Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday questioned the move of the government to monetise its assets across key sectors, saying all assets created in the last 70 years are being sold.

The CIA declined to comment on the Taliban meeting but the discussions likely involved the impending August 31 deadline for the US military to conclude its airlift of US citizens and Afghan allies.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that his country will work with the Taliban "if necessary", as the group has regained control of Afghanistan.

It will be enough if the govt is directed to come clean on the expenditure, extent and the use of the spyware and asked to list individuals and organisations it has found guilty by using the spyware.

As many as 222 officers serving as Principal Commissioners of Income Tax across India have been given transfer/posting orders, while 79 others have been asked to additional charge in same rank.

By comparing India's standard of governance, quality of healthcare and social capital to other similarly placed countries, we can reliably conclude that the reported cases and deaths during the pandemic are grossly understated.

Mary Lawlor speaks to The Wire about the situation of human rights defenders in the country, the use of repressive laws by the government and more.

A lacerating report this week revealed the US failure to reconstruct Afghanistan over two decades. Why didn’t anyone heed the inspector general’s warnings?

A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka and Justice N.S. Sanjay Gowda also issued notices to state police and the state government.

'That Facebook actively and systematically mutes anti-BJP voices in India is an open secret now,' one of the group's admins tells The Wire.