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A Saudi cinema viewer has his temperature taken as he wears a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus. (AP)

Qatar to further ease coronavirus curbs as infections pass peak

The nation of about 2.8 million people has the second highest tally of infections among the six Gulf Arab states after...

29 Jun 2020 2:57 PM IST

A woman (R) holds pro-democracy posters after a protest against Chinas planned national security law in Hong Kong on June 28, 2020. (AFP)

China to restrict visas for Americans over Hong Kong row

China is moving forward on a security law that would enforce punishment for subversion and other offences in Hong Kong

29 Jun 2020 2:44 PM IST

Home Minister Amit Shah and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal at the Sardar Patel covid care centre in Delhi. PTI

Plasma bank in Delhi to treat COVID-19 patients

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said the bank will start working in the next two days

29 Jun 2020 1:45 PM IST

People wearing face masks to help protect against the spread of the new coronavirus cross a road in Seoul, Monday, June 29, 2020. (AP)

Don't plan vacations yet', South Korea tells citizens

As the country experiences its second wave of virus spread, authorities issue warnings ahead of the holiday season

29 Jun 2020 1:45 PM IST

Police collect evidence next to the bodies of alleged gunmen outside the Pakistan Stock Exchange building in Karachi on June 29, 2020.(AFP)

Gunmen attack Pakistan Stock Exchange in Karachi

Monday's attack comes more than a week after a grenade was thrown at people waiting outside a government welfare office...

29 Jun 2020 12:53 PM IST

COVID-19 vaccine candidate approved for military use in China

COVID-19 vaccine candidate approved for military use in China

Ad5-nCoV is one of the eight vaccine candidates being developed by Chinese companies and researchers approved to be...

29 Jun 2020 12:22 PM IST

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. (ANI Photo)

Rahul Gandhi urges people to 'speak up against fuel hike'

The Congress has termed the increase in the price of petrol and diesel as "unjust" and "thoughtless"

29 Jun 2020 11:50 AM IST

A medic checks the temperature of a woman during door-to-door COVID19 tetsing at Appa Pada slum, Malad, Mumbai. PTI photo

Maharashtra to extend Chase the Virus campaign across state after...

As part of the campaign, 15 close contacts of a Covid-19 patient will compulsorily be kept in institutional quarantine

29 Jun 2020 11:40 AM IST

A member of the Australian Defence Force (L) takes a swab for a COVID-19 coronavirus test on a member of the public in Melbourne on June 27, 2020. (AFP)

Australia sees second wave of virus after restrictions eased

The country reported its biggest daily rise in COVID-19 cases in the last two months and is now considering reimposing...

29 Jun 2020 11:24 AM IST

Diesel price on Monday scaled a new high after prices were hiked for the 22nd time in just over three weeks. (ANI Photo)

Fuel prices hiked after a day's pause; Petrol, diesel above Rs 80 in...

Petrol price was increased by 5 paise per litre and diesel 13 paise a litre across the country

29 Jun 2020 11:19 AM IST

Home minister Amit Shah visits Sardar Patel Covid Care Centre and Hospital in Delhi. PTI photo

Amit Shah denies community transmission in Delhi

Delhi government and MCD are keeping a tab on the COVID-19 daily situation, he said

29 Jun 2020 10:52 AM IST

In this image from video, Zumret Dawut, a Uighur from Chinas far western Xinjiang region, holds documents she brought with her, at her new home in Woodbridge, Va., on Monday, June 15, 2020. Dawut says in China, she was forcibly sterilized for having a third child after being released from a Xinjiang detention camp. (AP)

China forces birth control on Uighurs to curb Muslim population

Parents of three or more are ripped away from their families and sent to detention camps unless they can pay huge fines,...

29 Jun 2020 10:19 AM IST