I am sitting inside a room watching a grey afternoon full of smog. Occasionally a neighbour with a mask dares to walk out. It is not a winter fog hugging you as you walk around. Smog has a stigma atta...

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Twitter said on Wednesday that it would ban all political ads, putting a spotlight on the power and veracity of online advertising and ramping up pressure on Facebook’s chief executive, Mark Zuckerb...

Last week, when Singapore-based author Anurag Tripathi flew back home from New Delhi, he was carrying an unusual baggage – 10 packets of surgical masks and 10 large bottles of hand sanitisers. “Th...

The Yasin Malik-led Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) was banned on Friday for a series of violent acts and being in the forefront of separatist activities in the militancy-hit state since 1988, U...

The chief executive of the Adani group’s mining arm in Australia has suggested his company could seek a sizeable compensation in case the government there cancels its lease on a $16.5-billion coal m...

Thirty years ago, a sobering dry spell in Iceland's history came to an end. On Friday, the country celebrates the anniversary of the lifting of a decades-long ban on beer with — what else? — a nat...

Meghalaya chief minister Conrad K. Sangma wants citizens of the state to “say no” to the use of plastic bags as organic carry bags have begun surfacing in some stores in the city.On June 5, which ...

Prime Minister begins speaking. Highlights:It is essential for India to emerge victorious in this fight against this grave diseaseThis crisis is so severe that we must face all difficulties with deter...

India on Wednesday shut its doors on all intending travellers — even Indians — from 33 countries in Europe, including the UK, as part of escalating responses to minimise the impact of the novel co...