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Prez Kovind, PM Modi extend New Year greetings as India rings in 2021

PM Narendra Modi greets nation on new year

Google announces the arrival of New Year with doodle

New Year's Eve: UK sees in 2021 with fireworks and light show

Upset with sons' behaviour, MP farmer gives half his property to his pet dog

Watch | First sunrise of 2021 in India

Moscow train carriage helps rehome stray pets

US politics in 2021: What's in store for President-elect Biden?

Why 2021 could be turning point for tackling climate change

Brexit: 'We welcomed the trade deal like a Christmas present'

Entertainment quiz of 2020

Was I wrong to fall for a cheating cat?

Australia-China row: 'I'm Australian - why do I need to prove my loyalty?'

Yearly Horoscope 2021: What does the New Year have in store for you? Find out

Sangh role diluted? In major rejig, BJP 'scraps' joint general secretary posts

Activists cheer as 'sexist' tampon tax is scrapped

Adobe Flash Player is finally laid to rest

'Worst year for High Street job losses in 25 years'

The Archers: Radio 4 to mark 70th anniversary

Brexit: New era for UK as it completes separation from European Union

Brexit: New Irish Sea trade border begins operating

MF Doom: Hip-hop star dies aged 49

The Papers: New Year hope and campaign to recruit 'jabs army'

India sees 22,000 fresh infections; active caseload drops by 6,000

Karnataka panchayat polls: BJP-backed candidates lead race

Brexit: New EU trade arrangements to begin after Parliament vote

Four protests that triggered change - and one that didn't

Sir Keir Starmer: UK's best years lie ahead

Brexit: Dover-Calais route 'will work well on 1 January'

Tesco, Pizza Hut and Superdrug in minimum wage fail

Drone users face new rules across Europe and UK

Covid: France mobilises 100,000 police to stop New Year's Eve gatherings

Gilligan's Island actress Dawn Wells dies of Covid complications

2020 in pictures: Coronavirus in the UK

Lookahead 2021: What's happening in the world of science?

London's 'Lido ladies' inspiring others to dive in for mental health

Coronavirus doctor's diary: ‘Close to death from Covid, I asked them to save my baby’

Remembering the entertainment and arts figures we lost in 2020

Brexit: Advice for people who can't move on

Entire Nagaland declared 'disturbed area' under AFSPA, says MHA

Court: In-laws’ daily taunts part of married life

MP saffron rally pelted: 23 held, parts of houses razed

To boost defence sector, govt OKs indigenous missile exports

BJP says it may seek Rajinikanth's support for Tamil Nadu elections in 2021

Covid-19: 10 more test +ve for UK variant

The Papers: 'Jabs for freedom by Easter' and 'schools chaos'

Drunk dermatologist in Chennai flees with police vehilce, rams into an auto

Heroin worth Rs 1.5 cr seized in Mumbai from international courier containing baby clothes, flasks

Congress ratchets up pressure on govt on eve of farmers talks

‘Galwan’, ‘Daulat’..ITBP to name its dog squad after border regions

Covid-19: Biden says Trump vaccine roll-out is 'falling behind'

UK's 1960s French 'Soviet spy' plot with Sunday Times revealed in memos

Impressionist Rory Bremner 'saved Sir John Major's bacon' amid MPs revolt

Striking news photos from around the world in 2020

The puppet show in a box entertaining children in hospital

2020 and me: 'We need to learn life lessons from this'

Belarus protests: The demonstrators speaking out in new and creative ways

Eight things we learned about new businesses in lockdown

Fashion lookahead: Eight major 2021 looks from tie-dye to pastels

Iraqi interpreters 'stalked by death squads' for helping the British

What my grandfather's life taught me about China and America

Quarantine meals: The 2020 food trend no-one predicted

Bharuch MP, who at times opposed Gujarat govt, quits BJP

Number of women cops in states/UTs up 16% in a year

Dilip Chhabria ran Rs 100cr interstate car racket: Police

Kerala to be guardian of kids orphaned during eviction

AP flyer who fled IGI has UK strain; 109 untraced in Pune

Nandigram violence mars Suvendu’s first rally as BJP neta

The Papers: 'New tiers eve' and PM's Brexit 'triumph'

Boxing Day Test: Enjoyed every bit of banter with Matthew Wade on Day 3, says Rishabh Pant

Amartya: Didi’s voice source of strength for me

Rugby catapults tea labourers’ daughter on to global arena

Covid-19: Health workers 'back in eye of storm', says NHS chief

Parents warned of 'sharp rise' in eating disorders

Space images: The best of 2020

2020 and me: 'Be grateful for what you've got'

The big tech questions for 2021

When Greta Thunberg met Margaret Atwood... on Zoom

Covid in prison: 'We should be treated like humans'

Zoom: All the times virtual meetings didn't go as planned this year

Seeking justice for Lion Sleeps Tonight composer

China Covid-19: How state media and censorship took on coronavirus

India migrants: The tragedy of the tuk-tuk driver who fled Covid

Covid, furlough and Topshop collapse: 2020 in business stories

Pregnant at 13 and able to attend school

'If that's darts, I'm offski' - Anderson fuming despite beating Suljovic

New Year ahead, MHA extends ‘strict vigil’ guidelines till Jan 31

Kerala governor nod for December 31 House session on farm laws

Tourists throw caution to the wind, govt fears Covid surge

Covid-19: 40-50m shots stockpiled by SII, India to get most of it

Joe Biden: 'Enormous damage' to US security agencies by Trump

Newspaper headlines: 'Spring it on!' and 'don't betray our children'

2 of 15 most-destructive 2020 climate disasters impacted India, says report

What triggered funding crisis for SC scholarship scheme

Covid: Trump signs relief and spending package into law

Covid-19: China's painful year fighting the coronavirus

UK year in pictures 2020

How Covid conspiracies, 'fake news' and misinformation spread in 2020

2020 and me: 'I know the value of family more'

'To be a black, female headteacher is phenomenal'

'She is beautiful but she is Indian': The student who became a Welsh bard at 19

Books 2021: A pick and mix of what's coming up

Yogi: Sacrifices of Sikh Guru’s sons to be part of UP syllabus

Centuries-old star mystery gets deeper

Maha, UP, MP recorded most Pocso cases in 2017-19: NCRB

Louis Kahn’s kin ask IIM-A to rethink dorm demolition

Try out farm laws for 2 yrs, Rajnath appeals to farmers

Roger Federer to withdraw from Australian Open but planning 2021 return: Agent

Day after talks proposal, farmers call for Jan 1 stir

‘Hurt at treatment meted out to farmers; won’t join Congress’

PM bats for Aatmanirbhar campaign once again in his ‘Mann ki Baat’ address

PM reaches out, recalls Sikh Gurus

Covid: South Africa passes one million infections as cases surge

Climate change: Extreme weather causes huge losses in 2020

The Papers: 'Vacc to the future' and village hall jabs

Premier League: Arsenal thrash Chelsea to end winless run, Manchester United slip to 4th as Everton rise

Boxing Day Test: Shubman Gill records 3rd highest score for an Indian debutant in Australia

Indians’ return to Qatar likely on agenda during Jaishankar visit

NGO denies kids are missing, but NCPCR stands by its report

After Bengal, Shah poll drive in Assam

Renew vehicle papers by Dec 31 or face penalty

Covid: Citizens Advice contacted by '12 people a minute'

Hemel Hempstead brothers swap 'revolting' football shirts for Christmas

How Covid-19 altered world events in 2020

No roadblocks to free and fair assembly polls: J&K LG

Jail officials deny Saibaba woollen cap, family fumes

Coronavirus: EU countries begin mass vaccination

Newspaper headlines: Oxford jab 'set for approval' as vulnerable identified

Covid in the classroom: How the pandemic changed these three teachers' lives

Make-up artist: 'I was sneaking into mum's make-up bag, aged 5'

Coronavirus: What has Covid done for climate crisis?

2020 and me: 'EndSARS was our Black Lives Matter'

PM Narendra Modi to flag off 100th Kisan Rail via video conference on December 28

Horse-riding trainer arrested for rape