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Walmarts Flipkart eyes alcohol delivery foray with Indian startup, letters show. (PTI Photo)

Flipkart expands grocery shops to Tamil Nadu, Kerala

Flipkart has sharpened its focus on scaling up this category with sellers, brands and farmers

13 Aug 2021 4:02 PM IST

Facebook also intends to add podcast clips feature going forward that will allow listeners to create and share snippets of podcast episodes. (Photo: PTI)

Facebook delays return to office for employees until January

Tech giants including Alphabet Inc's Google, Uber Tech Inc have also said all their US employees have to be vaccinated...

13 Aug 2021 1:47 PM IST

A Russian medical worker adminsters a shot of Russias experimental Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in Moscow, Russia. Russian health authorities have launched advanced trials of the vaccine among 40,000 volunteers, a randomized, placebo-controlled study. (AP)

US approves extra COVID vaccine for those with weak immune systems

FDA determined that transplant recipients and others with a similar level of compromised immunity can receive a third...

13 Aug 2021 12:38 PM IST

A health worker inoculates a man with a dose of the Covishield vaccine against the Covid-19 coronavirus at a vaccination centre in Mumbai on August 12, 2021. (Punit PARANJPE / AFP)

COVID-19: Mumbai reports first death due to Delta Plus variant

It is the second death due to this variant in the state as it had claimed the life of an 80-year-old woman from...

13 Aug 2021 12:14 PM IST

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi interacts with member of the press, via video conference in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Twitter 'biased platform', follows what govt's says: Rahul Gandhi

A Twitter spokesperson said the microblogging site it will continue to take proactive action if its rules are violated

13 Aug 2021 11:41 AM IST

Taliban fighters patrol inside the city of Ghazni, southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021. The Taliban captured the provincial capital near Kabul on Thursday, the 10th the insurgents have taken over a weeklong blitz across Afghanistan as the U.S. and NATO prepare to withdraw entirely from the country after decades of war. (AP/Gulabuddin Amiri)

US, UK to launch evacuation flights as Taliban advance across...

Washington and London announced plans late on Thursday to quickly pull out their embassy staff and other citizens from...

13 Aug 2021 11:29 AM IST

The Instagram Reels will have the same vertical and full-screen format as regular Reel uploads. (Photo: PTI)

Instagram announces new features to protect users from online abuse

These features include the ability for people to limit comments and DM (direct message) requests during spikes of...

13 Aug 2021 10:41 AM IST

A BMC health worker collects swab sample of a passenger for COVID-19 test, at the CSMT station in Mumbai, July 19, 2021. (PTI)

COVID-19: India reports 40,120 fresh infections, active cases lowest...

The daily positivity rate is at 2.04 per cent also remains less than 3 per cent for the last 19 days

13 Aug 2021 10:32 AM IST

Now, the cases heard by the Supreme Court have anywhere between two and 30 parties. Who decides who will be unmuted? (PTI)

AA Edit | Speed up judges' appointments

The court made a sharp observations on the practice and cited it as the prime reason why justice is often served with...

13 Aug 2021 1:44 AM IST

Thanks to a consensus among all political parties that the right to choose who will benefit should devolve to the states, the role of the Centre is being willingly surrendered in this push for sharing of the power to decide who will get reservations in education and government jobs. Representational Image. (Twitter)

AA Edit | Expediency behind unity of govt & Opp. on OBC quotas

The amendment to the Constitution allows states to determine which of the OBC groups are eligible to get the benefits of...

13 Aug 2021 1:13 AM IST