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Trump abruptly escorted from briefing after shooting near White House. (PTI Photo)

Shooting near White House, Trump escorted amid briefing

The incident happened soon after Trump started speaking inside the James Brady press briefing room of the White House

11 Aug 2020 9:48 AM IST

India seeks to impose provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of black toner in powder form orginating in or exported from China, Malaysia. (AP Photo)

India levies anti-dumping duty on black toner from China, others

The duty on a tonne of black toner would range from $196 for imports from Chinese Taipie, $1,686 from Malaysia and $834...

11 Aug 2020 9:01 AM IST

The programme aims at providing the tools, framework, knowledge and ecosystem needed for startups create world-class value-driven products by supporting them in building market-ready solutions, Flipkart said.

Flipkart launches programme to mentor startups

The accelerator programme will pick startups providing technology and consumer internet solutions particularly suited...

10 Aug 2020 10:32 PM IST

In a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook obtained by The Associated Press, Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman Patrick Foye said riders have been seen removing their masks to unlock their phones using face-recognition technology, and asked the company to come up with a better way for iPhone users to unlock their phones without taking off their masks. (Photo | Apple)

Call to replace Apple Face ID over people removing masks on public...

iOS 13.5 presents the passcode field after a user swipes the lock screen, instead of Face ID but older iPhones may not...

10 Aug 2020 9:56 PM IST

Muneer Aalam hold open-air classes in batches for about eighty students in Srinagars Idgah grounds.

Amid pandemic, open-air classes for students gains momentum in Kashmir

In most cases, the education in the time of pandemic is being imparted to these students free of cost

10 Aug 2020 8:39 PM IST

The Facebook staffer in Ireland shared the details of the suicidal activity with Delhi police before 8 pm Saturday, and what began then was a race against time to save the man. (Photo | Screengrab of Samaritans Mumbai suicide helpline webpage)

Man saved from suicide in the nick of time after Facebook staffer...

It was a tense three hours for police from Delhi to Mumbai trying to trace a man seen on Facebook videos preparing to...

10 Aug 2020 8:22 PM IST

Mahatma Gandhi gave these spectacles away as a gift to a man in South Africa. (Photo: East Bristol Auctions)

These are Gandhi's glasses. You can bid for them on August 21

The nephew of the man he gifted the spectacles to put them in the mailbox of an auction house

10 Aug 2020 8:02 PM IST

Sachin Pilot was seen connecting to people at the grassroots level during a field visit

Sachin, Rahul, Priyanka meet up to clear up the Rajasthan royal mess

With signs of his flock dwindling, young rebel leader discusses face-saving formulae

10 Aug 2020 7:18 PM IST

N95 respirator masks are the gold standard of personal protective equipment that protect the wearer against airborne droplets and particles, such as the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. (Photo | Flickr - Azchael)

You can reuse your N95 mask, just sanitise it in your electric rice...

Usually one-time-use items, N95 masks can be reused after 50 minutes of dry heat in an electric rice cooker or instant...

10 Aug 2020 6:42 PM IST

In Sri Lanka, the Sinhalese perhaps chose the Rajapaksa family because they were enamored by the way prominent brothers, Mahinda and Gotabaya, ruthlessly quelled the LTTE in 2009. AP Photo

AA Edit | A nation turns family property in the Sri Lankan elections

Political trends that lead to the concentration of power in the hands of a family yanks democracy off the feet of...

10 Aug 2020 5:57 PM IST

The Airports Authority of India, which runs the airport, and the government of Kerala must act in tandem. PTI Photo

AA Edit | Air India flight crash at Kozhikode highlights air safety...

The tabletop airport, which is traditionally considered accident prone, needs expansion of its runway

10 Aug 2020 5:37 PM IST

File photo of Shah Faesal (second from left) at a rally to launch his party J&K Peoples Movement. (AA Photo: H U Naqash)

Kashmiri activist Shah Faesal drops 'politics' from his Twitter bio

The former IAS topper was released from detention in June

10 Aug 2020 5:25 PM IST