india news Ritviz turns the camera to his fans in new music video ‘Thandi Hawa’ By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 16:51:47 +0530 Musician Ritviz’ new video ‘Thandi Hawa’ stitches together fast-cut shots of fans dancing to his song while they cook, clean and goof about Full Article Music
india news ‘Republic of Religion – The Rise and Fall of Colonial Secularism in India’ review: Interplay of state and religion By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 14:28:18 +0530 Abhinav Chandrachud explores how India went from secularism under the British to a soft-colonial version after Independence to the present-day constitutional model Full Article Reviews
india news ‘Riding Towards Me’ review: The long road home By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 14:27:45 +0530 A chronicle of an arduous ride from Chicago to Delhi, through the varied terrain of South America and Africa Full Article Reviews
india news Golden Globes makes temporary changes to foreign language film eligibility rules By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 17:27:46 +0530 HFPA has announced that foreign language films will not need a theatrical release in their own country to be eligible for the 2021 award ceremony Full Article Movies
india news ‘Mobilising the Marginalised – Ethnic Parties without Ethnic Movements’ review: Why empowerment means the die won’t be caste By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 14:32:29 +0530 A political scientist argues that Dalit social movements undermine the community’s electoral mobilisation Full Article Reviews
india news The fundamentals of caring By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 17:32:39 +0530 Ahead of International Nurses Day on May 12, we tip our hats to nursing attendants who without technically being nurses still offer care and support to families Full Article Health
india news The changing landscape of fashion photography in a COVID-19 world By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 17:33:54 +0530 An alternative photography technique using mobile technology is fast emerging as a trend among shutterbugs who have had to adapt to the changing landscape of photoshoots due to COVID-19 Full Article Photos
india news ‘Super Deluxe’ actor Gayathrie Shankar’s Tamil short film is about a mother-daughter relationship By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 18:49:59 +0530 A mostly-female crew joined hands to make the short film ‘B Selvi & Daughters’, which is a realistic portrayal of the layers in a mother-daughter relationship Full Article Movies
india news WWE’s Braun Strowman: ‘I feel it is my responsibility to perform for my fans globally’ By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 18:41:39 +0530 Ahead of special event ‘Money In The Bank’, the reigning WWE Universal Champion talks to us about how the sports-entertainment company are successfully organising fights despite the pandemic Full Article Entertainment
india news ICICI Bank Q4 net rises 26% to ₹1,221 crore By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 19:11:45 +0530 On the assets front, gross non-performing assets (NPAs) stood at 5.53% of gross advances as on March 31, 2020, compared to 6.70 per cent last year. Full Article Industry
india news 3 nurses strangled in Mexico; border mayor gets coronavirus By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 07:36:39 +0530 Two of the sisters were nurses for the Mexican Social Security Institute and the third was a hospital administrator, but there was no immediate evidence the attack was related to their work. Full Article International
india news PCCF directives for wildlife protection By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 07:59:35 +0530 Field staff asked to be summer-ready Full Article Hyderabad
india news State enhances procurement price for seven minor forest produce By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 08:04:24 +0530 Tribals however are not keen on selling mahua collection to GCC as they are getting a higher price in open market Full Article Telangana
india news Only final semester university exams to be held, says minister By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 08:13:03 +0530 Second, third year undergraduate and PG students to be promoted to next class Full Article Mumbai
india news U.S. tightens visa rules for Chinese journalists amid coronavirus tensions By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 08:17:46 +0530 The United States and China have been engaged in a series of retaliatory actions involving journalists in recent months. Full Article International
india news Avoid humiliating lockdown violators: HC By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 09:10:58 +0530 Court tells Nagpur Police Commissioner to sensitise police force Full Article Mumbai
india news COVID-19 deaths in Italy exceed 30,000 By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 08:42:34 +0530 The country now has 217,185 confirmed coronavirus infections. Full Article International
india news Kim sends Putin letter in outreach amid outbreak By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 08:51:40 +0530 The report by Pyongyang’s official Korean Central News Agency on Saturday came a day after it reported Mr. Kim sent a personal message to Chinese President Xi Jinping to praise what he described as China’s success in getting its COVID-19 epidemic under control. Full Article International
india news Coronavirus India lockdown Day 46 live updates | Testing capacity for COVID-19 scaled up to 95,000 per day: Harsh Vardhan By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 19:03:56 +0530 India's recovery rate currently stands at 29.36%, according to the Union Health Ministry. Full Article National
india news China continues to hide, obfuscate COVID-19 data from world: Pompeo By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 09:03:12 +0530 By Friday, more than 78,000 Americans had died and 13 lakh tested positive for the coronavirus. Globally, more than 274,000 people have died and 39 lakh have tested positive for the disease, according to Johns Hopkins University data. Full Article International
india news 4 Maoists, one police official killed in Chhattisgarh encounter By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 11:43:49 +0530 Joint operation by Indo Tibetan Border Police and State police Full Article National
india news Manipur gears up for arrival of residents from May 12 By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 09:31:56 +0530 Chief Minister N. Biren directs district administrations to make arrangements for quarantining them. Full Article Other States
india news Pfizer to outsource some drug production, focus on coronavirus vaccine By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 10:04:41 +0530 If successful, Pfizer said it hopes to receive emergency use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as early as October Full Article International
india news Odisha govt extends work shift to 12 hours By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 10:39:09 +0530 It modifies the existing eight-hour shift after representations from industries Full Article Other States
india news Toddler dies after accidentally drinking chemical in Belagavi village By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 10:48:13 +0530 A one-and-a-half-year old baby died after it accidentally consumed a paint thinner in Balekundri–Bujurg village in Belagavi district on Saturday. The Full Article Karnataka
india news 365 Kashmiri students to return home from Bhopal in 18 buses By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 10:54:46 +0530 The students are currently accommodated in a private school in Bhopal. Full Article Other States
india news Only those with severe COVID-19 illness need to be tested before discharge: Health Ministry By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 11:19:09 +0530 As per latest guideline, other categories of patients need not be tested before discharge Full Article National
india news Commercial Street, adjoining roads shut down by BBMP, police By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 11:14:10 +0530 Shop owners and businesses in the area failed to follow social distancing norms, despite repeated reminders and warning by the BBMP and Police. Full Article Bengaluru
india news Two instances of assault on police personnel reported in Mumbai By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 12:21:48 +0530 An architecture graduate has been arrested Full Article Mumbai
india news SBI complains to CBI after ₹411 crore loan defaulters flee country By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 11:47:11 +0530 The CBI had recently booked Ram Dev International and its directors Naresh Kumar, Suresh Kumar and Sangita Full Article National
india news Naidu, Modi pay tributes to Maharana Pratap By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 12:45:15 +0530 On Mewar king’s 480th birth anniverary, the Prime Minister described him as the great son of Mother India. Full Article National
india news 3,340 Keralites return home through Walayar By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 12:18:49 +0530 As many as 1,036 vehicles with returnees reached the State through Walayar Full Article Kerala
india news Phased withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan sharpens focus on CPEC By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 12:13:49 +0530 China, Pakistan engaged in firmly pegging Afghanistan with CPEC, say analysts Full Article International
india news New schedule of rates by Public Works Department increases wages of labourers By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 12:16:35 +0530 The revised schedule of rates has provided a nearly 15%-18% increase in the wages for about 300 types of labourers who work in various government projects Full Article Tamil Nadu
india news COVID-19 | Five Bihar Military Police personnel test positive By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 14:40:28 +0530 Tally in State goes up to 580 Full Article Other States
india news Special cargo flight lifts 11 tonnes of vegetables, flowers from Tiruchi to Singapore By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 12:36:45 +0530 The flight, operated by SpiceJet, is the first exclusive freighter service from Tiruchi since the COVID-19 lockdown began Full Article Tiruchirapalli
india news Workers who were "turned away on religious grounds" return to Gurugram factory By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 12:46:44 +0530 Half-a-dozen Muslim workers returned to work at Richa & Co. — a garments unit based in Udyog Vihar Phase-III in Gurugram — on Friday, a day after Full Article Delhi
india news For this lawyer, religion is no deterrent to observing roza By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 12:43:46 +0530 Samyuktha Patil has been observing roza for eight years Full Article Karnataka
india news Hyundai rolls out 200 cars on day one of resuming production in Sriperumbudur By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 13:04:44 +0530 The company resumed production operations on May 8, ensuring 100% physical distancing in accordance with standard operating procedure, a release said Full Article Business
india news COVID-19 | Karnataka reports 36 new cases By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 12:57:09 +0530 State tally goes up to 789 Full Article Karnataka
india news Case against me for anti-liquor demonstration is vindictive, says Alagiri By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 13:06:15 +0530 The Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president, in a statement, said the case was a vindictive act against Opposition parties by the police Full Article Tamil Nadu
india news Coronavirus deaths reported by Delhi govt less than figures from hospitals By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 18:20:07 +0530 While the Delhi government’s statement says 68 coronavirus-related deaths have occurred in the national capital till Friday, the number of such deaths in just two hospitals in the city that The Hindu accessed was 107 Full Article Delhi
india news Assam, Meghalaya hike excise duty on liquor By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 16:25:23 +0530 Retail prices set to go up by 25%. Full Article Other States
india news Egypt’s president expands powers, citing virus outbreak By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 13:31:52 +0530 An international rights group condemned the amendments, saying the government has used the global pandemic to expand, not reform, Egypt’s abusive Emergency Law. Full Article International
india news Lockdown | Migrant workers clash with police in Surat By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 13:32:31 +0530 They were demanding the district administration to arrange for their travel back to their hometowns in U.P., Bihar, Odisha Full Article Other States
india news Coronavirus lockdown | 150 enter State via Muthanga By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 13:36:50 +0530 Those without domestic pass would be sent back, say authorities Full Article Kerala
india news Tamil Nadu Chief Minister urges Prime Minister Modi to place amendments to Electricity Act in abeyance By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 13:40:07 +0530 In a letter to the Prime Minister, Edappadi K. Palaniswami reiterated that Tamil Nadu was committed to providing free electricity supply to farmers, and said the Bill could affect this policy Full Article Tamil Nadu
india news U.S. awards $275 million border wall contract By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 14:44:22 +0530 Caddell Construction Company, based in Montgomery, Alabama, won the contract to build 22.5 km of barriers in and around Laredo, Texas. Full Article International
india news Riding out the lockdown By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 14:00:14 +0530 As they cannot hop on to their bikes now, three intrepid bikers instead mull over what they miss the most about not being on the road and where they plan to go once lockdown is lifted Full Article Travel
india news Over 350 Indians return to Chennai from Dubai on two flights By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 14:02:47 +0530 A 29-year-old woman with the mortal remains of her husband was one of the passengers Full Article Chennai