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A picture shows pilgrims circumambulating around the Kaaba, the holiest shrine in the Grand mosque in the holy Saudi city of Mecca. (AFP)

Hajj 2020: Masked pilgrims throw sanitised pebbles at Satan

Only up to 10,000 Muslims are taking part in the Hajj after millions of international pilgrims were barred due to...

31 July 2020 2:50 PM IST

Canada, France, Germany and Spain too have been trying to get Google and Facebook to pay for news with no success, but Australias law could move things along. (Photo | AP)

Australia's draft law makes it mandatory for Google and Facebook to...

The aggregators will be given three months to work out a deal on fair pay for news, failing which arbitrators will make...

31 July 2020 2:24 PM IST

A woman waits for buyers in her wholesale rakhi shop in Dharavi in Mumbai. As Dharavi is a coronavirus containment zone, people are rarely coming out to shop. (DC photo: Rajesh Jadhav)

Amid COVID-19 siblings refrain from visiting each other, rakhi sales...

Pepaa, a recycled paper product company, would normally get 15,000 orders but thi his year, the number came down to less...

31 July 2020 2:02 PM IST

On the occasion of Eid Milad-un-Nabi, we need to revisit the true prophetic personality traits that we often overlook.

Kerala marks low-key Bakrid amid coronavirus restrictions

100 people would be allowed in large mosques but strict health protocol have to be followed

31 July 2020 2:01 PM IST

Visitors watch while maintaining social distancing during a re-enactment ceremony of the changing of the Royal Guard at the Gyeongbok Palace, one of South Koreas well-known landmarks, in Seoul, South Korea. (AP)

Does physical distancing help? Study says it prevented 1.5 million...

Countries with nation-wide social distancing policies had significantly reduced community mobility than those without...

31 July 2020 1:59 PM IST

Ellen DeGeneres. (AP)

Ellen DeGeneres addresses workplace allegations in letter to staff

In a letter written to the crew, DeGeneres says that the show was envisioned as a 'place of happiness' but that is not...

31 July 2020 1:10 PM IST

Fire broke out at a bank in the busy central Kolkatas BBD Bagh area on Friday morning. (Representative Image)

Fire breaks out at Union Bank branch in Kolkata, no injuries reported

The incident was reported at India exchange place branch of the Union Bank and six fire tenders were rushed to the spot,...

31 July 2020 1:09 PM IST

King Salman bin Abdulaziz chairing a virtual cabinet meeting from his office at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital in Riyadh. (AFP)

Saudi's King Salman discharged from hospital after surgery

The King's health is closely watched because of the absolute powers he holds over one of the world's top oil-rich...

31 July 2020 12:31 PM IST

Researchers say the behavioural habits of young children, and the close quarters they occupy in school and daycare settings raise concern for amplified transmission of the virus as public health restrictions are eased. (Representational Image: AFP)

Study finds young children could spread COVID-19 as much as older...

Children younger than five years have much higher levels of the novel coronavirus genetic material in their nose

31 July 2020 12:04 PM IST

Ashok Gehlot camp MLAs to be shifted to Jaisalmer. (PTI Photo)

Rajasthan politics: Ashok Gehlot MLAs to be shifted to another hotel...

MLAs have been staying in the hotel since July 13 after Sachin Pilot, 18 other MLAs rebelled against government...

31 July 2020 11:53 AM IST

Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot (PTI photo)

Rajasthan crisis: Horse trading rates hiked, claims Gehlot

The Rajasthan Congress has decided that its MLAs will continue to remain together till the session begins

31 July 2020 11:33 AM IST

This handout from the Myanmar Fire Services Department taken and released on July 2, 2020 shows rescuers attempting to locate survivors after a landslide at a jade mine in Hpakant, Kachin state. (AFP)

Once deemed heroes, these Chilean miners are left to deal with trauma...

A decade ago, they became a symbol of hope and solidarity after surviving for more than two months trapped deep...

31 July 2020 11:22 AM IST