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Union Ministers Ravi Shankar Prasad and Prakash Javadekar in New Delhi, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021. (PTI)

Govt announces guidelines to regulate social media, OTT platforms and...

As per the new rules, social media intermediaries have to appoint grievance officer, who shall register complaints in 24...

25 Feb 2021 3:31 PM IST

West Bengal state Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, pillion rides on an electric two wheeler driven by minister of Kolkata Firhad Hakim symbolizing a protest against repeated fuel and cooking gas price hike in Kolkata, India, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. (AP)

India

Mamata rides pillion on electric scooter to protest fuel price hike

Banerjee was seen sitting behind state minister Firhad Hakim, who rode the battery-powered electric scooter

25 Feb 2021 2:22 PM IST

Anti-coup protesters display images of deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Yangon, Myanmar, Thursday, February 25, 2021. Social media giant Facebook announced Thursday it was banning all accounts linked to Myanmars military as well as ads from military-controlled companies in the wake of the armys seizure of power on Feb. 1. (AP)

World

Facebook bans Myanmar military accounts citing the coup

The move, which takes effect immediately, applies to the military and entities controlled by the armed forces on both...

25 Feb 2021 11:31 AM IST

Human activity such as population (growth) and transport combined with climate change increases antibacterial resistance... and therefore the need for more pharmaceuticals. (Photo: AFP)

Business

Union Cabinet nod for PLI scheme for pharmaceuticals, IT hardware

It proposes production linked incentive to boost domestic manufacturing and attract large investments in the value chain...

25 Feb 2021 7:17 AM IST

President Bidens words need closer attention to understand that this is a new America, traumatised by four years of Trumpian undermining of US institutions. (AP /Evan Vucci)

Opinion

K.C. Singh | Ignoring Biden mantra may be costly for India

Indian government has so far ignored subtle hints from the US that freedom of expression includes the freedom to protest...

25 Feb 2021 1:08 AM IST

A health worker administers a COVID-19 vaccine to a person at a Hospital in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021. India started inoculating health workers Saturday in what is likely the worlds largest COVID-19 vaccination campaign, joining the ranks of wealthier nations where the effort is already well underway. (AP)

Opinion

AA Edit | Renew thrust on tests, speed up vaccinations

This situation leaves the Centre with little option other than taking a serious look at the way the pandemic is fought...

25 Feb 2021 12:52 AM IST

$Soon after President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the worlds largest cricket stadium in Ahmedabad, which will now be known as Narendra Modi stadium, social media was flooded with remarks, including by some leaders of the Congress and other opposition parties who alleged that the renaming exercise amounted to an \insult\ to Sardar Patel. (AFP)$ India