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The balloting was held amid the coronavirus pandemic, but the commission said it took all necessary measures so voters could cast their ballots. (AFP)

Egypt to prosecute some 54 million who boycotted Senate vote

It is unlikely to lead to actual trials as Egypt does not have the financial means needed to prosecute such a large...

27 Aug 2020 9:39 AM IST

US TV host Tomi Lahren. (AP File)

Why did this Trump supporter call him an Ulloo?

Trump is wise like an owl or as you would say in Hindi - President Trump is wise like an ulloo,' former TV host Tomi...

27 Aug 2020 9:19 AM IST

Australian white supremacist Brenton Tarrant attends his third day in court for a sentence hearing in Christchurch on August 26, 2020.(AFP)

New Zealand court sentences Christchurch mosque shooter to life...

Tarrant admitted to 51 charges of murder, 40 counts of attempted murder and one charge of committing a terrorist act in...

27 Aug 2020 8:50 AM IST

Leopard kills five-year-old girl. (Representative Image)

Leopard kills five-year-old girl in Maharashtra, drags her into...

While Lavanya was playing outside in the staff colony area, a leopard attacked and dragged her into bushes, officials...

27 Aug 2020 4:04 AM IST

Accenture plans to reduce workforce. (Photo- PTI)

Accenture to lay off 5% of its 'low performing' workforce

Accenture has a global workforce of around 5.13 lakh people and out of them, about 2 lakh are in India

27 Aug 2020 3:29 AM IST

Dwayne Bravo first man to reach 500 T20 wickets. (AFP Photo)

Bravo! T20 champion sets new record, first to take 500 wickets

The 36-year-old West Indies all-rounder reached the landmark in the Caribbean Premier League in his native Trinidad

27 Aug 2020 3:00 AM IST

COVID-19 can affect almost all organs, say experts at AIIMS. (Representational Image- AFP)

Not just lungs, COVID-19 can affect almost all organs: AIIMS experts

From what we thought of as a viral pneumonia has a lot of other manifestations which are beyond the lungs, Dr Guleria...

27 Aug 2020 2:16 AM IST

Six people were killed and five others injured in a collision between two Uttar Pradesh state buses. (Representative Image)

Uttar Pradesh: 6 killed, 5 injured after UPSRTC buses collide in...

Uttar Pradesh transport minister Ashok Kataria announced an ex gratia of Rs 5 lakh to families of those killed and Rs...

26 Aug 2020 8:48 PM IST

A FASTag is a device that employs Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology for making toll payments directly from the prepaid or savings account linked to it and is affixed on the windscreen of the vehicle and enables the commuter to drive through toll plazas, without stopping for cash transactions. (Representative Image | Wikimedia Commons - Patrick Roque)

Go cashless on the highway with FASTag if you want discounts on toll...

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways is trying to get more people to adopt digital payments, instead of cash.

26 Aug 2020 8:45 PM IST

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said twenty-three ministers and MLAs tested coronavirus positive. (PTI Photo)

Ahead of assembly session, 23 ministers and MLAs test COVID positive:...

CM Amarinder Singh tried to emphasise that the scenario was not conducive for holding physical examination for JEE-NEET

26 Aug 2020 8:17 PM IST

FSSAI to soon issue order for reducing trans-fat in food items to 2 pc by 2022. (Representative Image)

FSSAI plans to limit trans-fat in food items to 2% by 2022

Currently, bakeries, sweet shops and other food business operators can voluntarily display 'trans-fat-free' logos on...

26 Aug 2020 7:40 PM IST

Positions for engineers, data scientists and financial analysts are among the tech and non-tech roles that Paytm is looking to fill.

Paytm expanding despite pandemic, hiring over 1,000 people in various...

The financial technology company is ramping services such as lending, insurance, wealth management and offline payments.

26 Aug 2020 7:27 PM IST