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A Muslim pilgrim prays inside the Namira Mosque in Arafat as he wears a mask to protect himself against coronavirus during the annual hajj pilgrimage near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. (AP)

Families join Hajj pilgrims virtually in this year's downsized event

In the first days of the pilgrimage, many were seen holding their phones aloft to livestream their progress to friends...

31 July 2020 10:43 AM IST

A mural in Mumbai depicting Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan in the 1983 movie Coolie. The coronavirus pandemic has brought Indias prolific Hindi film industry to a standstill. (AFP Photo)

Bollywood's daily wage workers battle for survival in coronavirus days

Despite generating billions of dollars, world's most prolific film industry has no established scheme to protect its...

31 July 2020 10:28 AM IST

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. (AFP)

Chinese incursion in India are indicative of their intentions: Pompeo

The US secretary of state said China has the desire to expand its power and reach citing China's recent incursion into...

31 July 2020 9:56 AM IST

Staggering economic fallout caused by the coronavirus pandemic was reflected in reports released Thursday from Amazon, Facebook, Apple and Googles corporate parent, Alphabet. (AFP Photo)

Big Tech including Apple, Facebook reports mixed earnings amid...

Apple delivered surprisingly strong numbers with both its revenue and profit rising, defying analysts' lowered...

31 July 2020 9:37 AM IST

Leon McFarlane, a research technician, uses a centrifuge on blood samples from volunteers in the laboratory at Imperial College in London. (AP)

UK to immunize citizen with experimental COVID-19 vaccine

The vaccine is still in early stages of trial, but scientists hope to have enough safety data to start inoculating...

31 July 2020 8:54 AM IST

Reliance Jio net profit stood at Rs 891 crore in the corresponding quarter previous year. (PTI Photo)

Reliance Jio's Q1 net profit surges nearly 183% to Rs 2,520 crore

Jio's operating revenue for the Q1 FY21 grew 33.7 per cent year-on-year to Rs 16,557 crore

31 July 2020 8:49 AM IST

Marriage during a pandemic. (PTI)

Health ministry says India is far from achieving herd immunity against...

Till a vaccine comes up, following COVID-appropriate behaviour is the social vaccine against the disease: Official

31 July 2020 4:32 AM IST

Children attend a tele-learning class at their home displayed on Kalvi TV channel, an education tele-learning initiative set up by the Department of School Education to allow students from class 2 to 10 to continue with their curriculums as schools remain closed as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus in Chennai. AFP Photo

Groundbreaking to devil lies in the details: Mixed reactions to NEP...

The Union government announced the National Education Policy, 2020 on July 29.

31 July 2020 2:33 AM IST

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. (PTI Photo)

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra vacates her Lodhi Estate bungalow; BJP's Anil...

Renovations are currently going on in her new house in Delhi.

30 July 2020 7:42 PM IST

Analysts at Canalys said Thursday that Huawei shipped 55.8 million devices in the second quarter of 2020. While the figure was down 5% compared with a year ago, it was a smaller decline than rival Samsung, which saw smartphone sales slide 30% to 53.7 million. (Image of Huawei P40 Pro | Huawei)

Huawei beats Samsung to top spot on smartphone sales as pandemic hits...

The Chinese company's rise is attributed to its home market China emerging from the coronavirus pandemic better off than...

30 July 2020 7:28 PM IST

Representational image (PTI)

AA Edit | Last roar of the tiger

There are about 50 tiger reserves in India, but, according to a government study, the average size of each is only about...

30 July 2020 7:11 PM IST

Kalraj Mishra (PTI)

AA Edit | Governor must play by the Constitution

The Supreme Court has made it abundantly clear that the governor has no discretionary power when it comes to calling a...

30 July 2020 7:00 PM IST