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Digvijay Singh on Sunday bringing in Rahul Gandhi directly, saying the former Congress chief should be more active inside Parliament and undertake yatras across India. (PTI Photo)

Old vs young war within Congress flares up

Another senior leader Manish Tewari, known to be close to Gandhi, blamed the UPA-2 for the Congress' 2014 defeat

3 Aug 2020 9:56 AM IST

A protester holds a sign depicting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a protest a against him outside Prime Minister residence in Jerusalem. (AP)

Israel's Netanyahu rails at media over protests against him

Demonstrators are calling for the resignation of the long-serving leader, who is on trial for corruption charges

3 Aug 2020 9:53 AM IST

DCGI gives nod to Serum Institute for phase 2, 3 trials of Oxford COVID-19 vaccine. (AP Photo)

Serum-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine gets DCGI grant for human trials in...

The panel had also recommended that the clinical trial sites which have been proposed for the study be distributed...

3 Aug 2020 9:09 AM IST

NASA astronaut Robert Behnken gives a thumbs up to onlookers as he boards a plane at Naval Air Station Pensacola to return him and NASA astronaut Douglas Hurley home to Houston a few hours after the duo landed in their SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft off the coast of Pensacola. (NASA via AP)

SpaceX capsule with NASA astronauts makes first splashdown in 45 years

The next mission, dubbed 'Crew-1', is set to take-off by late September, and its crew will spend six months on the space...

3 Aug 2020 9:07 AM IST

A cyclist passes a group of police and soldiers patrolling the Docklands area of Melbourne. (AFP)

Australia's second-biggest city imposes overnight curfew

Victoria, which is Australia's second most populated state, declared state of disaster over spike in new coronavirus...

2 Aug 2020 6:13 PM IST

Iranian Supreme Leader, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei addresses the nation in a televised speech. (AP)

Iran detains head of US-based 'terrorist' group

Jamshid Sharmahd, alleged head of opposition royalist group known as the Kingdom Assembly of Iran, is charged with a...

2 Aug 2020 5:52 PM IST

Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan discharged after testing negative for COVID

Abhishek said he is still COVID-19 positive and will remain under medical care

2 Aug 2020 5:40 PM IST

Amit Shah (PTI photo)

Amit Shah infected by COVID19

The home minister asked his contacts to get themselves tested

2 Aug 2020 5:18 PM IST

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee former Vice President Joe Biden delivers a speech at the William Hicks Anderson Community Center. (AFP)

Biden's VP pick: A shrinking list of top contenders

Biden had committed himself earlier to choosing a female running mate and is expected to announce his pick soon

2 Aug 2020 5:10 PM IST

NASA astronauts Bob Behnken (R) and Doug Hurley walk out of the Operations and Checkout Building on their way to the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon spacecraft on launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. (File Image: AFP)

NASA astronauts homebound despite hurricane concerns in Florida

NASA footage showed the capsule drifting slowly away from the ISS in the darkness of space, ending a two month stay

2 Aug 2020 4:49 PM IST

Sukla Murmu, hailing from neighbouring Chirang district, was charged with rape and lodged in Kokrajhar Jail since May 5. (Representative Image)

COVID-19 positive prisoner nabbed by police, escaped from Assam's...

The prisoner had escaped from Kokrajhar's RNB Civil Hospital on Tuesday night, Superintendent of Police Rakesh Roshan...

2 Aug 2020 4:26 PM IST

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. (PTI Photo)

High time Mehbooba Mufti is released, says Rahul Gandhi

The Jammu and Kashmir administration last week extended Mehbooba's detention under PSA by another three months

2 Aug 2020 4:22 PM IST