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Lift-off images of PSLV-C51/Amazonia-1 Mission. (Image by arrangement)

ISRO launches 19 satellites under new business unit

Seventeen minutes after the launch, the rocket injected Amazonia-1 into its intended orbit

1 March 2021 7:35 AM IST

The Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules 2021 have recycled many existing provisions with the sole aim of establishing stringent government control over the giants of the Big Tech world. (Photo: AFP)

AA EDit | Code flawed; equates media, gossip, arts

The logic of placing the digital news media in the same basket as a social gossip platform and entertainment channel is...

1 March 2021 4:56 AM IST

Twenty million have already been vaccinated (36 per cent of population), more than in France, Germany, Italy and Spain put together. (Representational Photo: AFP)

Kishwar Desai | Britain's spot of schadenfreude; pregnancy triggers...

The only problem with the hot weather is that all chances of social distancing are gone!

1 March 2021 4:33 AM IST

Quoting statistics of ceasefire violations (CFVs) over the years is meaningless. Its more important to understand how and why those ceasefire agreements did not succeed. (Photo: PTI)

Syed Ata Hasnain | Special effort needed in Pak to make truce work

What it takes to keep the ceasefire in place without violations is the existence of a conducive political and diplomatic...

1 March 2021 4:18 AM IST

The regional majors the Trinamul Congress, the AIADMK and the DMK will have their bases intact whether they win or lose but power is a major factor that keeps them going. (Photo: AFP)

AA Edit | Stakes high in state polls

The stakes are high for the Congress, whether the party realises it or not

1 March 2021 4:04 AM IST

Hyderabad farmer developed wheat strains that were fortified with Vitamin D and this month, he received a patent for the wheat he developed. By arrangement

Modi's regret: he could not learn Tamil

Mr Modi, you are a PM for many years. Before that a CM for many years. Anything you feel you had wanted to pursue but...

1 March 2021 2:59 AM IST

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav is likely to visit other districts of the state to take stock of COVID -19 and flood situation. (PTI Photo)

RJD eyes Bihari voters in West Bengal, Assam, Kerala

Senior RJD leaders reportedly in touch with Badruddin Ajmal of AIUDF, Assam Congress president Ripun Bora, TMC

28 Feb 2021 6:59 AM IST

A health worker prepares to administer a COVID-19 vaccine at a hospital in New Delhi, India. (AP)

Covid vaccine to cost Rs 250 per person, per dose

From March 1, all citizens above 60 years and those within the age bracket of 45 to 59 years with comorbidities can get...

28 Feb 2021 6:56 AM IST

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addresses a public rally at Poilan in Kolkata on February 18, 2021. (PTI)

Poster war between TMC, BJP intensifies in West Bengal

The BJP is going to polls under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership as the state unit faces a leadership crisis to...

28 Feb 2021 6:54 AM IST

Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890), Bedroom in Arles, 1888

Shreya Sen-Handley | Ode to sleep, and sleepless spirits

Lack of sleep not only fuels fatigue, however, and bodily dissonance, it could also introduce a psychological kink

28 Feb 2021 4:42 AM IST

Subject to weather conditions, the blastoff is scheduled at 10.24 am from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, where the countdown for the mission commenced at 8.54 am on Saturday. (Representational Photo: PTI)

Brazil's Amazonia-1 on board with Bhagavad Gita

A picture of Prime Minister Narendra Modi will remain engraved atop the panel of a co-passenger satellite

28 Feb 2021 4:35 AM IST

Jaipur Literature Festival (Photo: Facebook @JaipurLitFest)

Sucheta Dasgupta | JLF 2021: Tharoor skewers Sandel

It's not just about creative writing; the Jaipur Literature Festival is a festival of ideas

28 Feb 2021 4:35 AM IST