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Former 21st Century Fox chief executive James Murdoch, son of media tycoon Rupert Murdoch, has resigned from News Corps board, according to a document released July 31 by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

James Murdoch cut ties with News Corp board

James was seen as the successor to the family media empire, built to success by his father and media giant Rupert...

1 Aug 2020 1:48 PM IST

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray

Maha Vikas Aghadi government won't last long as it lacks unity,...

On COVID-19, he said it was necessary to dispel the fear that people have in mind about the disease.

1 Aug 2020 1:14 PM IST

Japan has so far escaped the worst of the epidemic, with around 35,200 infections and just over 1,000 deaths since the first case was detected in January. (Representational Image: AFP)

Japan's Okinawa declares state of emergency after 'explosive spread'...

Japan has so far escaped the worst of the epidemic, with around 35,200 infections and just over 1,000 deaths so far

1 Aug 2020 12:59 PM IST

Wear mask and stay safe. (PTI)

COVID-19 pandemic: India crosses 17-lakh cases mark after record surge...

Recoveries, meanwhile, crossed the 11-lakh mark

1 Aug 2020 12:13 PM IST

Sniffer dogs are best-known for detecting drugs, explosives and people but have also previously been trained to detect other diseases including malaria, cancer and Parkinsons disease. (Representational Image: AFP)

Chilean police training sniffer dogs to detect the coronavirus

A similar trial in the UK showed encouraging results to use dogs to detect coronavirus in people's sweat

1 Aug 2020 11:13 AM IST

$A woman holds a \Defund the Police\ sign in Portland, Oregon on July 30, 2020. (AFP)$ World

Portland sees relative peace as feds withdraw

Federal agents deployed in Portland withdrew under a deal between Oregon's governor and US officials to end escalating...

1 Aug 2020 11:01 AM IST

US President Donald Trump. (AFP)

Donald Trump says US will ban Chinese app TikTok

Reports had said Trump would require US operations of the app be divested from its parent firm ByteDance, but the...

1 Aug 2020 10:41 AM IST

Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray also rejected criticism that bureaucracy has an upper hand in his government. (PTI Photo)

Sushant Singh Rajput death: Don't doubt Mumbai Police's ability to...

Thackeray lashed out at Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis, saying the BJP politician had doubted the credibility of...

1 Aug 2020 10:37 AM IST

Police detain an anti-mask protester in Melbourne. (AFP)

Australia's Victoria sees a drop in new COVID-19 cases

Once proud of itself about a tough approach to social distancing, the state now accounts for about 60% of Australia's...

1 Aug 2020 10:12 AM IST

The purchase falls under the Trump administrations Operation Warp Speed, intended to rush a COVID-19 vaccine to the market by the end of 2020. (Representational Image: AP)

US strikes a $2 billion deal for 100 million doses of coronavirus...

The agreement calls for US to pay Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline up to $2.1 billion to supply it with enough vaccines for 50...

1 Aug 2020 9:51 AM IST

A worker wearing protective gear sprays disinfectant solution inside the coffin of a person who died from suspected COVID-19, as the body arrives at the crematorium at Xilotepec Cemetery in Xochimilco, Mexico City. (AP)

Mexico now has third highest coronavirus death toll in the world

Health officials also confirm Mexico, with twice the population of Britain, has had more than 424,000 coronavirus cases...

1 Aug 2020 8:41 AM IST

Twitter hackers who carried out Bitcoin scam arrested, one a teen, and...

They scammed people of more than USD 100,000 dollars worth bitcoin by hacking Twitter accounts of celebrities and...

1 Aug 2020 2:57 AM IST