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Senior officers carry the coffin of the slain CRPF Constable C Chandra Shekhar, who was killed in a militant attack in Kupwara district, during a wreath laying ceremony at Humhama on the outskirts of Srinagar. PTI Photo

AA Edit: J-K attacks give the lie to govt's Art. 370 narrative

Pakistan-driven militancy tends to gain force when the rapport between the government and the people dissipates

6 May 2020 8:08 PM IST

Conspiracy theorist QAnon demonstrators protest during a rally to re-open California and against Stay-At-Home directives on May 1, 2020 in San Diego, California. (Photo | AFP)

Trump supporters on Facebook spreading QAnon conspiracy theories...

QAnon believes Trump is waging a secret campaign against the deep state and child sex trafficking run by satanic...

6 May 2020 7:32 PM IST

A security personnel patrols near the site of a gunbattle that occurred between security forces and a separatist group in Srinagar. AFP Photo

DC Edit: Why can't we curb J&K attacks?

As in every preceding summer, as the Himalayan snows melt, there is a resurgence in infiltration attempts across the...

6 May 2020 7:18 PM IST

This photo taken on March 10, 2020 shows Seow Yun Rong (L) guiding student Elizabeth Lee through a virtual reality simulation designed to help students respond to sexual harassment at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. - The VR technology is part of the Girl, Talk project which is aimed at helping women fight back against harassment in Singapore. (Photo | AFP)

Virtual reality simulations help women combat sexual harassment in...

Singapore's #MeToo began after a student at a top university recounted on Instagram a story of being secretly filmed in...

6 May 2020 7:00 PM IST

There were the penniless but luckier migrant workers in their thousands travelling on the Shramik special trains paying the normal ticket fair and an extra Rs 50 for the ride which will take them home. PTI Photo

AA Edit: Flower showers as newly jobless pay to go home

While the Union government was busy arranging the aircraft and the petal shower, the nation was witnessing certain...

6 May 2020 6:59 PM IST

Get Aarogya Setu from Google, Apple app stores only, Pakistan collecting data via fake links: Police

Get Aarogya Setu from Google, Apple app stores only, Pakistan...

Some people have been receiving malicious links via WhatsApp and SMS, the police said in its cyber security alert

6 May 2020 6:11 PM IST

A staff member wearing a face shield walks through a long-distance bus station in Wuhan in Chinas central Hubei province. (AFP)

China will not entertain foreign investigation until complete win over...

WHO says it is waiting on an invitation from China to take part in its investigations into the animal origins of the...

6 May 2020 4:48 PM IST

A Nepalese volunteer sprays disinfectants on a man while he arrives to get free food distributed by social workers during lockdown to control the spread of the new coronavirus in Kathmandu. (AP)

6 Indian coronavirus patients recover in Nepal

Another group of seven Indians undergoing treatment at the same hospital are still kept under observation and are...

6 May 2020 4:01 PM IST

The report alleged that major US-based technology firms that hire H-1B workers directly had significant shares of their certified H-1B positions assigned as Level 1 or Level 2, the two lowest wage levels in fiscal 2019, both of which are below the local median wage.

Thought H-1B workers had made it? Turns out Google, Microsoft, other...

Report says 500,000 migrant workers in firms like Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Walmart, Qualcomm and Uber are paid salaries...

6 May 2020 3:52 PM IST

A fire burns on the side of a high-rise building in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. (AP)

Fire breaks out at residential tower in Sharjah

Seven people were treated for minor injuries from the fire in the tower in Sharjah's Al Nahda area

6 May 2020 3:00 PM IST

Samsung Electronics vice-chairman Lee Jae-yong said he would not allow his children to succeed him at the firm. I will make sure that there will be no more controversy over the succession of management, Lee said during a news conference at the companys office building in Seoul, South Korea, May 6, 2020. He added: I will never take any actions that go against the law. (Photo | AP)

Samsung heir Lee apologises for scandal over his succession and case...

S Korean president Park Guen-hye was ousted for allegedly accepting bribes to ensure a smooth transition for Lee to...

6 May 2020 2:59 PM IST

The P4 laboratory at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan in Chinas central Hubei province. (AFP)

What happens at the Wuhan Institute of Virology?

The Chinese laboratory at the heart of the US-China virus spat, is accused of being the source of the coronavirus...

6 May 2020 2:32 PM IST