No shutdown, Biden insists on national mask mandate

United States President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday ruled out a nationwide shutdown to fight COVID-19, but insisted on a national mask mandate as part of the efforts to prevent the spread of the......

Coronavirus: Sec 144 imposed in 4 Bihar, 2 J-K districts

Prohibitory orders have been imposed in two districts of Jammu and Kashmir and four districts of Bihar in view of the prevailing health emergency due to the coronavirus outbreak IMAGE: Rashtriya......

India reports 2nd coronavirus death, several states in shutdown mode

A 68-year-old woman in Delhi became the country's second victim of coronavirus on Friday as several states went into battle mode to contain the spread of COVID-19, shutting down schools, theatres......

Sheena Bora Trial: The Accidental Witness is Stumped

After ten minutes no one could keep track of the legal team's questions on the geography of the route Sandeep Patil took on his Pulsar Bajaj motorcycle, on the morning of April 25, 2012.Not the......

A fragile economy can't afford social strife

Neither the CAA nor the proposed NRC are important enough to stake the well-being of so many or stake economic growth.Getting growth back on track is more important, notes Mahesh Vyas. IMAGE: A......

Planning to buy a house? Do it right now!

The story of the boom and the crash in the real estate sector has been well documented. Ever-increasing demand and inflated prices saw housing costs rising to unprecendented heights. But soon the......

Bengal scraps IT township project after land row

The West Bengal governmenton Mondayscrapped the ambitious information technologyproject on the outskirts of Kolkata, where IT majors like Wipro and Infosys were supposed to set up their......

DLF found guilty of unfair practices

In a significant judgement, the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission has found DLF Universal Ltd guilty of unfair trade practices for not completing construction within the......

Noisy delegations make up for absent fans at Games

IMAGE: Joelle Bekhazi (left) of Canada's Waterpolo team takes a picture of her teammate Monika Eggens in front of the Olympic Rings at the Olympic Village at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.......

Locked-down athletes face mental health challenge

'Unknowns are quite challenging, especially for athletes whose days are mapped out from the minute they wake up to the minute they go to sleep.' IMAGE: Fear does not come easily to 21-year-old......

Fear of the unknown: Locked-down athletes face mental health challenge

IMAGE:  Many athletes are putting a brave face on the lockdown, converting garages and bedrooms into home gymnasiums and posting cheerful videos. Photograph: Maddie Meyer/Getty Images When......

PIX: Argentines pay tribute to Sala at special memorial

The body of the 28-year old, who died in a plane crash last month, was laid out in a gymnasium in in his home region of Santa Fe where he grew up so friends and family could pay their last......

Asiad: Indian eves bag bronze in squash

Indian women's squash team settled for a bronze medal in the Asian Games after slumping to a 0-2 defeat at the hands of favourites Malaysia in the semi-finals in Guangzhou on Wednesday. The Indians......