept 2022 12:13 PM IST