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The lockdown induced by the COVID-19 pandemic in March prompted schools and colleges to move to the virtual world for teaching and learning activities. However, many experts say the digital divide in the country may turn online classes into an operational nightmare as there are over 35 crore students in the country.

COVID turns back time to when only the privileged could get an...

When 56 per cent of children have no digital access, online education is exclusionary.

13 Jun 2020 4:44 PM IST

A municipal worker disinfects a metro station during ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, in Ahmedabad. PTI photo

Coronavirus in India is already in community transmission stage, claim...

Medical experts slam ICMR's sero-survey assertions.

13 Jun 2020 4:27 PM IST

A member of security forces affiliated with the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA)s Interior Ministry stands at the reported site of a mass grave in the town of Tarhuna. (AFP)

Mass graves unearthed in Libyan territory recaptured from Khalifa...

Preliminary reports indicate dozens of victims, probably all civilians, found in the city's mass graves had been buried...

13 Jun 2020 4:19 PM IST

Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi. (AFP)

Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi tests positive for COVID-19

Afridi was seen frequently in the midst of charity work as the head of his foundation, as Pakistan grapples with rising...

13 Jun 2020 3:59 PM IST

A security officer stands guard outside the Xinfadi wholesale food market district in Beijing. (AP)

In asymptomatic patients, the virus could be silently damaging their...

Up to 45 per cent of coronavirus infections may be asymptomatic, a new study reveals

13 Jun 2020 3:00 PM IST

Indian Army chief MM Naravane. (ANI)

Everything is under control at China border: Army chief assures...

He said the ongoing dialogue will sort out all the perceived differences between the two countries.

13 Jun 2020 1:06 PM IST

A cemetery worker puts a cranium into a bag while exhuming the body of a person buried three years ago at the Vila Formosa cemetery in Sao Paulo. (AP)

Cemeteries cleaned up' to bury more in Brazil as virus deaths spike up

Brazil's biggest metropolis is digging up the bones of people buried in the past to create space for new bodies

13 Jun 2020 12:52 PM IST

A long shot of Paris. (AFP)

Protesters dislodge artwork from Paris museum to return it to Africa

The five protesters were stopped before they could leave the Quai Branly Museum with the artwork

13 Jun 2020 12:13 PM IST

Petrol and diesel prices on Thursday were hiked by 60 paise per litre each. (PTI Photo)

Petrol price rise by 59 paise per litre, diesel by 58 paise; seventh...

Rates have been increased across the country and vary from state to state.

13 Jun 2020 12:03 PM IST

Police move in to disperse protesters that had gathered in Sydney, Friday, June 12, 2020, to support U.S. protests over the death of George Floyd. Hundreds of police disrupted plans for a Black Lives Matter rally but protest organizers have vowed that other rallies will continue around Australia over the weekend despite warnings of the pandemic risk. (AP)

BLM rallies hit Australia for 2nd weekend, some banned

Thousands of people protested in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane against racism and the deaths of Indigenous Australians...

13 Jun 2020 11:43 AM IST

PM Narendra Modi (PTI photo)

As coronavirus crisis grows, PM Modi to interact with CMs on June 16...

The interaction comes at a time when multi-fold spike in coronavirus cases has been recorded across India.

13 Jun 2020 11:29 AM IST

North and South America currently have 4 of the 10 worst hit countries in the world

North and South America currently have 4 of the 10 worst hit countries...

The disease is 'highly active in Central and South America, says WHO's emergency expert, highlighting problems in Brazil...

13 Jun 2020 11:17 AM IST