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    Wuhan still restricts access to locations like the Huanan market, which was linked to the first identified cluster of infections in December. (AFP)World
    Nothing to see: COVID origins off-limits as China's Wuhan touts...

    Huanan seafood market, believed to be the origin of the virus, is sealed and a large team of security staff chases away...

    6 Sept 2020 3:17 PM IST

    Amul to invest Rs 1,500 cr in 2 yrs to set up dairy, edible oil, bakery, potato processing plants. (AFP Photo)Business
    Amul forays into edible oil segment, to invest Rs 1,500 crore to set...

    ice cream sales declined by 30-40 per cent due to closure of hotels, restaurants and canteens because of lockdown

    6 Sept 2020 3:06 PM IST

    Police officers stand at a cordon in Hurst Street in Birmingham after a number of people were stabbed in the city centre, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2020. British police say that multiple people have been injured in a series of stabbings in a busy nightlife area of the central England city of Birmingham.(AP)World
    Several stabbed in Birmingham, UK police declare 'major incident'

    Footage aired on TV news channels showed large areas of the city centre cordoned off as officers wearing forensic suits...

    6 Sept 2020 2:20 PM IST

    Govt mulls installing EV charging kiosks at around 69,000 petrol pumps in country. (Photo- Twitter/@AutoCarrpo)India
    Centre mulls installing electric vehicle charging kiosks at 69,000...

    Under the new guidelines of the oil ministry, new petrol pumps must have an option of one alternative fuel

    6 Sept 2020 2:13 PM IST

    Hinduja Global Solutions CEO Partha De Sarkar addressing a press conference about the companys business initiatives and growth strategy in Bengaluru. (PTI Photo)Business
    HGS Q1 profit at Rs 49.2 crore, expects strong growth despite COVID...

    HGS' revenue from operations grew 1.5% to Rs 1,235.8 crore in the quarter under review as against Rs 1,218 crore in the...

    6 Sept 2020 1:42 PM IST

    Pop star Rihanna is on the mend after she recently met with an accident on an electric scooter. (AFP)Entertainment
    Rihanna 'healing quickly' following electric scooter accident

    The singer was photographed with bruises on her face when she was spotted in a car near a restaurant

    6 Sept 2020 1:38 PM IST

    \Your life, and not only just your life, your legs -- something that you need to move around and forward in life -- can be taken from you like this, man,\ Blake said, snapping his fingers. (Screengrab from the video released Saturday by Blakes lawyer Ben Crump)World
    Blake says 'hurts to breathe' in video from hospital bed

    Coming three months after the death of George Floyd, Blake's shooting has touched off a new round of demonstrations in...

    6 Sept 2020 1:09 PM IST

    Activist Tam Tak-chi walks with a black banner towards the Chinese Liaison office after an annual protest march on Chinas national day, in Hong Kong. - Tak-chi was arrested by Hong Kongs new national security police unit on September 6, 2020 for \uttering seditious words\, the latest detention of a high profile democracy supporter in the financial hub. (AFP)World
    Hong Kong opposition activist arrested for 'seditious words' before...

    The arrest of Tam Tak-chi came on the morning Hongkongers had been due to vote in a general election delayed because of...

    6 Sept 2020 12:51 PM IST

    A Texas boat parade in support of President Donald Trumps reelection campaign ran into trouble on Saturday, as multiple vessels took on water or sank. (Photo: Twitter/@mmpadellan)World
    Vessels in distress, sink at pro-Trump boat parade in Texas

    More than 2,500 people marked themselves on Facebook as having attended the parade, which officers said was two to three...

    6 Sept 2020 12:25 PM IST

    Russian opposition activist Lyubov Sobol, center left, opposition candidate Ilya Yashin, center right, candidate Ivan Zhdanov, right, and opposition candidate Alexei Minyalo walk during a protest in Moscow, Russia. They work with the organization of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is in a coma in a Berlin hospital after suffering what German authorities say was a poisoning with a chemical nerve agent while traveling in Siberia on Aug. 20. (AP)World
    German foreign minister threatens sanctions over Navalny poisoning

    The Kremlin has denied responsibility for the attack and said that Germany is yet to share any findings with Moscow's...

    6 Sept 2020 11:52 AM IST

    A woman takes a walk in Melbourne on September 6, 2020 as the state announced an extension to its strict lockdown law while it battles fresh outbreaks of the COVID-19 coronavirus. (AFP)World
    Melbourne will remain in lockdown until at least October 26

    Scuffles between protesters and police resulted in more than 160 fines for contravening lockdown measures or not wearing...

    6 Sept 2020 11:22 AM IST

    US President Donald Trump. Many who have placed their bets on Trump now are hoping for a repeat of 2016, when the Manhattan real estate mogul staged a stunning comeback against Democratic challenger Hillary Clinton to win the White House.(AP)World
    Trump may be down in the polls, but he's tops for bettors

    All the action is happening on foreign gambling sites as betting on national or local elections is illegal in US

    6 Sept 2020 10:50 AM IST

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