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Congress delegation led by Rahul Gandhi calling on President Ramnath Kovind with demands that support the cause of the farmers. (PTI)

AA Edit | Lakhimpur: Backlash gives Opp. a fighting chance

All sorts of organisational preparations have commenced, keeping the poll in mind

15 Oct 2021 12:38 AM IST

There is less reason to worry on the count of increased air travel overly affecting the pandemic situation as the aviation sector is one that has maintained high standards in following pandemic protocols. Representational Image. (AFP)

AA Edit | Ready for post-Covid takeoff

Domestic air passenger traffic had already risen 74 per cent annually and three per cent sequentially to 6.9 million...

15 Oct 2021 12:38 AM IST

Aryan Khan, son of Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, is escorted to court by Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) officials for a bail plea hearing in Mumbai. (Photo: AFP)

Shobhaa De | Aryan Khan: Connecting the dots is a challenge!

The bald truth in this matter is that nobody really knows what's going on

15 Oct 2021 12:37 AM IST

A series of unfortunate events have episodes have made senior officials wonder whether something is lacking in the training that IAS recruits receive before starting their career. (Twitter)

Dilip Cherian | One scrape too many: Is it time now to rethink...

There have been at least two similar instances when young IAS officers have dragged their governments and the service...

15 Oct 2021 12:34 AM IST

A study published in the journal People and Nature has found that children who increased their connection to nature during the first COVID-19 lockdown were likely to have lower levels of behavioural and emotional problems. (Representative Photo:ANI)

Children who spent more time in nature during lockdown fared best:...

Children from less affluent backgrounds are likely to have found COVID-19 lockdowns more challenging to their mental...

15 Oct 2021 12:31 AM IST

Pandey said that the government is expecting disinvestment of BPCL in the last quarter as well. (Photo- BPCL)

After Air India, govt to disinvest BPCL, float LIC IPO by last quarter...

Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) is another company that is on the divestment list of the government

14 Oct 2021 4:25 PM IST

Twitters poor video quality has been a long-running frustration for users on the platform. (Photo: PTI)

Twitter trying out in-conversation ad format

The Verge reported that users will see ads after the first, third, or eighth reply to a tweet

14 Oct 2021 2:24 PM IST

OnePlus 9RT launched with Snapdragon 888 chipset, 50MP main camera

OnePlus 9RT launched with Snapdragon 888 chipset, 50MP main camera

The phone sports the Snapdragon 888 chipset, a triple camera, and a 120Hz refresh rate display

14 Oct 2021 1:48 PM IST

A beach vendor sets chairs as he waits for customers in Kuta beach in Bali, Indonesia, Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021. (AP/Firdia Lisnawati)

Bali reopens to foreign travellers as COVID-19 surge subsides

Bali's airport will welcome new foreign arrivals from 19 countries that meet WHO's criteria such as having their COVID...

14 Oct 2021 1:41 PM IST

The rainfall intensity is very likely to increase in Odisha and adjoining Central India from October 15. (Representational image)

Low pressure area formed in BoB, Odisha likely to get light to...

The low pressure would trigger isolated thunderstorm with a wind speed of 40-50 kmph and heavy rain in Andaman and...

14 Oct 2021 12:51 PM IST

BJP MP Manoj Tiwari during a march Chhath Yatra to urge Delhi government to permit Chhath puja celebrations, at the Sonia Vihar ghat in New Delhi. (PTI)

Allow Chhath puja celebration in Delhi, Covid situation under control:...

He requested Baijal to call a meeting of the Delhi Disaster Management Authority to grant permission for Chhath...

14 Oct 2021 12:27 PM IST

The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places over Karnataka for the next three days. (ANI)

Bengaluru's Madiwala lake overflow due to heavy rainfall, several...

Several areas including BTM Layout, HSR Layout, Anugraha Layout and Madiwala areas flooded with water due to overflowing...

14 Oct 2021 12:14 PM IST