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Migrant workers from Maharashtra walk along a National Highway 44 during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown. (AFP Photo)

Every third professional has lost his job since corona

That is some 6.6 million jobs down the drain, according to CMIE survey findings

18 Sept 2020 10:56 AM IST

Keith Krach (top C), US Undersecretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy and the Environment, gestures after landing at the Sungshan airport in Taipei on September 17, 2020. - A top US diplomat landed in Taiwan on September 17, the highest-ranking State Department official to visit in 40 years, in a further sign of Washingtons willingness to defy China and its campaign to isolate the self-ruled island. (AFP)

China begins military drills as senior US official visits Taiwan

Concerned over the ever-closer relationship between Taipei and Washington, China has stepped up military exercises near...

18 Sept 2020 10:50 AM IST

New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern. (Image:Facebook/Jacinda Ardern)

New Zealand sees first case-free day in five weeks

Friday's report also marked the fourth consecutive day without any cases of community transmission

18 Sept 2020 10:07 AM IST

$Protesters with old Belarusian national flags carry a banner reading \athletes with the People\ during a Belarusian opposition supporters rally protesting the official presidential election results in Minsk, Belarus, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020. Protests calling for the Belarusian presidents resignation have broken out daily since the Aug. 9 presidential election that officials say handed him a sixth term in office. (AP)$ World

Seventeen OSCE nations appoint team to probe Belarus election

Minsk prevented the deployment of OSCE election observers by not inviting them and has ignored repeated offers by the...

18 Sept 2020 9:21 AM IST

Hisar: Farmers stage a protest over their various demands, in front of Mini Secretariat in Hisar district, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020. (PTI)

As farmer protests continue, Lok Sabha passes two contentious farm...

The three bills will now be tabled in Rajya Sabha and become laws after the Upper House also passes them

18 Sept 2020 2:44 AM IST

General MM Naravane, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) on a two-day visit to Kashmir, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020. COAS arrived in Srinagar today and proceeded to undertake a firsthand assessment of the situation along the Line of Control (LC) in North Kashmir. (PTI Photo)

Army chief General Naravane takes stock of security situation in J-K

In the evening, Gen. Naravane who is on a two-day visit of the Valley met J-K Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, at the...

17 Sept 2020 11:41 PM IST

Among the concerns is a fear that under the so-called News Media Bargaining Code, news businesses will be able to somehow control their algorithms, Australias fair trade regulator Rod Sims said. Well engage with them and clarify that so that theres no way that the news media businesses can interfere with the algorithms of Google or Facebook, Sims said.

Australia's pay-for-news law: Facebook, Google won't have to give out...

The final draft of the bill could be introduced into Parliament in late October.

17 Sept 2020 10:52 PM IST

President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi walk around NRG Stadium waving to the crowd during the Howdy Modi: Shared Dreams, Bright Futures event on Sunday, September 22, 2019, in Houston. (Photo: AP)

Centre says it spent no money on 'Howdy Modi' event at Houston last...

Specifically asked whether the government incurred any financial expenses for the event or funded its organisers,...

17 Sept 2020 10:33 PM IST

More than $3.3 billion was spent in the US in August on video game hardware, content and accessories, according to NPD analyst Mat Piscatella. Both Sony and Microsoft hope to gain a huge volume of sales during of the holiday season in the US, especially Christmas. (Photo | AFP)

Sony launching PlayStation 5 on November 12, right behind Microsoft...

The current PlayStation 4 has outsold Xbox by more than two to one, but Microsoft hopes to take the battle back to Sony.

17 Sept 2020 10:24 PM IST

A group known as the WeChat Users Alliance and several people who say they rely on the app for work, worship and staying in touch with relatives in China sued to stop the ban in federal court in California. The suit says the ban violates its US users freedom of speech, free exercise of religion and other constitutional rights.

US says WeChat ban' might impair messaging but will not draw criminal...

Using the app to communicate won't be a banned transaction, although messaging on it could be directly or indirectly...

17 Sept 2020 9:32 PM IST

The Financial Times had earlier reported that ByteDance was to place TikToks global business in a new US-headquartered company with Oracle investing as a minority shareholder along with other US investors. Trump says he wont allow that. (Photo | AFP)

Trump still scrutinising Oracle-TikTok deal, regrets that US won't get...

Some Republicans raise concerns that ByteDance would maintain access to information on the 100 million TikTok users in...

17 Sept 2020 9:00 PM IST

Former Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal

Harsimrat Kaur Badal quits Modi Cabinet as Akali Dal opposes farm...

The farm bills have evoked strong reactions from farmers of Haryana and Punjab -- the bread baskets of India.

17 Sept 2020 8:53 PM IST