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Japans exports, imports sank in May amid pandemic fallout. (AFP Photo)

Japan's exports fall most since 2009 as virus hits US shipments

Overall imports fell 26.2% in the year to May, versus the median estimate for a 20.4% decrease, posting the biggest drop...

17 Jun 2020 9:24 AM IST

A health brigade gets ready while on door-to-door visits to carry out COVID-19 tests in Mexico City. (AFP)

Coronavirus has claimed more American lives than WWI

Meanwhile Trump administration insists there will be no shutdown of the economy if a second full-blown wave of the...

17 Jun 2020 9:02 AM IST

India investment body backs incentives for Samsung display plant. (AFP Photo)

Samsung to set up Rs 54 billion smartphone display plant in India

Samsung expects to create some 1,300 jobs at the plant, the facility is likely to begin operations in 2021

17 Jun 2020 8:57 AM IST

A health worker preserves a nasal swab sample of a person. (AP)

Self-swabbing for COVID-19 tests also gives accurate results: Study

Allowing people to collect their own sample has many advantages, like increasing testing capacity by distributing more...

17 Jun 2020 8:35 AM IST

Medical staff members (R and L) in full protective gear carry signs to assist people who live near or who have visited the Xinfadi Market, a wholesale food market where a new COVID-19 coronavirus cluster has emerged, for testing at the Guangan sports centre in Beijing on June 16, 2020.(AFP)

Beijing schools closed again as city finds 31 more virus cases

The new cases have raised fears of a second wave of infections as China had largely brought its domestic outbreak under...

17 Jun 2020 8:27 AM IST

BJP working president JP Nadda

Modi's India now has political will, Indian Army ready to face...

He was addressing BJP leaders and workers in Kerala through a virtual rally 'Kerala Jansamvad'.

17 Jun 2020 5:35 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the interaction with CMs.

Modi to CMs: Focus on lives, livelihood and health infrastructure as...

If social distancing rules were followed, the economy can be revived with minimum losses: PM

17 Jun 2020 3:14 AM IST

The USFDA said EndeavorRx device offers a non-drug option for improving symptoms associated with ADHD and is the first game-based therapeutic approved for any type of condition. (Photo | Screengrab)

How about letting your child play a videogame to help with ADHD?

A videogame called EndeavorRx has been approved by the USFDA for children aged 8-12 who have been diagnosed with ADHD.

16 Jun 2020 9:20 PM IST

Sushant Singh Rajput

Sushant was not short of work': Rumi Jaffrey

Director Rumi Jaffrey reveals that the actor was, in fact, slated to work with him on a film produced by Vashu Bhagnani

16 Jun 2020 8:42 PM IST

Presently, a small number of casinos use such payments, which include debit or credit cards, as well as apps like Apple Pay, Google Pay, and PayPal. Wider acceptance of these options has long been a goal of the gambling industry. (Photo | AFP)

America's casinos still not cashless, transitioning to digital...

The push follows an 18-month study of the issue by both commercial and tribal casinos, and equipment suppliers.

16 Jun 2020 8:38 PM IST

The German COVID apps developers used the coding site Github to let the public look over their shoulder and suggest improvements.

Germans among most privacy conscious, government develops COVID app...

In Germany, a person's right to their own data even after death is rooted in the Constitution.

16 Jun 2020 7:04 PM IST