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Iran's presidential election: Four ways it matters

Juhi Chawla challenges 5G network setup in India

Lawyers spar over transfer of Narada case

It’s for Centre to decide on objections to Lakshadweep draft regulation: Kerala HC

Kerala assembly resolution immature, a violation of federal principles, says BJP

Marathas can avail EWS quota benefits

Iffco produces ‘world’s 1st’ nano urea liquid

HC sets up panel for violence-hit West Bengal people

269 rail stations get CCTV cover under Nirbhaya Fund: RailTel

SII unable to supply vaccine, Maldives looks elsewhere

Yogi, Ramdev yoga thoughts to be part of university curriculum

UP hooch toll hits 35, official removed

Lt Gen Pande to head Eastern Command

Former SC judge AK Mishra set to be NHRC chief, Kharge gives dissent note

Five feared trapped in 500-feet-deep abandoned Meghalaya coal mine

EPFO allows members to avail second Covid-19 advance

Even as Congess panel meets, Capt FB page calls him ‘CM face’

When Mysuru royalty popularised vaccine

'Gene therapy is a game changer for our son'

Covid-19: Red list arrivals terminal opens at Heathrow Airport

Kingstanding stabbing: Hunt for attackers after boy 14, stabbed to death

Fears vulnerable children traumatised by pandemic

Flat owners warning over rooftop developments

Whiplash: New rules to crackdown on fraudulent insurance claims

Oppn here used Choksi for poll funding, backed him: Antigua PM

Maharashtra ropes in hakims to beat tribals’ vaccine hesitancy

Cops: Number of Kumbh pilgrims not downgraded

Lakshadweep rules: Protesters observe ‘Black Day’ online

Ex-Telangana min reaches Delhi, to meet Amit Shah, Nadda

These kids trek 6 km daily for e-classes

Ajay Devgn buys new home worth 60 crore

UAE extends travel restrictions from India till June 30

Freight train runs at 99kmph, pips Rajdhanis in average speed

Gang-rape accused used to lure women by promising jobs

12-hour rescue op to save tiger in flood-ravaged Sunderbans fails

Union minister Hardeep Puri hits back as P Chidambaram demands CAG probe into ‘missing vaccine’

‘Zero loss’ of lives during operation Yaas, says NDRF DG

States distributed about 50% of free foodgrains for May

2 veteran Bihar netas attacked; police probe revenge angle

Actor’s bodyguard held for raping woman on pretext of marriage

Flash helplines for elderly and children: Govt to TV channels

84-year old Stan Swamy tests positive for Covid, in ICU

Univ to offer Covid quota for students from families that lost breadwinner

IIT-D students’ app boosts chances of getting a jab

Docs see rise in post-Covid stroke & heart attack cases

2 held for dumping Covid dead in river

IndiGo asked to pay Karnataka teen 1.6 lakh for missed trip to Nasa

Citizenship order worries Assam

Bid to ease citizenship process for Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh minorities

Congress banking on Chhattisgarh probe

Congress giving Pakistan tools to defame India: BJP

Lakshadweep parties plan joint protest against reforms

Covid-19: Maharashtra crosses 25,000 deaths in May alone, Pune tops

Congress, Left attack Centre on recall order

Adhir, Odisha oppn leader were also invited: Suvendu Adhikari

UN praises Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik for disaster management

Newspaper headlines: PM 'weds in secret' and Wuhan lab leak 'feasible'

'I’m fine, really': Finding hope as Covid sweeps India

How opera helped me come out as trans

Dogs rehomed: ‘She went from a defeated dog, to a great pet’

Covid: Teaching post-Covid patients to breathe again

Piccadilly 1965: How six Indian friends found their feet in the UK

Samantha Azzopardi: Australia's notorious con artist sentenced for child theft

Jeremy Clarkson reveals 'heartache' filming farming TV series

Buying a pink NFT cat was a crypto nightmare

How Ben Crump became America's go-to civil rights lawyer

Covid and jobs: Why are hospitality workers leaving the industry?

Thomas Tuchel's masterclass leaves Pep Guardiola in despair

'I made the best selection to win the game' - but did Guardiola get it wrong?

Biden budget: President sets out $6tn spending plan

Jharkhand sends letter to union ministry seeking rectification of vaccine wastage data, Centre agrees

Supreme Court to hear on May 31 plea to scrap boards

Supreme Court: HCs can’t refuse pre-bail & stay arrest

Two accused of rape try to flee, shot in their legs

35 years on, Supreme Court plugs gap that aided dowry death accused

India slams UNGA chief for J&K remark during Pakistan visit

Court restrains Choksi removal from Dominica

CCTV shows Khan before he carried out the attack

NHS calls for ban on toy neodymium magnets amid child safety fears

Festivals face 'another lost summer' without government safety net, MPs say

Stonewall boss defends new strategy amid criticism

Mantuan roundel: UK places export bar on £17m artefact

Emmys 2021: The binge-worthy TV shows in this year's race

Venezuela's paradise beach resort turns into violent nightmare

Tokyo 2020: Meet the armless archer aiming for gold at the Paralympics

Week in pictures: 22 - 28 May 2021

After a 32-year battle for justice, what is Hillsborough's legacy?

George Floyd: After a flood of donations, what next?

Tetraplegic Steven Webb is elected mayor of Truro

Mud reveals secrets of when humans began to change planet

Is Kintyre's 'Route 66' the next road to recovery?

Champions League final: Dover Athletic face ruin in 'dog eat dog' football world

CM Manohar Lal Khattar: Treat sewage flowing into Saraswati

In US, Jaishankar alleges plot to taint PM Modi government

India skips UNHRC vote on Israel probe

At 28.5L, most daily jabs given since April 26

Covid-19: 35% dip in active cases as 24 states see 2nd wave ebbing

Choksi illegally enters Dominica, India in touch to bring him back

WhatsApp users need not fear new rules: IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad

Canary Islands: 'Taking in migrants changed my life'

Brighton artist turns coma hallucinations into graphic novel

The teenagers fighting India's deadly Covid crisis

Cicadas: The US chef cooking up the insect 'flavour bombs'

Taiwan must choose between virus and politics

Glasgow: The city that has been locked down for nine months

The looming battle over abortion in the US

In Tarun Tejpal acquittal, judge questions 'appropriate' behaviour for rape victims

Drones and live-streams: How tech is changing conservation

Meghalaya announces Rs 50,000 ex-gratia to kin of Covid-19 deceased persons

With effective management of Cyclone Yaas, Odisha proves why it is numero uno in taming natural disasters

India records 1.8 lakh cases, lowest in 44 days; deaths remain 3,oooo plus deaths

Got vaccine certificate sans jab? Sign up with different phone number

Vaccines in short supply world over, says Centre

Twitter fear-mongering, seeking dubious sympathy, must cooperate with probe: Cops

Newspaper headlines: Doubt over lockdown easing as Hancock faces pressure

Tokyo Olympic Games: When are they and will they go ahead?

The uncertain future of Britain's offices

Mozambique Palma attack: 'I had to pay a bribe to flee'

'Fortress Australia': Why calls to open up borders are meeting resistance

Luke Combs dissects lockdown anthem Six Feet Apart, one year later

RTHK: How authorities cracked down on Hong Kong's only public broadcaster

India can't accept terrorism as 'legitimate diplomacy'; 'bigger issues' with Pakistan remain despite ceasefire: Jaishankar

Punjab: 32 non-Covid patients contract black fungus, doctors blame excessive dosage of steroids

Vaccines critical in pandemic fight, says PM Modi

Hospitals start routine immunisation for tiny tots at home

Is vaccination a 5-year plan: High court to Gujarat

20 in UP village get Covishield, Covaxin cocktail

Farmers will protest till 2024 if needed: Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait

8 quit BJP in Lakshadweep as unrest grows

End capitation fee in med colleges: National Medical Commission

Now, engineering courses in Hindi & 7 other languages

20 crore doses given, 34% above 45 have got 1st jab

County lines: 1,100 people arrested in UK crackdown

How patient 'tsunami’ threatens to overwhelm GPs

Climate: World at risk of hitting temperature limit soon

Eric Carle: Very Hungry Caterpillar author dies aged 91

The Papers: Cummings 'rains fire' with 'pure revenge'

Season without a trophy not a success - Solskjaer

Covid: Dominic Cummings to be quizzed by MPs on pandemic handling

Covid vaccine: 30 and 31-year-olds in England now invited

Building projects hit by lack of supplies and price rises

Millions cannot afford water bills, says watchdog

Mast Upgrade: UK experiment could sweep aside fusion hurdle

Housing: Shelter calls for 90,000 social homes to be built

AI emotion-detection software tested on Uyghurs

From protests to 'patriots': Why China is crushing Hong Kong dissent

Dominic Cummings: His views on Covid and why it matters

Cummings testimony: What is herd immunity?

Amateur choirs 'devastated' at Covid rule change in England

Jerusalem's Sheikh Jarrah: The land dispute in the eye of a storm

Letter from Africa: Why Queen of England has a throne in Nigeria

Covid: 'The horror of laying everyone off made me sick'

Despite lack of evidence, children still 'vulnerable' group: Covid task force member

High court seeks Karnataka response on BSY son’s shrine visit

Karnataka high court pulls up Belagavi top cop for violations at Shah rally in January

Rajasthan high court moves Supreme court against own bench’s ruling

Supreme Court stays high court order granting bail over fear of Covid death

IIT-Goa asks students to frame own question paper

Haryana man, 84, first Indian to get Trump cocktail

Odisha, West Bengal brace for cyclone Yaas, evacuate 20 lakh people

The Papers: Lockdown 'farce' as vaccines 'hit new high'

After 40 days, daily Covid cases fall below 2 lakh

In Covid war, IAF clocks over 1,000 heavy-lift sorties

India’s statement at UNGA hints at tilt towards Israel

Informed of mom’s death, ambulance driver puts duty 1st

Liquid oxygen output up 10 times as government readies for 3rd wave

Panacea starts Sputnik production

Antibody cocktail launched in India

Mob attacks vaccine team in Ujjain village

‘No definite link between oxygen therapy and mucormycosis’

'Dangerous' home teeth-whitening kits sold online

UK tourism spending 'worth just half of pre-pandemic level'

Covid: Councils urged to allow England Parkrun events to resume

NHRC notice to Centre, states on 'poor working conditions' of ASHA workers

WHO says 'more information' required from Bharat Biotech for emergency use listing of Covaxin

Haryana govt to distribute 1 lakh Coronil kits among Covid-19 patients

Easier vaccine rules for ‘frail’ seniors and the disabled likely soon

Bharat Biotech needs to give more information for emergency use listing, says WHO

Post-Covid issues need to be addressed: AIIMS chief

12 get death for 2008 Chennai-Kolkata highway killings

What’s ‘manipulated media’ and how does Twitter tag them?

Teachers 'struggle to deal with classroom sexual abuse'

The Papers: Brits flock to Spain as EU leaders condemn Belarus

Belarus plane: What happens with a military jet interception?

400 on train carrying migrants rush out of Assam station to avoid Covid test

Zumba, baking e-tutorials help kids beat Covid blues

Mucormycosis claims four lives in Kerala

Over 160 cops in UP succumbed to Covid since its outbreak, says ADG

Black fungus kills 4 more in Varanasi; 82 others infected

Teacher’s death spurs village youths to wage Covid war

Show you care: Pilots to Air India amid death of staffers

Girl appeals for late mom’s lost phone, gets a new one

Children speak of neglect in US asylum camps

Pollution: ‘We can smell and taste the traffic at school'

Bob Dylan: 80 things you may not know about him on his 80th birthday

George Floyd death: How do I talk to my son about race?

Why you shouldn’t stop wearing a mask even after 2 vaccine doses

70% of those in Bengaluru hospitals in severe or critical state

All citizens to be inoculated by December: Minister

Six terrorists of tribal outfit killed in Assam

Prophet’s picture in study material triggers row

Hordes of farmers from Punjab, Haryana head for Delhi border to step up protest

BKU rejects Amarinder Singh's appeal to call off three-day Patiala protest in Covid times