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Police stand next to roadblock on the street leading to a mosque in a Muslim majority neighbourhood in Mumbai. Maharashtra government has issued preventive orders in some parts of the state warning action against holding victory rallies and celebrations. (PTI Photo)

Bhoomi Pujan: Maharashtra government issues order against holding...

People are instructed not to post objectionable content on social media platforms, which may create rift between...

5 Aug 2020 11:08 AM IST

Heavy rains lashed parts of Mumbai and neighbouring Thane and Palghar districts of Maharashtra on Wednesday morning. (PTI Photo)

Heavy rains lash Mumbai,Thane, Palghar; IMD predicts more downpour

Mumbai and its neighbouring areas witnessed heavy rains, causing water-logging in low lying areas and disrupting rail...

5 Aug 2020 10:35 AM IST

Australian Al Jazeera journalist, reporter/senior producer Drew Ambrose, right, leaves the Bukit Aman police headquarters after being questioned by the Malaysian police over a documentary about the countrys arrests of undocumented migrants, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (AP)

Malaysia police raid Al Jazeera's office, seize computers

Al Jazeera said the raid was 'an attack on press freedom as a whole' and urged Malaysian authorities to cease the...

5 Aug 2020 10:21 AM IST

Former CM Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar dead. (Photo- Twitter/@MCPNilaga)

Former Maharashtra CM Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar dies at 89

He recently tested coronavirus positive but had recovered and was discharged after testing negative

5 Aug 2020 10:14 AM IST

Indias fuel demand may take 6 to 9 months to rebound to normal levels as several states impose lockdown. (PTI Photo)

Fuel demand may take at least 6-9 months to rebound to normal levels:...

Fuel sales had fallen by a record 45.8 per cent in April when a nationwide lockdown was in place to check the...

5 Aug 2020 9:50 AM IST

Taiwans President Tsai Ing-wen speaking at the Taipei Guest House as part of her inauguration for her second term as in office, in Taipei. (AFP)

US announces 'highest level' visit to Taiwan in decades, likely to...

US remains the leading arms supplier to the island but has historically been cautious in holding official contacts with...

5 Aug 2020 9:45 AM IST

Aftermath of a massive explosion is seen in in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020. Massive explosions rocked downtown Beirut on Tuesday, flattening much of the port, damaging buildings and blowing out windows and doors as a giant mushroom cloud rose above the capital. Witnesses saw many people injured by flying glass and debris. (AP)

Two massive explosions in Beirut leaves 73 dead, thousands injured

Lebaon's PM said 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate stored for years in a portside warehouse had blown up, leading to the...

5 Aug 2020 9:11 AM IST

Gold rises by Rs 97, silver almost flat . (AFP Photo)

Gold price rises to Rs 54,830, silver falls to Rs 66,855 per kg

In the international market, gold was quoting marginally lower at USD 1,975.4 per ounce, while silver was flat at USD...

5 Aug 2020 8:59 AM IST

In November last year Google announced it had reached agreement to buy Fitbit, which produces wearable fitness trackers and watches that communicate with a health monitoring app.

Google's plan to buy Fitbit comes under lens of EU competition...

Google has an operating system for smartwatches so Fitbit's user data will strengthen its already powerful position in...

4 Aug 2020 10:47 PM IST

The scientists claim comes at a time of escalating Indo-Pak tension since the September 18 attack by Pakistan-backed militants who attacked an Indian Army base in Uri.

India dubs Pakistan's new map a political absurdity

These ridiculous assertions have neither legal validity nor international credibility, asserted India

4 Aug 2020 9:59 PM IST

The H-1B visa, most sought-after among Indian IT professionals, is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise. It is said that 70 per cent of H-1B visas are awarded to Indians.

H-1B workers now can't be employed in US federal jobs following...

The move follows the June 23 suspension of H-1B and other foreign work visas until end 2020 to safeguard American jobs...

4 Aug 2020 9:59 PM IST

A picture shows the scene of an explosion in Beirut. AP photo

Huge explosion rocks Beirut

The afternoon blast shook several parts of the capital and thick smoke billowed from the city centre

4 Aug 2020 9:45 PM IST