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NASA astronaut Robert Behnken gives a thumbs up to onlookers as he boards a plane at Naval Air Station Pensacola to return him and NASA astronaut Douglas Hurley home to Houston a few hours after the duo landed in their SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft off the coast of Pensacola. (NASA via AP)

SpaceX capsule with NASA astronauts makes first splashdown in 45 years

The next mission, dubbed 'Crew-1', is set to take-off by late September, and its crew will spend six months on the space...

3 Aug 2020 9:07 AM IST

The restrictions imposed on Kashmir media since the abrogation of Article 370 have made the medias task infinitely more difficult. (Representational image: PTI)

Mutilation of J&K: Kashmir's journalists refuse to be stenographers

Journalists in J&K are resisting a media policy that seeks to empower officials to certify what is 'fake news'

3 Aug 2020 3:45 AM IST

Union home minister Amit Shah enters Medanta Hospital in Gurugram to be admitted after testing postive for COVID-19 on Sunday, Aug. 2, 2020. (PTI)

COVID-19 takes grip on Indian politicians, easily overhauls 18 lakh...

Amit Shah, Yediyurappa, Shivraj Chouhan, Tamil Nadu governor Banwarilal Purohit are COVID-19 positive

3 Aug 2020 1:16 AM IST

Indian Army trucks move towards Ladakh on the Manali-Leh highway in Kullu on July 31, 2020. (PTI)

India holds out for total Chinese pullback in Ladakh

In day-long talks between corps commanders, India demands a return to status quo ante of May 5

3 Aug 2020 12:19 AM IST

In what is seen as an indication that most of the disqualified legislators who joined BJP on Thursday will be partys candidates for December 5 bypolls, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa called them as future MLAs and Ministers, as he assured of keeping up the promise made to them. (Photo: File)

Karnataka CM Yediyurappa tests positive for COVID-19

The chief minister said on twitter that he has been recommended hospitalisation

3 Aug 2020 12:12 AM IST

India seeks new preferential treatment from US on drugs, other goods. (AFP Photo)

American countries look towards India for cheaper generic medicine

Ecuadorean envoy pointed out that generic medicine 'can cost up to 10 times more' in South/Latin America than in India

2 Aug 2020 6:41 PM IST

A cyclist passes a group of police and soldiers patrolling the Docklands area of Melbourne. (AFP)

Australia's second-biggest city imposes overnight curfew

Victoria, which is Australia's second most populated state, declared state of disaster over spike in new coronavirus...

2 Aug 2020 6:13 PM IST

Iranian Supreme Leader, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei addresses the nation in a televised speech. (AP)

Iran detains head of US-based 'terrorist' group

Jamshid Sharmahd, alleged head of opposition royalist group known as the Kingdom Assembly of Iran, is charged with a...

2 Aug 2020 5:52 PM IST

An Indian paramilitary soldier stands guard by a closed road, as Kashmiris marked Eid during lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus in in Srinagar. AP Photo

Waqyanawis | Will J&K statehood be announced from Red Fort on August...

The big question is whether Modi and his deputy, home minister Amit Shah, will think out of the box and do course...

2 Aug 2020 5:38 PM IST

Until recently, this avian proximity had been nothing but charming, but of late, when I stand by my window at dusk, looking at bats circle our apartment complex, Ive started to think they portend greater doom

When the pandemic hits too close to home

Sudden death is a cause of tragedy, yes, but it is also invariably a whodunnit

2 Aug 2020 5:23 PM IST

Amit Shah (PTI photo)

Amit Shah infected by COVID19

The home minister asked his contacts to get themselves tested

2 Aug 2020 5:18 PM IST

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee former Vice President Joe Biden delivers a speech at the William Hicks Anderson Community Center. (AFP)

Biden's VP pick: A shrinking list of top contenders

Biden had committed himself earlier to choosing a female running mate and is expected to announce his pick soon

2 Aug 2020 5:10 PM IST