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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

Representtaional Image. (AFP)

WHO halts hydroxychloroquine, HIV drugs in COVID trials

Another branch of the WHO-led trial is also looking at the potential effect of Gilead's antiviral drug remdesivir on...

5 July 2020 10:21 AM IST

Adverse impact on domestic economic activity as well as a slowdown in global trade has resulted in a steep contraction in cargo volumes at the major ports. (PTI Photo)

Port sector to witness cargo volume contraction, project delays: ICRA

Further, factors like changes in global supply chain pattern during the recovery phase will also have an impact on the...

5 July 2020 10:07 AM IST

The company said on June 26 that 140 of the roughly 8,000 staff at the factory had caught the virus and two had died. (PTI Photo)

Bajaj Auto unions demand factory halt after 250 workers test COVID-19...

It said work there would not be stopped, however, as the company wanted to learn to live with the virus

5 July 2020 9:46 AM IST

President Donald Trump speaks during a Salute to America event on the South Lawn of the White House, Saturday. (AP)

Fourth of July: Trump vows to defeat 'radical left' while virus soars

Fireworks display was held after Trump's speech, despite warnings that a mass spectator event would defy health...

5 July 2020 9:13 AM IST

One of the photos posted by the accused.

Kerala Police arrests West Bengal youth for impersonating as naval...

In a similar case, an accused was caught impersonating as Commander in the Indian Navy.

5 July 2020 4:58 AM IST

State banks reported 5,743 cases of fraud in the period, most of which had taken place over the last several years.

Mumbai Crime Branch busts racket providing fake COVID-19 travel e-pass

One of the officers posed as a customer to catch the culprits.

5 July 2020 4:18 AM IST

Former Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis.

Lack of coordination within Maharashtra government over COVID-19:...

Fadnavis also reviewed the situation during a meeting at Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC

5 July 2020 3:21 AM IST

Bahaar Dhawan Rohatgi, Fashion Influencer

The Covid-19 pandemic has hit the fashion industry hard

The coronavirus crisis has crumpled the social fabric of our lives and the fashion industry like

5 July 2020 12:06 AM IST

The state has superseded internet exceptionalism and instead used it as a weapon. (Photo | Pixabay - Gerd Altmann)

Tech This Week | Banning TikTok is another nail on coffin of internet...

The action against Chinese Apps is not about data protection but is a political manoeuvre.

4 July 2020 10:44 PM IST

Representative image of a vaccine being administered to a person. (Photo | US Air Force - Briana Jones)

Amid criticism, ICMR defends move to fast-track COVID-19 vaccine trial

ICMR said that the letter by DG Dr Balram Bhargawa was intended to cut unnecessary red tape, without bypassing any...

4 July 2020 10:26 PM IST

In this file photo taken on June 6, 2019 a US military Chinook helicopter lands on a field outside the governors palace during a visit by the commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, General Scott Miller, and Asadullah Khalid, acting minister of defense of Afghanistan, in Maidan Shar, capital of Wardak province. US President Donald Trump denied on June 28, 2020 being briefed on intelligence that reportedly showed Russia had offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants for killing US soldiers in Afghanistan. (Photo | AFP)

'US-Taliban deal won't ensure that Afghanistan soil won't be used to...

Both Republican and Democratic lawmakers, defense officials and Afghan experts say the Taliban is not living up to the...

4 July 2020 10:19 PM IST