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Chinese military helicopters fly past Pingtan island, one of mainland Chinas closest point from Taiwan, in Fujian province on August 4, 2022, ahead of massive military drills off Taiwan following US House Speaker Nancy Pelosis visit to the self-ruled island. (Hector RETAMAL / AFP)

China begins major Taiwan military drills after Pelosi visit

Pelosi left Taiwan Wednesday after a trip that defied a series of stark threats from Beijing, which views Taiwan as its...

4 Aug 2022 10:52 AM IST

In the wake of an increase in the number of Monkeypox cases in the country, isolation rooms have been made operational for the treatment of such infections in three central government hospitals. (DC)

Delhi reports 4th Monkeypox case, India tally goes up to 9

Earlier on Tuesday, another 35-year-old Nigerian man living in Delhi, with no recent travel history, tested positive for...

4 Aug 2022 10:17 AM IST

Former Union minister Margaret Alva (File photo)

JMM switches tack, to now back Oppn's Alva in V-P poll

JMM had supported the NDA candidate Droupadi Murmu in the July 18 Presidential election

4 Aug 2022 12:55 AM IST

Earlier in June last year, India banned 59 Chinese mobile applications. (Photo: ANI/Representational)

Meity blocks 348 apps identified by Home Ministry: MoS IT

Apps were found to be transmitting users' information in an unauthorised manner to servers located outside the country

4 Aug 2022 12:31 AM IST

Congress leaders, including Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, and the partys official handle on Twitter and other social media platforms posted a photograph of Nehru with the tricolour as their display pictures. (Twitter/@RahulGandhi)

Congress leaders change display pics on social media accounts to Nehru...

BJP takes dig at the Congress, saying RaGa should look outside his family and allow party members to use their photos...

4 Aug 2022 12:21 AM IST

Visiting US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (C) waves to journalists during her arrival at the Parliament in Taipei on August 3, 2022.

AA EDIT | Pelosi in Taiwan: World on edge over China response

None can dispute the right of a US citizen to visit Taipei, but it's the timing of her visit that raises the hackles

4 Aug 2022 12:20 AM IST

A shopkeeper displays Indian flags at the entrance of his shop in Jammu. (Photo: PTI)

AA EDIT | It's time for all to fly the flag

The Prime Minister has given a call to every Indian to hoist the tiranga on their home

4 Aug 2022 12:15 AM IST

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi being initiated into the Lingayat sect by the seer of Muruga Mutt, in Chitradurga. (PTI)

Rahul Gandhi initiated into Lingayat sect in Karnataka

Incumbent Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and his predecessor BS Yeddiyurappa hail from the sect

4 Aug 2022 12:01 AM IST

China-based Huawei and Europe-based Nokia and Ericsson are major 5G equipment suppliers. (Photo | Flickr - Christoph Scholz)

5G sale win-win for all

The consumer might well turn out to be king as he can expect better broadband services

3 Aug 2022 9:50 AM IST

Ayman al-Zawahiri. (AP)

AA Edit | 9/11 brain slain, but war against terror to go on

While the intelligence coup of killing Laden came in the time of Obama, it's Biden's turn to exult in elimination of a...

3 Aug 2022 9:48 AM IST

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, center, walks with Taiwans Foreign Minister Joseph Wu, left, as she arrives in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022. Pelosi arrived in Taiwan despite threats from Beijing of serious consequences (AP)

Nancy Pelosi lands in Taiwan, defying China threats

Pelosi, second in line to the presidency, is the highest-profile elected US official to visit Taiwan in 25 years

3 Aug 2022 8:27 AM IST

Ayman al-Zawahiri. (AP)

Al-Qaeda chief Zawahiri killed in US drone strike in Kabul

The 71-year-old Egyptian surgeon, on the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorist list, had a USD 25 million bounty on his head

3 Aug 2022 6:56 AM IST