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A relative (L) along with workers wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) place the body of a person who died from the COVID-19 coronavirus before cremation in a furnace at the Nigambodh Ghat cremation ground, in New Delhi. (AFP)

World COVID-19 deaths top 800,000 as nations ramp up measures

More than half the global fatalities have been reported in the hardest-hit United States, Brazil, Mexico and India

23 Aug 2020 12:40 PM IST

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, right, speaks to an officer as he arrives to attend a meeting with military officials in Grodno, Belarus. (AP)

Belarus braces for mass protests as Lukashenko orders army to defend...

The president denounced mass protests, which he said were receiving support from Western countries, and ordered army to...

23 Aug 2020 12:15 PM IST

People walk through a waterlogged road during a tide, at Kalighat in Kolkata. PTI

West Bengal floods: 400 families evacuated in Howrah district

These families have been put up in a local primary school building

23 Aug 2020 11:57 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump (Photo: AP)

Trump campaign releases first commercial for Indian-Americans...

The Trump campaign believes that Indian-Americans can play an important role in this election, especially in some of the...

23 Aug 2020 11:38 AM IST

A medic wearing PPE suit distributes bananas to a teacher in Delhi. PTI photo

COVID-19 caseload in India crosses 30-lakh mark

The COVID-19 case fatality rate has declined to 1.86 per cent

23 Aug 2020 11:25 AM IST

Sending a selfie to the doctor could be a cheap and simple way of detecting heart disease, according to the authors of a new study. (Pixabay)

Your selfie can be used to detect heart disease

Study show it's possible to use deep learning computer algorithm to detect coronary artery disease by analysing...

23 Aug 2020 10:51 AM IST

NSG commandos (PTI file photo)

IEDs recovered from ISIS suspect in Delhi under scrutiny of NSG...

Security has been heightened near Buddha Jayanti Park in Ridge Road area, with teams of NSG commandos and sniffer dogs...

23 Aug 2020 10:35 AM IST

A firefighter rubs his head while watching the LNU Lightning Complex fires spread through the Berryessa Estates neighborhood of unincorporated Napa County, California. (AP)

The worst is not behind us: Wildfires burn 1 million acres in...

Two clusters of wildfires in San Francisco Bay Area grew to become the second- and third-largest wildfires in recent...

23 Aug 2020 10:24 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (PTI photo)

Toys mould a child's mind, should be aligned with Indian values: PM...

We must lead the international digital gaming sector by developing games that are inspired by Indian culture and folk...

23 Aug 2020 10:19 AM IST

Donald Trump (second from left) waves to staff members of the Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort as they cheer him on before the grand opening ceremonies in Atlantic City. Trump attended the gala with his mother, Mary; father, Fred; and sister, U.S. District Court Judge Maryanne Trump Barry. (AP File)

Trump's sister calls him 'cruel', 'liar' on secret recordings

The recordings were secretly made by Trump's niece, who published last month a bombshell memoir of the 'toxic family'...

23 Aug 2020 10:10 AM IST

Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan (PTI photo)

New members joining BJP under Scindia leadership: Shivraj Chouhan

"Many new friends" are taking membership of the BJP, said the Madhya Pradesh chief minister

23 Aug 2020 9:44 AM IST

Pakistan admits Dawood Ibrahim is living in Karachi, imposes financial...

Pak government imposed financial sanctions on 88 banned terror groups and their leaders, including Ibrahim, to avoid...

23 Aug 2020 9:43 AM IST