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Delhi L-G Anil Baijal at Covid Care Centre at Radha Soami Satsang Beas (Photo- Twitter)

Delhi LG Anil Baijal inaugurates world's largest COVID-19 care centre...

While Delhi government provided administrative support, ITBP is operating the centre under name "Operation Corona...

5 July 2020 1:59 PM IST

Vials of the drug remdesivir during a press conference concerning the start of a study with the Ebola drug to treat severely ill patients afflicted with coronavirus COVID-19, at The University Hospital Eppendorf (UKE) in Hamburg, northern Germany, amidst the global pandemic. (AFP)

Remdesivir gets conditional EU clearance to be used in severe COVID-19...

The move comes just days after Gilead allocated nearly all of its supply of remdesivir for the next three months to the...

5 July 2020 1:54 PM IST

US Customs and Border Protection detained a shipment of weaves believed to be made in a Chinese detention camp. The shipment is suspected to be human hair. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection via AP)

Hair weaves suspected to be from Chinese detention camps seized

Recent reports say China has its ethnic minorities locked up in camps where they are subjected to ideological...

5 July 2020 12:58 PM IST

US president Donald Trump (left) and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (right). (AFP)

America loves India: Trump's reply to Modi's I-Day greeting

Prime Minister Modi on Saturday congratulated President Trump and the people of the US on the country's 244th...

5 July 2020 12:39 PM IST

Kanye West attends the 2020 Vanity Fair Oscar Party following the 92nd annual Oscars at The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills. (AFP)

Rapper Kanye West announces US presidential bid on Twitter

'You have my full support!', wrote Elon Musk in support for Kanye's announcement

5 July 2020 11:44 AM IST

Senior Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan. (PTI Photo)

Prithviraj Chavan questions ICMR plans for vaccine by Aug 15

To support his claims, Chavan referred to article in New York Times saying Can a vaccine for Covid-19 be developed in...

5 July 2020 11:44 AM IST

Indian Air Force is significantly enhancing deployment of its frontline jets, attack helicopters and transport fleet in all its key bases guarding the airspace along the LAC. (AFP Photo)

India-China border: IAF ramping up deployment of fighter jets,...

It also deployed Apache attack choppers and Chinook heavy-lift helicopters to transport troops to various forward...

5 July 2020 11:32 AM IST

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to the press as he volunteers at the Moisson Outaouais food bank in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. (AFP)

China rebukes Canada over criticism of Hong Kong security law

Canadian PM Trudeau on Friday announced that Canada was suspending its extradition treaty with Hong Kong due to the law

5 July 2020 11:09 AM IST

A health worker collects a sample of a man for COVID-19 test at a centre, in New Delhi. PTI photo

India's covid total touches 6.73 lakh after 24,850 record cases in a...

This is the third consecutive day that coronavirus infections have increased by more than 20,000 in the country

5 July 2020 11:03 AM IST

The 10 most valued Indian companies together added a whopping Rs 1,37,508.61 crore in market valuation last week. (PTI Photo)

Top-10 firms add Rs 1.37 lakh cr in m-cap; TCS, RIL major gainers

Reliance Industries Limited added Rs 28,464.11 crore to take its market valuation to Rs 11,33,168.55 crore

5 July 2020 10:49 AM IST

Uber shuts Mumbai office, services for riders to remain unaffected. (AFP Photo)

Uber takes cost-cutting drive, shuts Mumbai office

In May, Uber had said it is laying off about 600 employees as business has taken a major hit amid COVID-19 pandemic

5 July 2020 10:46 AM IST

A Christian woman wearing a face mask to help protect against the spread of the new coronavirus scans a QR code on her smartphone before attending a service at the Yoido Full Gospel Church in Seoul, South Korea. (AP)

Record spike in daily global coronavirus cases, up more than 212,000

Global coronavirus cases exceeded 11 million on Friday, marking another unfortunate milestone in the spread of the...

5 July 2020 10:42 AM IST