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Shashank Kumar

Shashank Kumar

Shashank Kumar is a senior content producer at Hindustan Times. In addition to handling the online desk, he writes breaking stories for the HT website. He earlier was involved with an international daily newspaper.

Articles by Shashank Kumar

Climate change: Arctic lost nearly 95% of its old ice since 1984

Ice floats in the Arctic near Svalbard, Norway. September Arctic sea ice is now declining at a rate of 13.3% per decade, relative to the 1981 to 2010 average.

Updated on Nov 29, 2016 09:48 IST

US President Obama’s digital legacy to be archived, opened to the public

US President Barack Obama will soon vacate the White House and also hand over the official accounts he used across internet platforms to interact with the people.

Updated on Nov 9, 2016 13:50 IST

Kenyan start-up to monitor voting irregularities on Election Day

The 2016 US presidential election is geared to be a close vote as Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump appear neck-and-neck in early voting and in most projections.

Updated on Nov 8, 2016 09:20 IST

Opposition, BJP lock horns over killing of 8 suspected SIMI activists

Police officers and Special Task Force soldiers stand beside dead bodies of the suspected SIMI members, who were killed in an encounter at Acharpura village on the outskirts of Bhopal, on Monday.

Updated on Oct 31, 2016 20:21 IST

BRICS declaration an example of government’s ‘abject failure’: Congress

Congress leader Manish Tewari said the BRICS declaration was an example of the BJP government’s ‘abject failure’.

Updated on Oct 17, 2016 20:18 IST

Pak comic offers compelling reasons for India, Pakistan to not go to war

Karachi-based stand-up comic Shehzad Ghias Shaikh in a Facebook post has listed a few excellent reasons for India and Pakistan to not go to war.

Updated on Sep 29, 2016 15:21 IST

Can India survive a zombie invasion, asks RTI inquiry

In an application to the home ministry, Ajay Kumar questioned what India’s chances of survival were if it was attacked by ‘alien zombies’.

Updated on Sep 21, 2016 12:39 IST

Most Indians support use of military force against terrorism: Pew survey

A majority of Indians are in favour of using military force to deal with international terrorism, according to a recently released survey.

Updated on Sep 20, 2016 09:39 IST

Baloch separatist leader Bugti says will seek asylum in India

Brahamdagh Bugti, president of the Baloch Republican Party, has been living in self-imposed exile in Switzerland since his grandfather was killed in an encounter with the Pakistani army a decade ago.

Updated on Sep 19, 2016 11:14 IST

One person every second displaced by natural disaster since 2008: Report

An Indian woman wades through knee-deep floodwaters in the Anilnagar area of Guwahati.

Updated on Sep 6, 2016 04:29 IST

To-be head of French Islam group draws flak for asking Muslims to be ‘discreet’

The ban on the ‘burkini’, designed for Muslim women, on some French beaches has sparked outrage across the world.

Updated on Aug 21, 2016 19:55 IST

‘Not a baby, my heart on the floor’: A working mother shares her plight

Swati Chitalkar, a bank employee in Pune, shared how she had to balance taking care of her child and her responsibility towards her employer.

Updated on Aug 21, 2016 19:44 IST

Twitter congratulates Sindhu for stellar performance at Rio 2016

PV Sindhu proved second best in the badminton women’s single against Spain’s Carolina Marin on Friday, but won hearts across the world.

Updated on Aug 19, 2016 16:26 IST

As it happened: RS unanimously adopts resolution on Kashmir

Home minister Rajnath Singh speaks in Rajya Sabha during a discussion on Kashmir.

Updated on Aug 10, 2016 13:54 IST

Killing journalists: India is not immune to this threat

Two WDBJ7 journalists, Alison Parker and Adam Ward, were shot dead during a live broadcast (Photo courtesy - @WDBJ7)

Updated on Aug 27, 2015 05:11 IST

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