UpFront
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At Biden's inaugural events, the music was earnestly reassuring
Echoing the Biden campaign, and tightly coordinated with the speeches and imagery of his first day in office, the music insisted on unity after division, hope after pain
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News by Numbers: India's mountain of e-waste
From laptops to computers, chargers and mobile phones, a look at the amount of electronic waste India generates every year
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WhatsAlt: The Messenger Alternatives
Some use the internet, some function without servers, some are paid and others are free, but all these apps claim to have one thing in common—respect for user privacy
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IT Parliamentary Committee grills FB, Twitter over de-platforming users, WhatsApp's privacy policy
The Tharoor-led committee questioned top executives of Facebook and Twitter in India if the platforms had the right to restrict free speech and ban political figures, like former US President Donald Trump
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Emerging Coronavirus Variants May Pose Challenges to Vaccines
People who had survived mild infections with the coronavirus may still be vulnerable to infection with a new variant, and more worryingly, the vaccines may be less effective against the variants.
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Google's Hot-Air Balloon Project, Providing Cell Service, Is Closing Down
Nearly a decade after it began the project, Alphabet said Thursday that it pulled the plug on Loon because it did not see a way to reduce costs to create a sustainable business
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IPL 2021: From Steve Smith to Harbhajan Singh, players released ahead of auctions
Big and expensive buys such as Glenn Maxwell and Sheldon Cottrell are now available for franchises to bid on. Kings XI Punjab will sit at the table with the fattest purse while Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad will have to be stringent
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Joe Biden signed these 17 executive orders on Day 1
On day one of his presidency, US President Joe Biden signed 17 executive orders to undo many of Donald Trump's unpopular calls, like reentering the Paris climate agreement and WHO, halting the wall construction at US-Mexico border, overhauling the Covid-19 testing regime, and more
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Sensex at 50k: The sun is out, but don't ignore the dark clouds yet
Earnings growth and liquidity have helped improve investor sentiments, say experts, but will the momentum sustain?
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For Harris, an influential voice and a decisive vote
Kamala Harris may face inherent challenges, including finding her place in a West Wing stocked with veterans of the Obama White House who have known and worked with one another for years and advising a president with deeply fixed ideas of how Washington operates
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How Joe Biden became a steady hand amid so much chaos
As a child, Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. wrestled with words, grappling with a boyhood stutter. Years later, as a young politician, he could not stop saying them, quickly developing a reputation for long-winded remarks