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    A man waits for a bus on a polluted day in Beijing. Qingdao has already locked down Qingdao Chest Hospital as well as the emergency department of its central hospital. (AFP)World
    China's Qingdao orders city-wide COVID-19 testing following new...

    Daily COVID-19 infections in mainland China has fallen drastically from peaks early this year, but the country remains...

    12 Oct 2020 10:43 AM IST

    Experiments done at 20, 30 and 40 degrees C showed the virus survived longer at cooler temperatures, longer on smooth surfaces than on complex surfaces such as cotton, and longer on paper banknotes than on plastic banknotes. (Representational Image:AFP)Science
    Australian study finds coronavirus can last 28 days on glass, currency

    Findings from the study show that in a very controlled environment the virus remains infectious for longer than other...

    12 Oct 2020 10:32 AM IST

    CSK skipper M.S. Dhoni with his daughter Ziva at the post match ceremony. (Photo: BCCI)India
    Teenager held for issuing rape threats against M S Dhoni's daughter...

    The nature of the threat had caused a huge outrage on social media, with several celebrities expressing disgust and...

    12 Oct 2020 10:15 AM IST

    Microsoft did not assess which foreign adversary poses the greater threat to the integrity of the November presidential election. The consensus among cybersecurity experts is that Russian interference is the gravest. (Photo | AP)Business
    Microsoft to expand work from home policy, make it permanent for some...

    The company has released the new 'hybrid workplace' guidance that lays out how employees can have a more flexible remote...

    12 Oct 2020 8:44 AM IST

    South Korean police officers wearing face masks and face shields patrol to block protesters possible rallies against the government in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Oct. 9, 2020. Seoul city temporarily banned outdoor rallies with 10 or more people over infection risks against the spread of the coronavirus. (AP)World
    South Korea eases social distancing curbs amid COVID-19 downtrend

    Daily infections have fallen largely into the double-digit range in the past two weeks

    11 Oct 2020 5:19 PM IST

    Rescuers carry away the body of a victim at the blast site hit by a rocket during the fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, in the city of Ganja, Azerbaijan, on October 11, 2020. (AFP)World
    Nagorno-Karabakh truce under severe strain as both sides allege...

    Both sides accused one another of breaking the ceasefire almost immediately on Saturday

    11 Oct 2020 5:10 PM IST

    It all began with British historian Edward Anderson responding to a question from food aggregator with this innocuous statement on Twitter, \Idlis are the most boring things in the world.\ (Pixabay)Life
    All about an idli: British professor's tweet sparks not so 'boring'...

    The steamed rice and lentil 'cake' - a pan India favourite - is suddenly much talked about and much discussed

    11 Oct 2020 2:28 PM IST

    A screen grab taken from a KCNA broadcast on October 10, 2020 shows what appears to be a new North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile during a military parade marking the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Workers Party of Korea, on Kim Il Sung square in Pyongyang. - Nuclear-armed North Korea held a giant military parade, television images showed, with thousands of maskless troops defying the coronavirus threat and Pyongyang expected to put on show its latest and most advanced weapons. (AFP)World
    North Korea unveils 'monster' new intercontinental ballistic missile...

    The parade featured North Korea's ballistic missiles for the first time since Kim began meeting with international...

    11 Oct 2020 1:16 PM IST

    An activist holds a placard during a protest against the Hathras victim, outside Chaitya Bhoomi, in Mumbai. PTI photoIndia
    CBI begins probe into Hathras gangrape case

    The 19-year-old woman died of severe assault injuries at Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital

    11 Oct 2020 11:59 AM IST

    Workers prepare election campaign vehicles for Janata Dal (United), ahead of Bihar Assembly polls, in Patna. PTI photoIndia
    Bihar polls: PM Modi may address 20 rallies in poll-bound state

    The BJP election committee for the Bihar polls is also finalising the PM's schedule for the campaign in the poll-bound...

    11 Oct 2020 11:32 AM IST

    US President Donald Trump takes his mask off before speaking from the South Portico of the White House in Washington, DC during a rally on October 10, 2020. - Trump spoke publicly for the first time since testing positive for Covid-19, as he prepares a rapid return to the campaign trail just three weeks before the election. (AFP)World
    'Feeling great': Trump seeks campaign comeback from Covid-19

    Biden has slammed as 'reckless' Trump's determination to rally huge crowds during the pandemic

    11 Oct 2020 11:22 AM IST

    U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. (AFP)World
    China has deployed 60K soldiers on India's northern border: Pompeo

    Pompeo met minister S Jaishankar in Tokyo and they underscored the need to work together to advance, peace and security...

    11 Oct 2020 11:02 AM IST

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