There is plenty of native intelligence among the people that is very useful in averting and responding to disasters. Planning for disaster management must see this as an asset. The top-down planning and implementation currently in vogue is a poor substitute for community participation, says Videh Upadhyay.

Can technology restore the balance between people in their conversations about public issues? And can this help foster a better and more inclusive democracy, asks Shubhranshu Choudhary.

Shunyota, a feature film in Bengali, has an all-India resonance that will echo across the country if and when it’s subtitled version will be screened, writes Shoma Chatterji.

The death of 14 women in Chhattisgarh following botched sterilisation procedures has rightfully led to furore across the country. But a detailed, historical analysis of family planning as it has evolved, by Shoma A Chatterji, exposes an inherent and sustained gender bias in policy as well as practice.

These are the last-mile months to convince your boss that you deserve the coveted grade with some quick moves

Spain's health ministry reported 179 new confirmed deaths on Saturday, increasing the death toll to 26,478.

The FDA said the authorisation is for an antigen test, which is a new type of diagnostic test designed for rapid detection of the virus that causes COVID-19.

Trump has been criticised as abdicating any leadership role in guiding the country through one of its worst crises in a century, leaving states on their own to grapple with the pandemic and even bid against each other to obtain critical medical equipment on the open market or abroad.

Kohli, who has been actively doing his bit to help during the coronavirus lockdown along with wife Anushka Sharma, posted a couple of pictures with his mother on social media.

In the top-10 list, only Reliance Industries Ltd and Bharti Airtel managed to close the trading week with gains.

The Department of Homeland Security has issued new regulations, set to take effect Monday, that will limit visas for Chinese reporters to 90 days. There is a potential to extend the visa.

On Friday, when the woman died a natural death, the family members thought of giving in to her last wish and cremate her, thus, declaring themselves as Hindus completely.

One of the most 'needed' things currently after protection masks, hand sanitisers are the next best thing to regularly washing your hands with soap. Due to the increased demand and lack of supply of hand sanitisers, spotting one at your regular

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Historic maps from the Library's collections documenting battles and campaigns of the Civil War, and other historical events.

Last week Delhi disappeared. Just like that. Disappeared. Whatever could have happened to it? It was an enigma that had the whole country wondering.

As if launching a belligerent campaign against north Indians working in Mumbai were not enough, the Shiv Sena, even while lifting the ban on the screening of Shah Rukh Khan's My Name Is Khan, has called the star a traitor because of his statement that Pakistani players should have been included in the IPL a view shared by millions of cricket fans, in Maharashtra and elsewhere in India.

The displacements were a result of a combination of increasing hazard intensity, high population exposure and high levels of social and economic vulnerability, a report says.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Saturday that Saudi Arabian authorities recently detained and are holding incommunicado Prince Faisal bin Abdullah, w

The Confederation of Real Estate Developers' Association of India (Credai) has written to Housing and Urban Affairs minister Hardeep Puri and Commerce

The Trump administration is tightening visa guidelines for Chinese journalists in response to the treatment of US journalists in China, as tensions flare between the two nations over the coronavirus.

Former president Barack Obama has launched a scathing attack on Donald Trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic, calling it an "absolute chaotic disaster."

Visakhapatnam gas leak: LG Polymers apologises, offers ‘every support’ to affected

Hong Kong: Trump administration tightens visas for Chinese reporters - Times of India

Government disburses Rs 18,253 crore to 9.13 crore farmers under PM-Kisan scheme

The United States is the worst affected country in the world from the coronavirus infection

About 200 shops set to begin operations tomorrow; all vehicles to be sanitised

The association has written a letter to Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri seeking his intervention in the matter

Under the PM-KISAN (Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi) scheme, each farmer gets Rs 6,000 in a year in three equal installments directly in bank account