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Google increased its free advertising initiative by $200 million, with the added funding intended for non-profits tackling pressing issues like COVID-19 response and recoveryespecially in hard-hit developing economiesand fighting racial injustice around the world, Google Ad Grants head Michelle Hurtado said in a blog post.

Anti-racism and COVID non-profits will get Google ads worth USD 1...

Since 2003, Ad Grants has provided non-profits with up to $10,000 per month in free ads on internet search results to...

19 Jun 2020 6:53 PM IST

$\I dont think its right for private companies to censor politicians and the news,\ Facebooks Jewish CEO Mark Zuckerberg had said defending his stand to accept political ads that told lies to garner votes. But Facebook has removed a campaign ad by President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence that featured an upside-down red triangle, a symbol once used by Nazis to designate political prisoners, communists and others in concentration camps alongside Jewish prisoners.$ Technology

Use of Nazi symbol touches a nerve with Zuckerberg, but he's fine with...

Trump campaign ad removed for featuring Nazi-era symbol used to denote political prisoners in concentration camps...

19 Jun 2020 5:51 PM IST

File image of Jammu and Kashmir DSP Davinder Singh.

Delhi court grants suspended J-K police DSP Davinder Singh bail

Singh and another accused in the case Irfan Shafi Mir were granted the relief by the court in a case filed by special...

19 Jun 2020 5:30 PM IST

Delhi minister Satyendar Jain's health deteriorates, shifted to...

According to doctors treating him, the 55-year-old minister has now been kept full-time on oxygen support.

19 Jun 2020 5:06 PM IST

Examiners wear face shields and masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19, during end of year secondary school exams at high school Liceo Kennedy, in Rome. (AP)

Italy's sewage water study suggests COVID-19 was there before China

Traces of coronavirus were found in wastewater collected in Italy during December 2019

19 Jun 2020 4:30 PM IST

Representational Image. (AFP)

China publishes genome sequencing data of new cluster

Officials suggest they identified a European strain based on preliminary studies

19 Jun 2020 4:10 PM IST

A volunteer carries out a test during a door-to-door health campaign. PTI photo

Pune records 515 new COVID-19 cases; tally at 13,750

At least 12 deaths were reported in the district, taking the toll here to 552

19 Jun 2020 4:06 PM IST

ICICI Bank offloads 3.96% equity in ICICI Lombard General Insurance. (PTI Photo)

ICICI Bank sells 3.96% stake in ICICI Lombard for Rs 2250 crore

Following this, the bank's shareholding in ICICI Lombard General Insurance stands at 51.9%, it said in regulatory...

19 Jun 2020 3:52 PM IST

A Palestinian demonstrator holds national flag in front of Israeli forces as they protest against President Donald Trumps Mideast initiative, in Jordan Valley in the West Bank. (AP)

Palestinians fear displacement from an annexed Jordan Valley

Israel's Netanyahu has vowed to annex the valley and all of Israel's far-flung West Bank settlements

19 Jun 2020 3:47 PM IST

Workers give final touches to the makeshift 10,000-bed COVID-19 facility being prepared at Radha Soami Satsang Beas grounds, amid rising number of coronavirus cases. PTI photo

SC for expert panels in states to ensure proper care to COVID-19...

All states should constitute a panel of experts for inspecting hospitals to ensure proper care of COVID-19 patients

19 Jun 2020 3:40 PM IST

Parveen Gehlot, a resident of Nawada area, and Vikas Dalal had several cases of murders, extortion and robberies registered against them in Delhi and Haryana, Delhi police said. (Photo: File I Representational)

Delhi Police to file chargesheets in Tablighi Jamaat event, Delhi...

Twelve chargesheets will be filed at the Saket Court against 41 foreigners who attended the event in South Delhi in...

19 Jun 2020 3:25 PM IST

Indias electricity generation during the first half of June fell at a slightly faster rate than in May. (AFP Photo)

Electricity output falls sharply in first half of June

Power generation fell 14.5% in the first 15 days of June compared with a 14.3% fall in May

19 Jun 2020 2:57 PM IST