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The first reports of the construction of the Chinese village Pangda , which is around 2 km within Bhutan, had first appeared in 2020. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

Chinese villages in Bhutan's Doklam now fully occupied

Satellite images show China is nearing completion of a second village and starting the construction of another village

21 July 2022 7:43 AM IST

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Is growth in population a ticking bomb or blessing?

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Is growth in population a ticking bomb or...

Managing population through heavy-handed top-down curbs on fertility is an inhuman and ineffective policy

21 July 2022 12:50 AM IST

Shinzo Abe (AP file photo)

Vishnu Prakash | Adieu Abe San! Japan loses a proud visionary, China a...

A nationalist to the core, Abe San wanted Japan to be strong again and stand tall among the comity of nations

21 July 2022 12:45 AM IST

A man stands on the dried out lake bottom of the Zicksee in St. Andrae am Zicksee in Burgenland, Austria on July 20, 2022. - Ongoing heat led to draining of the lake. Hundreds of fish died in the dried out lake. (Photo by Alex HALADA / AFP)

AA Edit | Europe boils amid climate change

The UK, used to milder climes, saw 40 C crossed for the first time in its history while France had gone through it at...

21 July 2022 12:17 AM IST

President elect Ranil Wickremesinghe greats supporters upon his arrival at a buddhist temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP)

Wickremesinghe elected new Sri Lankan president; protesters demand his...

Wickremesinghe secured 134 votes in 225-member House while his nearest rival and dissident ruling party leader Dullas...

21 July 2022 12:12 AM IST

Opposition leaders protest in the Rajya Sabha during ongoing Monsoon Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. (Sansad TV/PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Row over GST: Govt, Opp. must unite to find solution

The Opposition protests against the newly-introduced five per cent GST on certain food articles and also demands a...

21 July 2022 12:10 AM IST

Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair(Right). (ANI)

Zubair released from Tihar after SC grants bail

The top court observed that the power of arrest must be exercised sparingly by the police

21 July 2022 12:07 AM IST

Protestors burn an effigy of acting President and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as they demand his resignation in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Voting begins to elect Sri Lanka's new president in three-cornered...

A candidate has to cross the magical figure of 113 in the 225-member House to win the election

20 July 2022 10:37 AM IST

Saeed Naqvi | North vs South: For Muslims, the experience is wholly...

In the North, manufactured daily incidents keep communalism on a continuous simmer and folks huddle and wonder what the...

20 July 2022 7:15 AM IST

This handout picture provided by the Iranian presidency shows the Islamic Republics President Ebrahim Raisi (R) walking alongside Russian President Vladimir Putin in Tehran on July 19, 2022. (Photo by Iranian Presidency / AFP) /

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Ukraine: What lay behind Russia's unprovoked...

Russian President Vladimir Putin is entirely culpable and can't run away from his avoidable and deplorable decision to...

20 July 2022 7:05 AM IST

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh talks to the media at Parliament House during ongoing Monsoon Session, in New Delhi, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. (PTI Photo)

Rajnath rejects 'rumours' on Agnipath caste factor

Several Opposition leaders had alleged that the Army was using caste as a factor for recruitment under the Agnipath...

20 July 2022 1:52 AM IST

Members in the Lok Sabha during Monsoon Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. (Sansad TV/PTI Photo)

GST hike sets off ruckus in Lok Sabha

Protests in Lok Sabha over new GST rates, Speaker chides MPs

20 July 2022 1:46 AM IST