September 28 is being observed as the Right to Know day by the Freedom of Information Advocates Network, a global group of NGOs working for better transparency in governments. An India Together report on the recent strides citizen activity has made in India on the right to information.

Jennifer Catron boarded Carnival’s Costa Luminosa on March 5 for a transatlantic cruise. Her video diaries provide a window into life on board the ship as the coronavirus scare became a full-blown pandemic.

Instead of imposing top-down controls on behaviour from the Supreme Court downward, would a better solution to our problems be to shift norms from the family outward, asks Rajesh Kasturirangan.

Our economic and political leaders do not have much faith in the free market, or in trickle-down economics, despite their apparent support for both, says Ashwin Mahesh.

Every year the Knight fellowships program at Stanford University awards eight international fellowships for journalism innovation. This year, one of the eight is your own newsmagazine’s co-founder.

Shoma Chatterji reviews a beautiful short film Amma Meri that was screened recently in a film festival.

Newspaper and television reports leave us thinking that India is poised to become a superpower, but a more wholesome measure of where the country is will paint a different picture. The problems are still immense, and India lags far behind the world in many ways; it is important to note this and begin tackling them, says Abhijit Das.

An update from the Bangalore's Public Records of Operations and Finance (PROOF) campaign.

Susan Mani looks at the issues involved in the coming together of government and NGOs to improve service delivery.

आखिरी सीटी बजने से कुछ क्षण पहले इंजुरी समय में रवि बहादुर राणा (Ravi Bhadur Rana) ने 30 गज की दूरी से शानदार गोल कर भारत को चैंपियन बनाया.

TOI has come across a documentary evidence, which shows that the AIBA had started exploring the potential candidate to partner as new host city for the tournament in November 2019 itself, despite being in contract with the BFI for the prestigious event.

Habits can make or break a relationship. Here's what your zodiac sign says about the habit you need to avoid when in love.

In fact, it is only during critical hours that test the will power of a leadership. And a true leader always emerges successful against all odds due to his unwavering self-confidence, faith, honesty, determination and...

The COVID-19 spread has forced the UN body to postpone its flagship annual climate change conference which was scheduled to be held at Glasgow in United Kingdom (UK) in November. This crucial meet will now be held in 2021 -- the first year of the operationalisation of the the Paris Agreement.

FINA announced that world championships were due to be held in Fukuoka next year from July 16-August 1 but will instead take place from May 13-29 in 2022

UFC chief Dana White touts the return of the mixed martial arts as a step toward normalcy and a boon for sport-starved fans.

The 36th edition of the European Athletics Indoor Championships is scheduled to take place from March 5 to 7 next year in Torun, Poland.

Madhuri Dixit will reportedly be working in a web show directed by Anand Gandhi for Disney+Hotstar.

Palak asserted that her mom understands the dating concept completely and doesn’t turn out to be awkward about it.

The total smartphone shipments in India in the March quarter grew a mere 4 percent (year-on-year).

China’s cyber laws are rather broadly defined. Incidentally, Tencent’s privacy policy documents for China and the rest of the world, does not indicate that non-China accounts will be under surveillance.

OnePlus has yet another competitor in India, this time it is the Chinese tech giant Xiaomi with its new Mi 10.

WeChat developer Tencent, however, downplayed the report saying all content shared among international users is private and not used surveillance purposes.

But the T20 World Cup is on course even though Cricket Australia CEO Kevin Roberts said that his board is ready for any eventuality.

Along with his best wishes, batsman KL Rahul sent a request asking Rohit to continue to make batting look easy. The vice-captain's reply read: "you are doing that right now. Thanks for the wishes."

Former West Indies cricketer Michael Holding slammed the World Test Championships (WTC) points system and stated the format needs tinkering before it can reach its full potential.

Hockey India had banned Punjab Armed Police, Jalandhar and J&K Police Hockey teams for three months for indiscipline and unruly behaviour.

Hockey India national championships were rescheduled to start on April 29 and continue till July 3 but have been suspended for now.

Hockey India has decided to restructure its domestic competitions by doing away with the categorisation as all teams will play in sub-junior, junior and senior national championships for both men and women.

HI wants to host the 2021 National Championships as well as the inaugural Inter-Department National Championship and Academy National Championship.

On the 46th anniversary of India finishing joint winners with Iran in the Asian Youth Championship Bangkok in 1974, captain Shabbir Ali walks down the memory lane.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer opened up on the possibility of Bruno Fernandes with Paul Pogba joining forces in midfield for Manchester United.

Charles Leclerc saw his chances of a hat-trick of wins dashed by pit-lane strategy used by Ferrari that favoured Sebastian Vettel.

Alice Wells, the acting top US diplomat for South Asia, announced her retirement on Sunday as President Donald Trump looks increasingly likely to go a full term without a Senate-confirmed State Department official focused on the subcontinent.

A bench of Justice Vipin Sanghi and Sanjeev Narula set aside the May 21, 2019 notice/result published by the Delhi High Court Registrar General rejecting the candidature of a person.

Justice Deepak Gupta emphasised the apex court must stand up for the rights of the deprived and underprivileged classes, including the minorities, who cannot be deprived of their rights just because they disagree with the government on certain issues.

INS Jalashwa, participating in Indian Navy's "Operation Samudra Setu" to bring home Indians stuck in foreign countries due to COVID-19 pandemic, has departed from Male port for Kochi with 698 Indian nationals on board on Friday night.

Senior BJP leader and Union minister Prakash Javadekar said the entire country is together in fighting the coronavirus but the Congress is busy "fighting" Modi and the government.

The remarks of the Congress leaders came two days after the Central government decided to freeze payment of additional instalment of DA to all its employees and dearness relief (DR) to pensioners falling due from January 1, 2020.

While Singhvi has never have been a grassroots leader, he enjoys complete trust of the Gandhis, in all critical cases has stood by the party like a rock, and in court ensured a fighting chance for the Congress.

The intervention came after reports in a section of local media claimed about prospects of Mandavia taking over the reins from Chief Minister Vijay Rupani amid the state battling the coronavirus crisis.

Thala Ajith is also a professional shooter and he recently participated in the state-level rifle championship held in Coimbatore over the weekend.

The Costa Atlantica now hosts one of Japan's biggest clusters of the coronavirus, which infected one-fourth of the more than 600 people then on board.

The major cruise lines are accused of failing to do enough to get their staff home, ostensibly to save money on pricey charter flights – a claim the companies deny.

Both national and local governments have stopped crews from disembarking in order to prevent new cases of Covid-19 in their territories, stranding thousands of crew members.

A Johns Hopkins University count says there have been more than 10,000 Covid-19 deaths so far in Latin America's largest and most populous country.

In recent weeks, Trump has been recounting other countries' calls for help. He said he'd offered Russia's Vladimir Putin ventilators during a call on Thursday.

देश भर में ग्रीन व ऑरेंज जोन में कई व्यवसायिक काम करने की छूट मिल गयी है जिसके तहत वाहन कंपनियों ने अपने डीलरशिप खोलने शुरू कर दिए है। होंडा मोटरसाइकिल (HONDA MOTORCYCLE) ने भी अपने डीलरशिप खोल दिए है तथा काम शुरू कर दिया है।

देश भर में ग्रीन जोन में वाहन डीलरशिप खुलने शुरू हो गये है, ऐसे में किया मोटर्स (KIA MOTORS) ने भी भारत में अपने डीलरशिप खोलने शुरू कर दिए है तथा यहां काम भी शुरू कर दिए है। कंपनी ने फैक्ट्री