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    Mathematics teacher Basirat Olamide Ajayi, 36, teaches probability theory with the aid of playing cards, online via her mobile phone from her house in Lagos, Nigeria Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020. Ajayis free classes are attracting students from all over Nigeria, and now students abroad are joining. A recent request came from Canada. Ajayi says she is beginning to see herself as a global teacher. (Photo | AP)Technology
    Pandemic opens global opportunity for maths teacher taking classes on...

    Students watch Basirat Olamide Ajayi's short math videosno more than 5 minutes longand respond to her questions.

    7 Sept 2020 5:54 PM IST

    It is important to understand the performance of Telangana in education. PTI PhotoOpinion
    G. Kishan Reddy | NEP presents Telangana with opportunity to...

    This is an opportunity that the state of Telangana cannot afford to miss at any cost

    7 Sept 2020 5:39 PM IST

    Migrant workers rest outside the departure lounge of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata after their flights got cancelled during a day-long state-imposed lockdown as a preventive measure against the Covid-19 coronavirus on September 7, 2020. (AFP)Opinion
    AA Edit |Hollow slogans got us a corona silver medal

    The PM said the war against COVID would be won in 21 days. But here we are

    7 Sept 2020 5:21 PM IST

    If the US-based platforms could not agree with Australian media businesses on pricing after three months, arbitrators would be appointed to make binding decisions.Technology
    Would encourage Google, Facebook to cooperate with government on news...

    I think people from these companies understand that when I say something, I mean it, Prime Minister Scott Morrison told...

    7 Sept 2020 5:01 PM IST

    A visitor wearing a face mask looks at a model of a coronavirus and boxes for COVID-19 vaccines at a display by Chinese pharmaceutical firm Sinopharm at the China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) in Beijing, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020. With the COVID-19 pandemic largely under control, Chinas capital on Saturday kicked off one of the first large-scale public events since the start of the coronavirus outbreak, as tens of thousands of attendees were expected to visit displays from nearly 2,000 Chinese and foreign companies showcasing their products and services. (AP)World
    China shows off homegrown COVID-19 vaccines for first time

    The potential vaccines on display are among nearly 10 worldwide to enter phase 3 trials, the last step ahead of...

    7 Sept 2020 4:06 PM IST

    India initiates probe against alleged dumping of Vitamin C from China. (PTI Photo)Business
    India probes alleged dumping of Vitamin C from China

    Bajaj Healthcare Ltd has filed the application before the commerce ministry's investigation arm DGTR, seeking initiation...

    7 Sept 2020 3:45 PM IST

    Nasal swab sample is collected from Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam, right, at a testing site in Hong Kong Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020. Hong Kong began a voluntary mass-testing program for coronavirus Tuesday as part of a strategy to break the chain of transmission in the citys third outbreak of the disease. (HKGIS via AP)World
    Wary Hong Kongers shun China-backed mass virus testing

    Both Beijing and city leader Carrie Lam have accused those opposed to the testing as being politically motivated and...

    7 Sept 2020 3:28 PM IST

    Actor Demi Moore. The movie was one of the first feature projects to go into production with the lifting of the lockdown and imposition of new safety restrictions. (AFP)Entertainment
    'Songbird' a story about what happens in our worst nightmares, says...

    Set in the background of a pandemic, 'Songbird' focuses on the romance between a motorbike courier who has rare...

    7 Sept 2020 2:32 PM IST

    In a phone call to Trump on Sunday, King Salman affirmed the \kingdoms keenness to reach a lasting and fair solution to the Palestinian cause to bring peace\, the official Saudi Press Agency reported. (AFP)World
    Saudi king calls for 'fair' Palestinian solution in Trump call

    Saudi Arabia has said it will not follow the UAE until Israel has signed an internationally recognised peace accord with...

    7 Sept 2020 1:59 PM IST

    A woman shows a photo of bitten detained protesters to riot police at Independence Square during an opposition rally to protest the official presidential election results in Minsk, Belarus, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020. Womens marches and demonstrations have become a regular feature of the four weeks of protest that have shaken Belarus following a disputed election that gave Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko a sixth term in office. (AP)World
    Scores detained as security forces crack down on mass protest in...

    Demonstrations have carried on throughout the four weeks since the election, gaining in size on the weekends

    7 Sept 2020 1:29 PM IST

    New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, second right, addresses the media on the first day of her election campaign in Rotorua, New Zealand, Monday, Sept 7. 2020. Ardern said that her government will create a new public holiday to celebrate the Maori New Year if it is reelected next month. (AP)World
    New Zealand government to honour Maori New Year if reelected

    Many people have argued that marking the day would help recognise the nation's indigenous people

    7 Sept 2020 1:08 PM IST

    Members of firefighters walk in line during a wildfire in Yucaipa, Calif., Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020. Three fast-spreading California wildfires sent people fleeing Saturday, with one trapping campers at a reservoir in the Sierra National Forest, as a brutal heat wave pushed temperatures into triple digits in many parts of state.(AP)World
    California fire triggered by 'gender reveal firework'

    Gender reveal parties are held during pregnancy to unveil the sex of the expected child, sometimes announced by pink or...

    7 Sept 2020 12:30 PM IST

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