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US is expected to report a record-breaking economic plunge. (AP Photo)

US expected to report record-breaking economic fall

A huge plunge in consumer spending sent the economy sinking at a roughly 32 per cent annual rate in the April-June...

30 July 2020 4:07 PM IST

West Bengal Congress chief Somen Mitra dies at 78 in Kolkata

Sources at the private hospital where Mitra was admitted to said he died due to heart and age-related ailments.

30 July 2020 3:32 PM IST

$Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos testifies before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law hearing on \Online Platforms and Market Power\ in the Rayburn House office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on July 29, 2020. While forced breakups of what the chairman of the panel described as monopolies may appear unlikely, the wide scrutiny of Big Tech points toward possible new restrictions on its power. (Photo | AFP)$ Technology

Big Tech CEOs pulled up at antitrust hearing but will it translate to...

The premise is whether existing competition policies and laws are adequate for overseeing the tech giants, or if new...

30 July 2020 3:24 PM IST

After blowing the lid off the big-ticket IL&FS scam, the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) is likely to look into the mega fraud alleged against Indiabulls Group by Rajya Sabha member Subramanian Swamy.

CBI books 4 navy officers, 14 others for defrauding Western Naval...

The bills were allegedly raised between January and March in 2016 at the Western Naval Command in Mumbai

30 July 2020 3:02 PM IST

The army vehicle which was part of a convoy ambushed on the Pengeri-Digboi road near the Pengeri reserve forest in Assam. (Photo: PTI)

Militants open fire at Army vehicle in Pulwama, no casualties

The ultras opened fire on the vehicle of the Army at Drubgam Payeen in Pulwama and fled from the spot

30 July 2020 3:02 PM IST

Ambulance officers transfer a resident from the Epping Gardens aged care facility in the Melbourne suburb of Epping as the city battles fresh outbreaks of the COVID-19 coronavirus. (AFP)

Australia's elder-care homes most vulnerable amid virus resurgence

Government has deployed disaster-relief teams to elderly-care centres and extended Melbourne's lockdown measures to...

30 July 2020 3:01 PM IST

IndiGo reported a net loss of Rs 2,844 crore in the quarter ended June. (PTI Photo)

IndiGo revenue dips 92%, reports Q1 net loss of Rs 2,844 crore

Passenger ticket revenues were Rs 585 crore, down 93 per cent and ancillary revenues slipped 81 per cent to Rs 169 crore

30 July 2020 2:56 PM IST

File image of Jaya Jaitly.

Tehelka expose: Jaya Jaitly, two others sentenced to four years in...

Gopal Pacherwal and Major General SP Murgai (retd) were also held guilty of corruption and criminal conspiracy.

30 July 2020 2:52 PM IST

US Senator Chuck Grassley. (AFP)

China, India got richer but refused to take on more responsibilities:...

The senator also applauded US President Donald Trump for taking on this 'imbalance' to make the World Trade Organization...

30 July 2020 2:10 PM IST

Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray visits Pune, which is badly hit by the virus following Mumbai. (PTI Photo)

Uddhav Thackeray review COVID situation in Pune

Thackeray has come under severe criticism for mostly remaining confined to his house during the epidemic

30 July 2020 2:06 PM IST

Police inspect the encounter site where gangster Vikas Dubey was killed when he allegedly tried to escape from the spot following an accident, near Kanpur. PTI Photo

Vikas Dubey's close aide surrenders in UP court

The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) and Kanpur Police were on the lookout for Saini since July 3

30 July 2020 1:56 PM IST

Riot police secure a shopping mall after prostesters gathered to mark one year since a group of white-clad men attacked pro-democracy protesters who were returning home from protests at the nearby Yuen Long train station, in Hong Kong. (AFP)

Hong Kong police help #HKIndependence trend on Twitter by accident

Hong Kong's Twitter warriors were quick to pounce, many of them mocking the city's police force for helping to make the...

30 July 2020 1:50 PM IST