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Along with the campaign against cyber bullying, the Maharashtra State Commission for Women (MSCW) has also launched a campaign to raise awareness about domestic abuse called #UnMuteTheAbuse campaign on social media. The objective of the campaign is to get people to accept that domestic abuse is a long-standing problem that has seen an increase during the lockdown. (Photo | Flickr - ipredator)

Maharashtra launches digital campaign against cyber bullying, domestic...

More than 50 webinars will be held across the state to educate and train young girls and women and certify them as ...

23 July 2020 8:39 PM IST

Their selection board will be scheduled as soon as all affected SSC women officers exercise their option and complete requisite documentation, the Army said.

Centre issues order for permanent commission of women in Indian Army

Army Spokesperson Col Aman Anand said the government order paved the way for empowering of women officers to shoulder...

23 July 2020 8:14 PM IST

Inside a Walmart India Best Price Store. (Photo | Walmart India)

Flipkart to enter wholesale space, buys Walmart India's business

The move will further intensify competition with Flipkart's rival Amazon that has a similar offering for the B2B...

23 July 2020 8:14 PM IST

JNU Vice Chancellor Professor M Jagadesh Kumar said the university has streamlined many procedures by adopting digital technologies over the last four years and more such reforms are in the offing.

JNU digitalises student assessment processes amid shutdown

All official requirements, such as plagiarism check of draft dissertations and theses and fee payment will be done...

23 July 2020 7:38 PM IST

The ministry says a delegation led by its Directorate of Defense Research and Development will travel to India in the coming weeks to experiment with different tests that use voice recordings, breathalyzers, isothermal technology and analysis of polyamino acids.(AFP)

Israel will send research team to India to test out diagnostic...

The delegation will also bring cutting-edge equipment' donated by the government and the private sector, including...

23 July 2020 7:25 PM IST

A funeral home worker in A protective suit disinfects a coffin carrying a woman who died from COVID-19, as they prepare for a funeral in Katlehong, near Johannesburg, South Africa. (AP)

South Africa 59% excess deaths imply hidden COVID-19 toll

Africa's most industrialised nation is in the middle of a runaway epidemic of the coronavirus, with cases increasing by...

23 July 2020 7:16 PM IST

The Jawaharlal Nehru University campus. (PTI)

Soon, JNU students will be able to submit MTech, MPhil dissertations...

The proposal was approved at the 286th Executive Council meeting of the university.

23 July 2020 7:10 PM IST

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Kerala to decide on complete lockdown on Monday

Assembly session scheduled for Monday suspended

23 July 2020 7:00 PM IST

Chief executive Jack Dorsey said the user gains showed the highest quarterly year-over-year growth rate weve delivered using this measure. (Photo | Twitter - Jack Dorsey)

Revenue loss hurts Twitter amid pandemic despite surge in users

Twitter's revenue slumped 19 percent from a year ago to $683 million.

23 July 2020 6:38 PM IST

QAnon became a force this year in protests against confinement and masks during the COVID-19 pandemic, in both the United States and Europe. Some claim the virus is a hoax and others that it is Chinas contribution to the plot against Trump. The movement has followers in the military and police as well and more than a dozen Republican candidates for Congress in November openly support the group. (Photo | AFP)

Conspiracy theorist group QAnon has hundreds of thousands of...

More than 7,000 accounts linked with QAnon, which supports Trump and believes the deep state is trying to overthrow him,...

23 July 2020 4:52 PM IST

A Taiwanese Air Force F-16 in foreground flies on the flank of a Chinese Peoples Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) H-6 bomber as it passes near Taiwan. (Republic of China (ROC) Ministry of National Defense via AP)

Taiwan says China sending military planes near island almost daily

China claims the self-ruling island democracy as its own territory and threatens to use People's Liberation Army to...

23 July 2020 4:34 PM IST

A health care worker prepares to conduct a COVID-19 test on the occupants of a vehicle at the testing site setup in the Hard Rock Stadium parking lot in Miami Gardens, Florida. (AFP)

US labs buckle under pressure as testing surge

Over 700,000 people are tested per day in US, while California and Florida states still top the charts with highest...

23 July 2020 4:32 PM IST