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Students arrive at the Friedensburg Oberschule school for the first day at school after the summer vacations during the new coronavirus outbreak in Berlin, Germany. (AP)

Coronavirus cases reported at 41 schools in Berlin

The reopening of schools and the possible risk of new virus clusters building up has been an issue that's hotly debated...

21 Aug 2020 3:26 PM IST

The head of a US congressional antitrust committee contended that Big Tech companies are too powerful and will likely emerge from the coronavirus pandemic even stronger. (Photo | AFP)

Will US Federal Trade Commission's antitrust probe against Facebook...

Facebook says Zuckerberg answered US regulators' questions on antitrust practices, but FTC investigations do not always...

21 Aug 2020 3:12 PM IST

Vehicles move slowly during a traffic congestion on Jammu-Srinagar highway, in Jammu, Sunday. (PTI)

Following multiple landslides, Jammu-Srinagar highway remains closed...

The highway was blocked by a major landslide at Trishul Morh, Battery Cheshma and Pantiyal areas on Thursday, officials...

21 Aug 2020 3:06 PM IST

Moodys base case assumes a sharp contraction in the Indian economy in fiscal 2021 before returning to modest growth in fiscal 2021. (PTI Photo)

Public sector banks will need Rs 2.1 lakh crore to plug capital...

Moody's base case assumes a sharp contraction in the Indian economy in fiscal 2021 before returning to modest growth in...

21 Aug 2020 2:06 PM IST

Talking about the Operation Bluestar in Golden Temple in 1984, former president Pranab Mukherjee said Indira Gandhi had never compromised with blind religious faiths or with the social force which was at work to split the country into different parts. (Photo: PTI)

No change in Pranab Mukherjee's condition; ex-President remains on...

Doctors attending to him said his vital parameters are being maintained.

21 Aug 2020 1:54 PM IST

Fire brigade at the site. (PTI)

Nine people killed in Srisailam hydroelectric plant after overnight...

Nagarkurnool district Collector said three fire engines were engaged in extinguishing the huge smoke emanating from the...

21 Aug 2020 1:46 PM IST

BMC medical staff and doctors take blood plasma samples from a cured COVID-19 patient, at Dharavi in Mumbai. (PTI Photo)

Maharashtra records highest single-day spike of 14,492 COVID-19 cases

The recovery rate in the state is 71.37 per cent, while the fatality rate is 3.32 per cent

21 Aug 2020 1:25 PM IST

Sushant Singh Rajput

CBI starts Sushant Singh Rajput case probe, takes relevant documents...

A special investigation team of the CBI, consisting of officers, other personnel and also forensic experts, landed on...

21 Aug 2020 1:17 PM IST

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. (AFP)

Russian doctors refuse Navalny's transfer to Germany

Navalny remains in a coma in intensive care after a suspected poisoning his allies link to his political activity

21 Aug 2020 1:13 PM IST

Shiv Sena claimed that the case of the actors death was politicised to defame the Mumbai police and the Maharashtra government. (PTI Photo)

SSR case politicised to defame Mumbai police: Shiv Sena

Sena said it is surprising that even though court found nothing wrong in the Mumbai police's investigation,case has been...

21 Aug 2020 1:09 PM IST

The Leshan Giant Buddha surrounded by floodwaters following heavy rains in Leshan in Chinas southwestern Sichuan province. (AFP)

What's behind China's record floods?

Here are five questions about why China still endures severe flooding every year

21 Aug 2020 1:00 PM IST

In this Aug. 13, 2019 file photo, the then chief justice of India justice Ranjan Gogoi seen during the 18th late Dharamnath Prasad Kohli memorial lecture organised by the CBI in New Delhi. President Ram Nath Kovind nominated Gogoi to the Rajya Sabha on March 16, 2020. (PTI)

Supreme Court dismisses petition seeking inquiry into conduct of...

Justice Gogoi is the first person from the northeast to reach the top of judiciary

21 Aug 2020 12:35 PM IST