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U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, left, and Taiwans President Tsai Ing-wen (right) speaks during a meeting in Taipei. (via @iingwen)

US health chief offers Taiwan 'strong' support in landmark visit

Washington had broken off official ties with Taiwan in 1979 in favour of Beijing

10 Aug 2020 11:30 AM IST

Japans Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. (AFP)

Japan's legacy of forced labor haunts ties with neighbors

Survivors of the camps, their families and supporters are still seeking compensation and atonement for the labour and...

10 Aug 2020 11:01 AM IST

District president of Budgam BJP Abdul Hamid Najar was shot at by terrorists on Sunday succumbed to his injuries. (PTI Photo)

Another BJP leader killed by terrorists in J&K's Budgam, party leaders...

Hours after Abdul Hamid Najar was shot by militants, four BJP leaders in Jammu and Kashmir's Budgam resigned from the...

10 Aug 2020 10:53 AM IST

A protester uses a slingshot toward the Lebanese riot police, during anti-government protest following the massive explosion which devastated Beirut, Lebanon. (AP)

Renewed Lebanon protests as pressure mounts on government

Apart from several MPs, Lebanon's information minister and environment minister both announced their resignations on...

10 Aug 2020 10:30 AM IST

Protesters stay in a line during a protest after the Belarusian presidential election in Minsk, Belarus. (AP)

Clashes in Belarus as president claims a big election win

Thousands of opposition supporters quickly took to the streets of the capital to protest what they saw as official...

10 Aug 2020 10:00 AM IST

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, left, speaks during a meeting with Taiwans President Tsai Ing-wen in Taipei, Taiwan. (AP)

The US visit to Taiwan: What's all the fuss about?

China is sensitive to any move that could amount to official recognition of Taiwan, such as when Tsai spoke to Trump...

10 Aug 2020 9:23 AM IST

Saudi Aramco chief executive Amin Nasser. (AFP Photo)

RIL-Aramco deal: Still working on deal to invest in Reliance, says...

We at Reliance value our over two-decade-long relationship with Saudi Aramco and are committed to a long-term...

10 Aug 2020 9:10 AM IST

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai, founder of the local newspaper Apple Daily, arrives a district court in Hong Kong.(AP)

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai arrested under national security law

Lai owns the Apple Daily newspaper and Next Magazine, two outlets unapologetically pro-democracy and critical of Beijing

10 Aug 2020 8:49 AM IST

It is difficult for security software to detect attacks perpetrated with legitimate tools as these actions could be either a cybercrime activity or a regular system administrator task, Kaspersky warned. (Photo | Pixabay - Gerd Altmann)

IT support staff beware, hackers could be using your troubleshooting...

Software employed by IT support staff for everyday tasks were used in 30 per cent of cyber attacks, security solutions...

9 Aug 2020 6:50 PM IST

Reacting sharply to his remarks, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said that the CS has committed gross abuse of civil service rules

J&K Chief Secretary BVR Subrahmanyam's remarks against local...

The PDP accused him of having come to J&K with a colonial mindset and being the chief executioner of RSS in the...

9 Aug 2020 5:31 PM IST

Forest department personnel and police began a search for a leopard spotted in Andheri in Mumbai in the early hours of Sunday. (PTI Photo)

Mumbai: Leopard spotted at Andheri's MIDC area, rescue operation...

Security guard said he first thought it was a large dog but realised it was a leopard

9 Aug 2020 5:23 PM IST

Amars political journey began in Kolkata with Subrata Mukherjee and against Somen Mitra who died recently

Waqyanawis | When Somen Mitra shoved Amar Singh out of Kolkata

It was a sad and quiet exit for Amar Singh who for most of his life remained boisterous and flamboyant

9 Aug 2020 5:08 PM IST