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    Detained Australian writer Yang Hengjun. (Image: Twitter/@withMEAA)World
    Australian writer to face trial in China for espionage charges

    Diplomatic relations between the two have deteriorated after China imposed trade reprisals in response to Australia's...

    10 Oct 2020 9:44 AM IST

    US President Donald Trump walks from Marine One after arriving on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, following campaign events in New Jersey. (AFP)World
    Trump to resume campaigning; second debate cancelled

    Trump will address a crowd of supporters on Saturday from a White House balcony on a 'law and order' theme, an...

    10 Oct 2020 9:30 AM IST

    Pigeons fly near Holy Mother of God Cathedral in Stepanakert during a military conflict in the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh, Friday, Oct. 9, 2020. Armenia and Azerbaijan say they have agreed to a cease-fire in Nagorno-Karbakh starting at noon Saturday. (AP)World
    Armenia, Azerbaijan agree on cease-fire in Nagorno-Karabakh

    The announcement follows 10 hours of talks between the diplomats in Moscow, which were sponsored by Russian Foreign...

    10 Oct 2020 9:12 AM IST

    File picture of Bhima-Koregaon protest.India
    Bhima-Koregaon case: NIA chargesheets eight activists, including...

    NIA spokesperson Sonia Narang said the charge-sheet was submitted before a designated court

    9 Oct 2020 5:17 PM IST

    Representational image.India
    HAL employee arrested for supplying Indian fighter aircraft details to...

    The man was supplying secret information about Indian fighter aircraft and their manufacturing unit to ISI, a police...

    9 Oct 2020 4:30 PM IST

    An ineffective outcome seems to be written into the project because it glosses over the ground realities and betrays short-sightedness and ignorance of the political canvas on which the CAA law in reaction to which Shaheen Bagh has sprung has been inscribed. (Photo: G.N. JHA)Opinion
    AA Edit | Spare the commuter from the Shaheen Bagh protests

    The court was categorical in rejecting the argument that citizens have an absolute right of peaceful protest

    9 Oct 2020 4:28 PM IST

    Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) Chief Chirag Paswan along with party leaders after the meeting ahead of Bihar Assembly elections, in New Delhi. PTI PhotoOpinion
    AA Edit | LJP's Bihar poll games bare BJP's secret hand

    It also invites us to reflect on the BJP's relationship with allies once the saffron party has gains in strength

    9 Oct 2020 4:18 PM IST

    The WFP was honoured for \its efforts to combat hunger, for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas and for acting as a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict,\ the jury said(Image: Twitter/@NobelPrize)World
    World Food Programme wins Nobel Peace Prize for efforts to combat...

    Founded in 1961, the UN organisation helped 97 million people last year, distributing 15 billion rations to people in 88...

    9 Oct 2020 3:05 PM IST

    A person walks past a board advising on hand disinfection facilities in a public place in Berlin on October 6, 2020, amid the new coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. (AFP)Science
    Coronavirus can survive on skin for 9 hours: Study

    The study found that virus was inactivated more rapidly on skin surfaces than on other surfaces such as stainless steel,...

    9 Oct 2020 2:56 PM IST

    Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Shaktikanta Das addresses via livestream as he announces the central banks monetary policy decisions, in Mumbai. PTI photoBusiness
    RBI keeps key rates unchanged; signals more easing to protect India's...

    The six-member Monetary Policy Committee voted unanimously to retain the benchmark repo rate at 4 per cent

    9 Oct 2020 2:09 PM IST

    Tourists wearing masks to protect from the coronavirus stand near a floral decoration set up for the National Day celebrations on Tiananmen Square in Beijing on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020. Negative perceptions of China have increased sharply in many of the worlds advanced economies, especially in Australia and the U.K., a new survey from the Pew Research Center showed Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020. (AP)World
    China tourism rebounds over Golden Week but still below last year

    Tourism sites were visited by 637 million domestic tourists over the eight-day National Day holiday that started October...

    9 Oct 2020 1:34 PM IST

    China is now the biggest economy to pledge support to help buy and distribute the shots fairly as part of the COVAX initiative. (AFP)World
    China joins COVAX initiative for fair COVID-19 vaccine distribution

    China is also holding separate talks with the WHO to have its locally produced COVID-19 vaccines assessed for...

    9 Oct 2020 1:24 PM IST

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