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Victoria states authorities say welcomed a stabilisation in coronavirus cases, saying the state had averted an exponential increase in infections due to its strict lockdowns. (AP)

Australia's Victoria sees 'stabilisation' in new coronavirus cases

Cases with unknown sources of infection, referred to as 'mystery cases' still continue to be a concern

8 Aug 2020 3:24 PM IST

BSF personnel patrolling at the international border on the outskirts of Jammu. (Photo: PTI)

BSF kills Pakistani intruder along India-Pakistan border in Barmer

The incident took place around 1 am at the Bakhasar area along the border

8 Aug 2020 3:04 PM IST

Union civil aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri inspects the crash site of an Air India Express flight that crashed at the Kozhikode airport on Friday night, August 7, 2020. (PTI)

Probe begins into plane crash at Kozhikode airport

Toll rises to 19 as black box of Air India Exrpess flight is recovered

8 Aug 2020 2:49 PM IST

Bystanders look at MV Wakashio bulk carrier that had run aground and from which oil is leaking near Blue Bay Marine Park in south-east Mauritius. (AFP)

Mauritius declares emergency as stranded Japanese ship spills fuel

A military transport aircraft with pollution control equipment and a navy vessel to be sent by France for Mauritius' aid

8 Aug 2020 2:30 PM IST

Officials stand on the debris of the Air India Express flight that skidded off a runway while landing in Kozhikode, Kerala state, India, Saturday. (PTI)

Kozhikode crash: In July, DGCA issued notice to airport over safety...

Air India Express said on Saturday that three relief flights had been arranged to Kozhikode

8 Aug 2020 2:12 PM IST

Iran asks UN to hold US accountable for plane interception

Iran asks UN to hold US accountable for plane interception

Iran's UN ambassador say a Mahan Airlines Airbus A310 en route to Beirut on July 23 was intercepted by two US F-15...

8 Aug 2020 2:00 PM IST

President Ram Nath Kovind swears in GC Murmu. (PTI)

GC Murmu sworn-in as India's CAG

Murmu made and subscribed to the oath of office before President Ram Nath Kovind

8 Aug 2020 1:42 PM IST

New Zealands Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern attends the launch of the Labour Partys election campaign in Auckland on August 8, 2020, ahead of the countrys general elections scheduled for September 19. (AFP)

COVID success adds bonus points to Ardern's re-election bid

The polls had pointed to a cliffhanger election this September, but the story has since changed because New Zealand's...

8 Aug 2020 1:07 PM IST

Siang river (Photo: PTI)

Alert sounded along Arunachal's Siang river after formation of...

Arunachal Pradesh Disaster Management director Atul Tayeng in a letter to deputy commissioners on the issue.

8 Aug 2020 1:03 PM IST

A health worker checks the temperature of a roadside vegetable vendor in the wake of coronavirus pandemic in Mumbai. (PTI)

Centre: Grocery shops, vegetable vendors potential spreaders of...

The Centre also stressed on the need for operationalising ambulance transport system with oxygen facility and quick...

8 Aug 2020 12:29 PM IST

A second grader at Saltillo Primary, walks from the carpool to the school entrance on her way to class for the first day back to school on Thursday morning. (AP)

New York schools to open statewide, with caution

Many NY districts have planned to start the year with in-person classes only a few days a week, while learning at home...

8 Aug 2020 12:22 PM IST

A man walks past a destroyed car at a neighborhood near the scene of Tuesdays explosion that hit the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon. (AP)

Lebanon president rejects global investigation into Beirut port blast

"There are two possible scenarios for what happened: it was either negligence or foreign interference through a missile...

8 Aug 2020 11:56 AM IST