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Facebook has removed 35 Facebook accounts, three pages, and 88 Instagram accounts, security policy head Nathaniel Gleicher said. The people behind this network used fake accounts to pose as Americans, amplify and comment on their own content, and manage pages including some posing as President Trump fan pages. (Photo | AFP)

Facebook, Twitter crack down on Russia, China agents trying to sway US...

State-led influence campaigns were prominent on social media during the 2016 US elections and have been seen around the...

7 Aug 2020 7:11 PM IST

Russian President Vladimir Putin. (AFP)

Russia's Putin expected to visit India in October

India has time-tested strategic ties with Russia especially in the defence sector but Russia also has close ties with...

7 Aug 2020 5:36 PM IST

Ravi was earlier the interlocutor for the central government for the Centre-Naga peace talks. (Photo: ANI)

NSCN (I-M) to hold final round of Naga peace talks with Central...

NSCN (I-M) to hold talks with PM's envoy R N Ravi to resolve differences on rhetorical issuesflag, constitution and Naga...

7 Aug 2020 5:16 PM IST

Landslide in South Mumbais Peddar Road. (Rajesh Jadhav)

Rain intensity eases in Mumbai; South Mumbai receives highest rains...

Between Tuesday and Thursday, Mumbai got over 500 mm of rainfall every day

7 Aug 2020 5:14 PM IST

US secretary of state Mike Pompeo with external affairs minister S. Jaishankar (above) during a joint press conference in New Delhi. (Photo: G.N. Jha)

Sino-Indian military stand-off tops Pompeo-Jaishankar talks

The meeting was held in four-nation 'Quadrilateral' format, involving India, the US, Japan and Australia

7 Aug 2020 5:13 PM IST

People take part in a protest against a judicial reform bill announced by the government, in front of the Obelisk in Buenos Aires, on August 1, 2020, during the COVID-9 pademic. - Argentinas government opposition fierly criticised the reform bill on grounds that it would grant impunity to former government officials facing corruption allegations, including now vice president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. (Photo | AFP)

Google search result calls Argentine vice-president called 'thief',...

Facing charges in nine cases, Cristina Kirchner was twice ordered into pre-trial detention, but parliamentary immunity...

7 Aug 2020 4:57 PM IST

Supreme Court made clear to the Centre on Friday that it would not pass any order on the plea seeking closure of cases against two Italian marines. (PTI Photo)

SC declines closure of Italian Marines case

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta informed the bench that Italy has assured the Indian government that it would prosecute...

7 Aug 2020 3:57 PM IST

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, center, wearing a protective face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus, arrives for an Afghan Loya Jirga meeting in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP)

Traditional Afghan council meets to decide on release of 400 Taliban...

The decision will be the last step towards starting negotiations between Kabul's political leadership and Taliban under...

7 Aug 2020 3:19 PM IST

Jayant Kant, Muzaffarpur Senior Superintendent of Police, speaking to the media. (File Photo- AFP)

Bihar flood victims block NH28, attack police in Muzaffarpur over...

Three police personnel, including the station house officer, were injured and 12 have been arrested so far, Muzaffarpur...

7 Aug 2020 2:56 PM IST

PM Narendra Modi visits Hanumangarhi in Ayodhya. He is accompanied by UP chief minister Yogi Adityanth after the Ram mandir Bhumi Pujan in Ayodhya. PTI photo

Yogi Adityanath to skip masjid inauguration in Ayodhya

If you ask me as a yogi, I will definitely not go because as a Hindu I have the right to express my 'upasana vidhi' and...

7 Aug 2020 2:42 PM IST

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, left, and former Defense Secretary and his brother Gotabaya Rajapaksa wave to supporters. (AP)

All in the family: Sri Lanka's political Rajapaksa dynasty

The powerful clan has held sway over the island nation's politics for decades, as well as having a major influence in...

7 Aug 2020 2:27 PM IST

I am totally committed to making NEP work: PM Modi

I am totally committed to making NEP work: PM Modi

Modi was delivering the inaugural address at the Conclave on Transformational Reforms in Higher Education under NEP via...

7 Aug 2020 2:26 PM IST