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Saki Morioki, 5 years old, prays as paper lanterns float along the Motoyasu River in front of the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima. (AP)

Nagasaki hopes for a 'nuclear-free world' on 75th anniversary of...

On August 9, 1945, Nagasaki was flattened in an atomic inferno three days after the first US atomic bombing in Hiroshima

9 Aug 2020 12:51 PM IST

PM launches financing facility worth Rs 1 lakh crore under Agri-Infra Fund. (ANI Photo)

Agri-Infra Fund: PM Modi launches Rs 1 lakh crore financing facility

Modi also released the sixth installment of Rs 17,100 crore to more than 8.55 crore farmer beneficiaries under the...

9 Aug 2020 12:48 PM IST

A man prays in front of the cenotaph for the atomic bombing victims before the start of ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of the bombing in Hiroshima, western Japan. (AP)

'Unspeakable horror': The attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

The twin bombings dealt the final blow to imperial Japan, which surrendered on August 15, 1945, bringing an end to World...

9 Aug 2020 12:09 PM IST

Mitch Westmoreland looks at the flower buds on hemp plants in a growth chamber at Utah State University. (AP)

'Not marijuana': US hemp farmers battle a tough market and thieves

Hemp looks and smells like marijuana but contains very little tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), which is what gets users high

9 Aug 2020 11:34 AM IST

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa greets supporters following his election victory in the general election at his residence in Tangalle, Sri Lanka. (AP)

Rajapaksa sworn in as PM in Sri Lanka, cementing family rule

Rajapaksa is highly popular among the ethnic majority Sinhalese for ending the country's 25-year civil war against Tamil...

9 Aug 2020 10:51 AM IST

Customers enjoy lunch in the sunshine at the Riverside Market in Christchurch, New Zealand, Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020. New Zealand marked a 100 days of being free from the coronavirus in its communities Sunday, Aug. 9, with just a handful of infections continuing to be picked up at the border where people are quarantined. (AP)

New Zealand reaches 100 days without coronavirus transmission

There are still 23 active cases but all were detected at the border when entering the country and are held in managed...

9 Aug 2020 10:27 AM IST

7 patients killed in fire at COVID care facility in AP. (ANI Photo)

Andhra Pradesh: 7 killed in fire at COVID-19 care centre in Vijayawada

Shifted about 20 patients to various hospitals and there were 30 patients undergoing treatment, police commissioner B...

9 Aug 2020 10:06 AM IST

A man poses for a picture with a cardboard cut-out of Hassan Nasrallah (L), the head of Lebanons Shiite Muslim movement Hezbollah, and former Foreign Minister Gibran Bassil hung by Lebanese protesters in downtown Beirut. (AFP)

Lebanese protesters storm ministry buildings as anger grows over...

Protesters set up symbolic nooses at Beirut's Martyrs' Square to hang politicians whose corruption and negligence they...

9 Aug 2020 9:57 AM IST

India hockey captain among five to test COVID-19 positive in camp. (PTI Photo)

Hockey captain Manpreet Singh, four others test COVID-19 positive

The players might have contracted the virus while travelling from their hometowns to Bengaluru, the SAI said in a...

9 Aug 2020 9:24 AM IST

US President Donald Trump signs executive orders extending coronavirus economic relief, during a news conference in Bedminster, New Jersey. (AFP)

Trump signs coronavirus relief orders after talks with Congress fail

The orders could face legal challenges questioning the US president's authority to spend taxpayer money without express...

9 Aug 2020 9:06 AM IST

Indian food delivery company introduces period leave for employees. (Photo- SpoonTech)

Zomato introduces 'period leave' for employees to combat stigma around...

You should feel free to tell people on internal groups, or emails that you are on your period leave for the day, Zomato...

9 Aug 2020 9:00 AM IST

Washington cut off Huaweis access to US components and technology including Googles music and other smartphone services last year. Those restrictions were tightened in May when the White House barred vendors worldwide from using US technology to produce components for Huawei. (Photo | AFP)

Isolated by US, Huawei can produce smartphone chips no more

Huawei CEO Yu Chengdong said Friday that production of the company's high-end Kirin 9000 chipset would stop from...

8 Aug 2020 8:53 PM IST