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Imagery of the Hindu deity Ram and 3-D portraits of the proposed Hindu temple are displayed on a digital billboard in Times Square. (AP)

Ram temple ad displayed in Times Square runs into opposition

The coalition opposing the billboards wrote to NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio, asking him to stand against the planned Times...

6 Aug 2020 1:43 PM IST

President Donald Trump arrives for a briefing with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House. (AP)

Trump, Biden convention plans turn upside down by virus concerns

Compared to Trump, Biden hasn't been so publicly reluctant to scale back his convention, expressing doubts about a full...

6 Aug 2020 1:01 PM IST

A CRPF jawan stands guard along a street on the first day of the two-day curfew in Srinagar, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020. (PTI)

J&K: UN holds discussion behind closed doors over Pakistan's request

India's UN Ambassador said that almost all countries held the opinion that J&K dispute is a bilateral issue' between...

6 Aug 2020 12:22 PM IST

A patient has her temperature checked at a medical clinic during lockdown due to the continuing spread of the coronavirus in Melbourne. (AP)

Australia's hotspot state tells citizens not to panic buy

Production of beef, lamb and pork has been reduced by one third to reduce chances of virus spread in meat processing...

6 Aug 2020 11:30 AM IST

People wearing face masks to protect against the coronavirus wait at an intersection in the central business district in Beijing. (AP)

Seven dead, 60 infected by new infectious disease in China

Virologists believe that the infection may have been passed on to humans by ticks and that the virus can be transmitted...

6 Aug 2020 10:59 AM IST

Novavax signs Covid-19 vaccine supply deal with Indias Serum Institute. (AFP Photo)

Novavax announces COVID-19 vaccine supply deal with Serum Institute

Novavax reported that its experimental vaccine produced high levels of antibodies against coronavirus in a small,...

6 Aug 2020 10:16 AM IST

A healthcare worker demonstrates a nasal swab on a patient during a test day at a drive-thru COVID-19 testing site. (AP)

Coronavirus testing rates dropping in the US even as deaths mount

US is approaching a mammoth 5 million confirmed infections and more than 157,000 deaths out of over 700,000 worldwide

6 Aug 2020 9:50 AM IST

The fire started around 3.30 am in the ICU unit of Shrey Hospital in Ahmedabad. (Photo-Twitter)

Gujarat: 8 dead as fire breaks out at Shrey hospital in Ahmedabad

Firefighters have managed to control the fire which broke out at the ICU of the hospital

6 Aug 2020 9:49 AM IST

People inspect their car that was damaged in Tuesdays massive explosion in the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020. (AP)

Lebanese government orders house arrest of several Beirut port...

Probe is focusing on how 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate came to be stored at the facility for 6 years and why nothing...

6 Aug 2020 9:12 AM IST

Oil prices struggle to hold five-month high amid pandemic worries. (AFP Photo)

Oil prices struggle to hold five-month high amid growing demand fears

Investors remained wary of rising refined product inventories at a time when US bankers said rise in cases was slowing...

6 Aug 2020 9:01 AM IST

Trump said Monday to reporters that the US should get a very large percentage of that price because were making it possible, adding that we want and we think we deserve to have a big percentage of that price coming to America, coming to the Treasury. Theres no legal precedent in antitrust law for such a payment, said Gene Kimmelman, a senior adviser at the advocacy group Public Knowledge and a former antitrust official at the Department of Justice. (Photo | AP)

Trump's talk of government getting a cut of TikTok deal not legally...

The President sometimes floats ideas or actions that get set aside without follow-through.

5 Aug 2020 11:31 PM IST

SpaceX plans to launch reusable Starships atop still-in-the-works rockets, carrying cargo or crew not only to low-Earth orbit but also the Moon and Elon Musks most desirable destination, Mars. The latest test model of the rocket is relatively plain: It stands a full-scale 100 feet (30 meters) tall and resembles a steel siloor stretched-out canwith a cap on top. (Photo | AP)

SpaceX's Mars rocket prototype has successful brief flight and landing

Mars is looking real, SpaceX founder and chief executive Elon Musk tweeted after the short hop. Progress is...

5 Aug 2020 10:08 PM IST