Is Georgia's shark-owning billionaire a pawn in Russia's game?Bidzina Ivanishvili, Georgia's richest man and founder of its ruling party, has a significant influence on the country's politics despite n...
22 Oct, 2024, 01.04 PM IST
Russia orders Discord to remove almost 1,000 posts it says contain illegal materialsRussia’s communications regulator, Roskomnadzor, has ordered Discord to remove nearly 1,000 posts deemed illegal, including content promoti...
02 Oct, 2024, 01.47 PM IST
Moscow's 'almost naked' party sparks outrage amid war crisis, celebrities face backlashAmid Russia's Ukraine conflict, Moscow's 'Almost Naked' party stirred controversy. Celebrities faced backlash at the event hosted by Anasta...
29 Dec, 2023, 05.13 PM IST
Russian rapper jailed for wearing only a sock at party, organiser faces 1 billion rouble lawsuitThe party organiser's name has disappeared from the public face of major Russian mobile phone operator MTS. She is also a tax investigation...
28 Dec, 2023, 03.17 PM IST
Turkey decides Erdogan's future in knife-edge voteThe Hagia Sophia was built as a Byzantine cathedral -- once the world's largest -- before being transformed into a mosque by the Ottomans. ...
14 May, 2023, 10.42 AM IST
FTX's Nishad Singh pleads guilty as pressure mounts on Sam Bankman-Fried"I am unbelievably sorry for my role in all of this," Singh said, adding that he knew by mid-2022 that Bankman-Fried's hedge fund, Alameda ...
01 Mar, 2023, 08.56 AM IST
'We are a country': Taiwanese embrace distinct identityFor decades after Taiwan split from the mainland in 1949, when nationalist forces lost a civil war to the communists, people on the island ...
11 Nov, 2021, 09.15 AM IST
What are US President-Elect Joe Biden's LGBT+ policy plans?The former vice president has promised to appoint a cabinet that "looks like America", nominating former rival for the Democratic president...
19 Jan, 2021, 07.08 PM IST
LGBTQ inclusion to slowly get on trackGay rights activists and academics say it will take years for true inclusivity of LGBTQ to happen in India Inc.
02 Oct, 2018, 07.06 AM IST
Rainbow travel: From Mykonos to Barcelona, here are top 5 inclusive destinationsThe Greek island of Mykonos is one of the favoured summer destinations with LGBTQ supporters and followers.
27 Sep, 2018, 08.16 AM IST
After years of secrecy, a victory for LGBTQ IncMultinationals, with their clearly laiddown global diversity policies, have inadvertently played an important role in developing India Inc’...
07 Sep, 2018, 08.08 AM IST
Big verdicts lined up for CJI as he nears retirementAmong the important judgements he is expected to deliver is the Aadhaar case in which the court has to take a call on whether the governmen...
22 Aug, 2018, 07.31 AM IST
Queen Elizabeth’s cousin Lord Ivar Mountbatten and other royals who came out as gayLord Ivar Mountbatten will become the first noble to have a gay wedding.
22 Jun, 2018, 12.52 PM IST
Twitter suspends 2.35 lakh accounts for terrorism talk, IS postsSpikes in suspension over the past year came immediately after terror attacks, and daily suspensions are up 80% since last year.
20 Aug, 2016, 08.31 AM IST
2013: Gay sex, lawmakers, coal issues engaged Supreme CourtLandmark judgements on electoral reforms and censuring an ex-judge for alleged sexual harassment cases kept the Supreme Court busy in 2013.
26 Dec, 2013, 11.10 AM IST
Bold and pro-active Justice GS Singhvi retires as Supreme Court judgeJustice GS Singhvi, known as a bold and pro-active Supreme Court judge who kept government on tenterhooks on public issues including 2G sca...
11 Dec, 2013, 06.53 PM IST
- SC & Section 377: In a world where people follow specialised careers, judges remain the generalists
From 2G to LGBT might seem like quite a jump, but it is one that Justice G S Singhvi seems to have made with equanimity.
24 Mar, 2012, 01.30 AM IST