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Centre's Taliban Response Puts UP BJP in A Fix

The pressure on Delhi mellowed Lucknow's ruling dispensation's initial enthusiasm to try and draw electoral mileage from the developments in Afghanistan.Radhika Ramaseshan reports. IMAGE: Talibs......

DON'T Undercount Covid Deaths!

Experts believe that under-reporting is likely to cause an underestimation of the spread of the disease.Rashme Sehgal reports. Caution: Graphic content. Viewer discretion is advised. IMAGE: Family......

'Covid response is highly dependent on leadership'

'If you don't have a strong political leadership, however much expertise a country may have, in pandemic preparedness or infectious disease, will not matter.''It's really about having strong......

'Why did the government delay the vaccine?'

'The government had a vaccine from January.''The government should have given the vaccine to all population above the age of 45, right from the start.''Each state has its own problems, but as far......

UK firm's COVID vaccine trial paused due to unexplained illness

United Kingdom-based biopharma giant AstraZeneca has said that the phase 3 testing of its COVID-19 vaccine being developed with Oxford University has been put on hold, due to a suspected serious......

The rot inside Air India

Enormous debt isn't the only thing afflicting Air India.Its work culture is an equal culprit in its downfall, discovers Manavi Kapur. IMAGE: Air India has the poorest and most outdated customer......

Race on as e-tailers eye $1.5 bn in festive sales

Flipkart and Myntra, together, post higher sales than Amazon The most-watched online sales on Sunday were about Apple and pizza, property and Harry Potter, attracting first-time buyers from Sangli......

Yahoo to replace Google as default US Firefox search engine

Yahoo Inc struck a deal with Firefox maker Mozilla Corp to replace Google Inc as the default search engine on the Firefox Web browser in the United States, a move that Yahoo Chief Executive Marissa......

Polaris Slingshot: Part car, part motorcycle, all excitement

Photograph: Kind Courtesy, Polaris The Polaris Slingshot three wheeled performance machine which aims to be a pocket rocket, has been unveiled. The road legal vehicle has two front wheels......

Antrix deal, scams, inflation: PM has bold retorts

Seeking to clear the air on the controversy over allocation of S-Band spectrum, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said the deal to allocate transponder frequency on two satellites to the......

Will Suriya's Aadhavan go Ayan's way?

Till recently, actors Tamil actors Ajith, Vikram and Vijay were far ahead of Suriya. Now, the scene has changed. Suriya's terrific performance in Vaaranam Aayiram catapulted him to a position......

Vote: Priyanka Chopra's hottest look

Priyanka Chopra is one hot babe. And the 27-year-old just seems to get hotter with every release. Even a de-glam role in Kaminey hasn't dimmed the Cancerian's beauty one bit. So we decided to get......

Are film critics 'retards'?

I was reading the other day that Aishwarya Rai, now busy being the 'pink' in the Pink Panther franchise's next episode, was feeling particularly lonely (She must be missing all those sycophants who......

If we're going to lift that trophy on the 19th...: Pak bowling coach Morkel

IMAGE: Following their defeat to Australia, Pakistan have now fallen to two losses on the trot. Photographs: PCB/X At the moment, Pakistan's World Cup campaign is stuck against a huge......

Asia Cup: Can India quell Pakistan's hostile pace challenge?

IMAGE: Senior pros Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli will be aiming to get the better of Pakistan's pace trio of Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf. Photograph: BCCI The Indian team......

How Bumrah's break might skyrocket his WC performance

Glenn McGrath says layoff will help Jasprit Bumrah return fresh to international cricket IMAGE: Jasprit Bumrah took nearly a year to recover from a lower back stress fracture. Photograph:......

EPL: Kane grabs double as Spurs thrash Everton

IMAGE: Harry Kane celebrates with team mate Heung-Min Son after scoring Tottenham Hotspur's fifth goal during the English Premier League match against Everton at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in......

'England's decision to pull out of Pakistan tour made zero sense'

'Especially after Pakistan came to England during COVID and helped out the ECB massively. So for them to cancel that tour made absolutely zero sense to me.' IMAGE: England withdrew their men's and......

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