I will present a new zero-free region for all $\mathrm{GL}(1)$-twists of $\mathrm{GL}(m)\times\mathrm{GL}(n)$ Rankin-Selberg $L$-functions. The proof is inspired by Siegel's celebrated lower bound for Dirichlet $L$-functions at $s = 1$.
This is joint work with Jesse Thorner.
Links:
[1] http://www.mpim-bonn.mpg.de/taxonomy/term/39
[2] http://www.mpim-bonn.mpg.de/node/3444
[3] http://www.mpim-bonn.mpg.de/node/11531