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Boats sit closer to the shore after they were secured by fishermen preparing for the arrival of Hurricane Delta in Puerto Juarez, Cancun, Mexico, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020. Hurricane Delta rapidly intensified into a potentially catastrophic Category 4 hurricane Tuesday on a course to hammer southeastern Mexico and then continue on to the U.S. Gulf coast this week. (AP)

Category 3 Hurricane Delta roars toward Mexico's Cancun

Thousands of Quintana Roo residents and tourists waited for the storm hunkered down in dozens of government shelters

7 Oct 2020 2:06 PM IST

US President Donald Trump takes off his facemask as he arrives at the White House upon his return from Walter Reed Medical Center. (AFP)

Coronavirus aid hopes evaporate as Trump halts talks with Democrats

Just days earlier, Trump had urged fast action on a fifth major virus aid bill to augment more than $3 trillion approved...

7 Oct 2020 1:56 PM IST

The scientists, who published their findings in peer-reviewed journal Frontiers in Marine Science, said areas with more floating rubbish generally had more microplastic fragments on the sea floor. (Representational Image: AFP)

14 million tonnes of microplastics on sea floor: Australian study

The quantity of the tiny pollutants was 25 times greater than previous localised studies had shown

7 Oct 2020 11:38 AM IST

Kulbhushan Jadhav. (PTI Photo)

India failed to appoint lawyer to represent Kulbhushan Jadhav: Pak...

The Islamabad High Court had last month set a new deadline for India to appoint a legal representative for Jadhav

7 Oct 2020 11:01 AM IST

Suspension of the H1-B visas by the US will cost domestic IT firms Rs 1,200 crore. (AFP Photo)

Trump admin imposes new curbs on H-1B visas to protect US workers...

Already a large number of Indians have lost their jobs and are headed back home during the pandemic that has severely...

7 Oct 2020 10:26 AM IST

A man with a mental health condition shackled in a hut in Majene in West Sulawesi by his family. - While not unique to Indonesia, padlocks, shackles and chains are frequently used to cover for a lack of proper mental health provision in the worlds fourth most-populous nation. The COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic has exacerbated the issue, forcing many people who have been freed following a change in attitudes, access to medication and better care back into chains. (AFP)

Locks, chains: Coronavirus puts Indonesia's mentally ill back in...

Padlocks, shackles and chains are used to cover for a lack of proper mental health provision in the world's fourth...

7 Oct 2020 9:47 AM IST

Chinese President Xi Jinping. (via AP)

Negative views of China rise sharply in advanced democracies: Survey

One of the most important factors with regard to China's reputation abroad has been the coronavirus

7 Oct 2020 9:14 AM IST

Roger Penrose of Britain, Reinhard Genzel of Germany and Andrea Ghez of the US won the Nobel Physics Prize on Tuesday for their research into black holes, the Nobel jury said. (Image: Twitter/@NobelPrize)

Trio win Nobel Physics Prize for black hole research

In-person ceremony has been cancelled this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, replaced with a televised ceremony

6 Oct 2020 4:13 PM IST

Former Union Minister Dilip Ray.

Former Union minister Dilip Ray convicted in Jharkhand coal allocation...

Special Judge Bharat Parashar convicted Ray, former MoS (coal) in Vajpayee government, for criminal conspiracy and other...

6 Oct 2020 3:52 PM IST