The man before setting himself afire accused the Chinese government of policies "aimed at destroying the Tibetan identity, culture and language".
Self-Immolation by Activist in US Reignites Tibetan Independence Movement
International|4 min read
IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnav conceded that generative AI's challenges-- deepfakes, synthetic content — may outpace what the 2000-era IT Act can handle.
India on the threshold of a new, dedicated AI legislation
Technology|3 min read
If implemented, Altman believes, it could create a pathway for a share of the AI industry's massive financial gains to reach ordinary citizens directly.
Altman Proposes US Government Take 5% Equity Stake in Top AI Firms
Business|3 min read
For China, the Teesta Barrage Master Plan expands influence into a geopolitically sensitive theatre close to India’s vulnerable eastern corridor.
Sino-Bangladesh partnership over Teesta a warning bell for India
International|3 min read
Islamabad has upped ante against New Delhi over suspended water-sharing pact. Pakistan, New Delhi insists, has to end its support for cross-border terrorism.
Islamabad Rachets Up Rhetoric as Indus Waters Treaty Standoff Deepens
International|3 min read
Few places on Earth offer such a literal, physical record of how distant histories can collide, unknowingly, in the same remote corner of the world.
The Lake That Has Hidden a Thousand-Year-Old Secret
Creative Corner|6 min read
PLA, NAH tribals allege, has been progressively seizing substantial portions of their ancestral grazing, hunting, agricultural lands over the past six years.
Tribal Alarm Over Chinese Encroachment on Sacred Ancestral Lands in Arunachal
Seven Sisters|5 min read
Suvendu Adhikari promised to act without delay. He kept that promise. Police machinery roared into action. 17 arrests made in less than 24 hours.
Suvendu’s Masterstroke Dents CPIM & TMC’s Minority Fortress
National|3 min read
The firmament was so violent and ruthless that the city and its neighbourhood hadn't witnessed such fury in a very long time.
377 Lightning Strikes Kolkata Was Witness To in 2 Hours!
National|2 min read
The Reserve Bank of India's latest deposit scheme targets overseas Indians as a source of dollar inflows — but the strategy comes with strings attached.
India Courts Its Diaspora to Defend the Rupee
Business|3 min read
The specimen, designated NWA 12593, is a 311-gram olivine-phyric basalt, representing one of only 31 officially classified lunar basaltic meteorites on Earth.
3.5-billion-Year-Old Rock Rewrites Lunar History
Science and Space|3 min read
A sprawling café rises on razed mangroves,encroaches the Irrigation Department land on the dried Malta riverbed in the ecologically fragile Sunderbans Islands.
Sip & Destroy: How a Riverside Café Has Swallowed Sunderbans' Soul
Environment|5 min read
A joint team from Sikkim's Tourism and Forest Departments came back with an extraordinary footage that has quietly redrawn Sikkim's wildlife map.
Sikkim Team in Rapture as Elusive Mishmi Takin Reappears
Seven Sisters|4 min read
Finance Minister Swapan Dasgupta's first full-year budget for Bengal is nothing short of audacious. The Vision Is Right. The Timing Is Perfect.
‘Khul Ja Sim Sim’: Bengal FM Uncorks Pandora’s Box in Maiden Budget
National|4 min read
After a tense three-hour drama-cum-impasse, BGB realised the mood of the BSF and the local villagers and managed to disperse the armed Bangladeshis back home.
Underwater Sensors to Guard Rivers Near Chicken's Neck to Curb Illegal Infiltration
National|3 min read
People of all ages have participated in the Yoga to mark the International Yoga Diwas
Photo Feature On The International Yoga Diwas
National|1 min read
