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"What is wrong in seeking an apology? Is it a sin to apologise? Will that be a reflection of guilt? 'Apology' is a magical word which can heal. You will all go to the category of Mahatma Gandhi if you can apologise" Justice Arun Mishra asked on Tuesday.The note will ...

“While some measures can be taken, several Chinese investments are quite substantive. It is not possible to fully block them. A worrisome factor is that these Chinese companies have linkages of some sort with the Chinese military,” one government official said on condition of anonymity.Pakistan denied that two Special Regulatory ...

“The court may at the most give a lecture to Prashant now. Warn him, but not punish him... It is rather a delicate balance to keep,” Mr. Sorabjee told The Hindu during an interview. He said the court could have ignored the first tweet and the second tweet was merely an ...

India and China on Thursday held another round of border talks aimed at breaking the impasse along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), with complete disengagement still remaining a far-off prospect and both sides appearing prepared for the long haul.India maintained a cautious approach to the announcement of Russian vaccine Sputnik V, ...

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To speed up testing as well as improve the accuracy of testing for coronavirus (COVID-19) positive cases, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is working on developing “mega labs” where large machines, called Next Generation Sequencing machines (NGS), which are also used for sequencing human genomes, will ...

Joe Biden named California Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate on August 11, making history by selecting the first Black woman to compete on a major party’s Presidential ticket and acknowledging the vital role Black voters will play in his bid to defeat President Donald Trump.A swift response from the fire ...

The final conversation between the air traffic controller (ATCO) and one of the pilots of the Air India Express flight 1344 that crashed last week in Kozhikode did not indicate any sign of danger, according to a senior official of the Ministry of Civil Aviation.The Centre will not allow ...

With the recovery of 17 more bodies on Sunday, the number of fatalities due to Thursday’s landslip that buried the housing quarters of tea estate workers in Pettimudy in Idukki has gone up to 43. According to officials, 23 persons are still missing, including six Forest Department staff who were staying ...

Rajasthan political crisis | Ready for floor test, says Ashok GehlotA day ahead of the crucial High Court verdict on disqualification notices issued by the Assembly Speaker to rebel Congress leader Sachin Pilot and 18 dissident MLAs, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday said the Assembly session would ...