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Apple is a small player in India, where sales of its smartphones lag those of South Korean rival Samsung. The company currently sells through third-party retailers in India including Amazon, and the country is seen as a huge potential market for the firm due to its giant 1.3-billion population and relatively low number of smartphone owners. (Photo | AP)

Apple to open its first online store in India September 23 well in...

Shoppers will be able to get their AirPods, iPads and Apple Pencils engraved in English, Hindi and a range of other...

18 Sept 2020 6:57 PM IST

: Protesters throw stones on security personnel after an encounter with militants, at Batamaloo in Srinagar. PTI Photo

Anand K. Sahay | Kashmiris respond to Centre with Gupkar II'

Its defining feature can be summed by a phrase in it: nothing about us without us

18 Sept 2020 6:37 PM IST

File photo of Union food processing industries minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal Parliament House in New Delhi. Badal resigned from Narendra Modis cabinet on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, over the farm sector bills. (PTI)

Harsimrat is SAD but speaks tenderly about NDA

Post-resignation remarks by Akali Dal minister hint at room for appeasement

18 Sept 2020 6:36 PM IST

The government previously said that using and downloading WeChat to communicate wont be a banned transaction, although messaging on the app could be directly or indirectly impaired by the ban, and people who use it for messaging wont be subject to penalties. (Photo | AP)

TikTok, WeChat banned in US starting Sunday

The order would combat China's malicious collection of American citizens' personal data,

18 Sept 2020 6:27 PM IST

Facebook said will also make it clearer which parts of its Workplace internal message board is for discussing contentious political or social issues, and carefully moderate those conversations. (Representative Image)

As things get heated on internal message boards, Facebook mulls...

A year ago on getting complaints about heated, abusive posts, Google told staff to be responsible and thoughtful on...

18 Sept 2020 5:42 PM IST

We dont allow online casinos or support any unregulated gambling apps that facilitate sports betting. This includes if an app leads consumers to an external website that allows them to participate in paid tournaments to win real money or cash prizes, it is a violation of our policies, a Google blog post said, on reasons for banning Paytm. (Photo | Pixabay - Gerd Altmann)

Paytm removed from Google Play Store for running cricket betting...

The app was blocked for violation of Play policy a clarification of our policy was released earlier today ahead of the...

18 Sept 2020 4:44 PM IST

The new test, based on the design of a DNA test developed by professor Christofer Toumazou at Imperial College London, received approval for clinical use at the end of April after successful trials.

90-minute British DnaNudge COVID-19 test is accurate, Lancet study...

The ability to correctly identify positive cases is at 94.4% and a specificity correctly identifying those without the...

18 Sept 2020 3:58 PM IST

Mohameds office announced late Thursday the appointment of Mohamed Hussein Roble, a Swedish-trained civil engineer and political neophyte.Image: Twitter/@AbikarDr)

Somalia names new PM, announces plan for national elections

Somalia had set itself the goal of holding its first fully democratic, one-man one-vote election since 1969

18 Sept 2020 3:41 PM IST

Lanzhous health commission said Friday that sheep, cattle and pigs were most commonly involved in the spread of the bacteria. (Representationla Image: AFP)

China lab leak infects thousands with bacterial disease

Brucellosis, a disease often caused by contact with infected animals or animal products, can bring about fevers, joint...

18 Sept 2020 3:23 PM IST

People wearing face masks to help protect against the spread of the coronavirus visit the Gyeongbok Palace in Seoul, South Korea. (AP)

Seoul city seeks $4 million in damages from church over new COVID-19...

A fresh wave of infections erupted at a church whose members attended a large protest in downtown Seoul in mid-August

18 Sept 2020 2:40 PM IST

This June 22, 2020, satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows the Line of Actual Control between India and China. Chinese and Indian military commanders agreed to disengage their forces in the disputed area of the Himalayas following a clash that left at least 20 soldiers dead, both countries said. The commanders reached the agreement Monday, June 22, 2020 in their first meeting since the June 15 confrontation, the countries said. (Maxar Technologies via AP)

Indian troops amused by Punjabi songs played by PLA in mind game...

The tactics date back to a battle between the Han Chinese and Chu dynasty 2200 years ago

18 Sept 2020 2:28 PM IST

Visa, OCI card suspension prevents several Indians in US from flying back home. (PTI Photo)

US court turns down challenge to Trump's temporary ban on H-1B visa

The lawsuit was filed by 169 Indian nationals who are residing in US in lawful nonimmigrant status under temporary...

18 Sept 2020 2:07 PM IST