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Policemen wearing face masks keep vigil at barricades of a coronavirus containment zone in Kolkata. The Union government has extended the ban on flights to the city in view of the growth in infectionsn. AP)

Ban on flights to Kolkata extended to July 31

Mamata Banerjee requested an extension of the ban in view of the rise in COVID-19 cases

18 July 2020 11:15 AM IST

Kulbhushan Jadhav. (PTI Photo)

After Thursday's fiasco, Pakistan offers third consular access to...

India had lodged a protest with Pakistan after Indian officials were not given unimpeded, unhindered and unconditional...

18 July 2020 10:27 AM IST

Rescue operations at the site of the building collapse. (PTI)

Death toll in Mumbai building collapse rises to 10; 32-year-old man...

The six-storey Bhanushali Building in south Mumbai was around 100 years old.

18 July 2020 9:30 AM IST

Every day, funeral processions are telecast on local cable TV channels in the Charminar area of the Old City. (DC Photo: SSR)

Hyderabad's biz community in fright after sweet shop owner dies of...

Hyderabad's biz community in fright after sweet shop owner dies of Covid

18 July 2020 8:39 AM IST

File photo of UK chancellor of the exchequer Rishi Sunak (right) speaking to employees during a visit to a factory in Worcester, central England earlier this month. (AFP)

Farrukh Dhondy | Rishi and Priti bring us Bringapore

We're beginning to see the shape of the post-COVID UK: Freeports all around but a wall in the channel

18 July 2020 12:43 AM IST

Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot has survived Sachin Pilots challenge but there is little doubt that the BJP is out to dislodge him. (PTI)

Anand K Sahay | Why the BJP is like the fox in the chicken coop

Ashok Gehlot has survived for now but he must know the BJP has put a mark on him

18 July 2020 12:04 AM IST

Reliances JioMart has had a shaky start with customers complaining about rotting vegetables, missing deliveries and delayed refunds.

Reliance's telecom strategy to make JioMart a success in ecommerce a...

Modernising India's creaky, inefficient supply chains will not be easy, even for Reliance, the nation's largest retailer...

17 July 2020 10:20 PM IST

Zoom last month released an enhanced and encrypted version of the application in order to ensure protection and privacy of personal information. (Photo | Flickr- Marco Verch)

Update your Zoom app or hackers could get access, says national cyber...

The Computer Emergency Response Team of India (CERT-In) says a vulnerability in an earlier version of the app could be...

17 July 2020 9:23 PM IST

Ultimate subscribers, who pay $15 monthly, will be able to access a library of games for play on Xbox consoles or Windows-powered computers.

XBox to debut cloud gaming service in September

Gamers can continue their game wherever they left off on any of your devices, Microsoft said.

17 July 2020 8:25 PM IST

Just hours before Wednesdays hack of Twitter handles, the House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Reform called for the appointment of a national cybersecurity czar. (Photo | Pixabay - Gerd Altmann)

Twitter hack brings up concerns about social media manipulation ahead...

Tweets may increase misperception and sow confusion during crises, creating escalation incentives for an adversary,...

17 July 2020 7:36 PM IST

The TikTok app, which was dropped like a hot potato, has gone offline and stopped working completely for users in India (Photo | Pixabay - Kon Karampelas)

To avoid US ban, TikTok may sever ties with Chinese company ByteDance

A White House advisor says he expects TikTok to operate as an independent company in the US to skirt the proposed ban.

17 July 2020 5:31 PM IST

Defence minister Rajnath Singh addresses the ITBP personnel in Ladakh on Friday. DC Photo

Rajnath Singh in Ladakh: Talks underway to resolve India-China issue

The defence minister witnessed para dropping and scoping weapons here. He also inspected a Pika machine gun

17 July 2020 4:42 PM IST