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Health officials initially targeted a 60% adoption rate for tracing apps, an optimistic goal based on an Oxford University study from April although researchers noted a lower uptake still helps if other measures, such as social distancing, are enforced. (Photo | AFP)

It's not even privacy that's the issue, yet Europe is cold to Covid...

A few countries have scrapped their tracing apps and others have found so few users that the technology is not very...

22 Sept 2020 5:32 PM IST

The Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. (PTI)

After Opposition boycott, Rajya Sabha passes seven major bills in...

The sitting of the Rajya Sabha was extended by just over an hour beyond the scheduled time to allow the passage of the...

22 Sept 2020 4:43 PM IST

Since most major video games are playable on personal computers powered by Windows software, that would be unlikely to change once Microsoft owns ZeniMax and its studios. Consoles, however, are another matter. PlayStation fans devoted to franchises such as Elder Scrolls or shooter Wolfenstein could find them unavailable on the consoles going forward. (Photo | Elder Scrolls Online)

Microsoft adds gaming firm ZeniMax Media to XBox kitty

ZeniMax is the parent of Bethesda Softworks, publisher of popular game franchises including Dishonored, Doom, Fallout...

22 Sept 2020 4:11 PM IST

Congress worker protests against farm bills. (PTI)

Essential Commodities Act: Parliament removes cereals, pulses and...

The bill replaces an ordinance promulgated in June.

22 Sept 2020 3:09 PM IST

The scene at the Bhiwandi building collapse site. (PTI)

Bhiwandi building collapse toll rises to 25

The 43-year-old Jilani building collapsed on Monday.

22 Sept 2020 1:17 PM IST

Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan meets suspended MPs staging a protest over their suspension from the remaining Monsoon Session of Parliament over the ruckus created in Rajya Sabha, at Parliament House in New Delhi. PTI photo

Suspension of MPs 'fascist': Mamata Banerjee

Rajya Sabha chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu said that some members grossly crossed all barriers of all parliamentary decorum...

22 Sept 2020 12:43 PM IST

Members of various farmer organisations protest against the Central Government over agriculture related ordinances, in Patiala. PTI photo

Govt hikes MSP for six rabi crops to woo farmers

Higher MSP will empower farmers and contribute to doubling of their income, tweeted PM Modi

22 Sept 2020 12:29 PM IST

A view of the Lok Sabha on Monday. (PTI)

Lok Sabha clears FCRA Bill that makes Aadhaar must to register NGOs

The Bill was passed amid concerns raised by Opposition MPs about possible witch hunting.

22 Sept 2020 11:56 AM IST

Royal Challengers Bangalore batsman Devdutt Padikkal raises his bat after completing a half-century during a cricket match of IPL 2020 against Sunrisers Hyderabad, at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Sept. 21, 2020. (Photo | PTI)

Padikkal wins debut IPL match for RCB against Sunrisers

Yuzvendra Chahal's (3/18) removal of Jonny Bairstow and Vijay Shankar in successive balls in over 16 too tilted the game...

22 Sept 2020 12:24 AM IST