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A medic carries waste materials that were used during the treatment of COVID-19 patients to throw in a dustbin. (PTI)

Mumbai HC seeks government's clarification on disposal of COVID-19...

A PIL was filed claiming untreated biomedical waste generated by hospitals, pathology labs was being dumped at...

2 July 2020 11:10 AM IST

Gurugram under lockdown. (PTI)

India's coronavirus tally crosses 6 lakh mark in a span of just five...

The COVID-19 case load increased to 6,04,641 while 434 people have succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours

2 July 2020 11:08 AM IST

A cop surveys the scene at the Kempegowda International Airport during Bengalurus lockdown on March 21. (Photo: Satish B)

GVK group in trouble

On April 4, 2006 AAI entered into an agreement with MIAL for modernisation, upkeep, operation and maintenance of Mumbai...

2 July 2020 11:04 AM IST

Protesters chant slogans and gesture during a rally against a new national security law in Hong Kong on July 1, 2020, on the 23rd anniversary of the citys handover from Britain to China. (AFP)

Australia considering to provide 'safe haven' for Hong Kongers

China's parliament passed the controversial national security law for Hong Kong on Tuesday against disapproval from...

2 July 2020 10:45 AM IST

A health worker collects swab samples of a man for COVID-19 testing in a containment zone amid lockdown in Guwahati. PTI

Centre asks states to ramp up testing as India's COVID-19 struggle...

India on Wednesday registered 18,653 fresh cases of the coronavirus, taking its overall tally to 5,85,493

2 July 2020 10:40 AM IST

The Taj Mahal Palace, one of the sites of the 2008 terror attacks that had claimed 166 lives. (Photo: PTI)

Maharashtra home minister reviews security in state after Hotel Taj...

The iconic Taj Mahal Palace hotel in Colaba was among the targets of terrorists during the 26/1 terror attack.

2 July 2020 10:32 AM IST

Oil prices dipped on Thursday after the United States recorded its biggest one-day spike in coronavirus cases. (AFP Photo)

Oil prices slip on demand fears as virus cases surge

The EIA data showed that gasoline imports hit the highest level since last August and peaked the most on a seasonal...

2 July 2020 10:30 AM IST

(GRAPHIC CONTENT) Three-year-old Ayaad sits on the body of his grandson Bashir Ahmed Khan (65) after he died during a gunfight between security forces and militants in Sopore in Kashmir on Wednesday. The security authorities said the man was hit by a bullet fired by a militant but the mans family said he was shot in cold blood by the security forces.

Bystander's death in the presence of his grandson turns controversial...

Security forces claim to have rescued the three-year-old child but family says it was cold-blooded murder

2 July 2020 9:23 AM IST

Shoppers walk around Garden State Plaza in Paramus, N.J., as New Jerseys indoor shopping malls reopened Monday from their COVID-19 pause.(AP)

US reports more than 50,000 new coronavirus cases in single day

President Donald Trump reiterated his belief that the contagion will 'at some point... sort of just disappear, I hope'

2 July 2020 9:13 AM IST

New Zealand Health Minister David Clark, center, flanked by Cabinet colleagues Grant Robertson, left, and Kris Faafoi arrives at a press conference where he announced his resignationat parliament in Wellington, New Zealand Thursday, July 2, 2020. (AP)

New Zealand's health minister resigns after virus blunders

'It is essential our health leadership has the confidence of the New Zealand public,' PM Jacinda Ardern said in a...

2 July 2020 8:51 AM IST

Russian President Vladimir Putin shows his passport to a member of a local electoral commission as he arrives to cast his ballot in a nationwide vote on constitutional reforms at a polling station in Moscow on July 1, 2020. (AFP)

Putin could stay in power till 2036 as per the new constitution...

In a seven day long voting, Russians overwhelmingly approved the package for constitutional changes put forward by...

2 July 2020 8:37 AM IST

Performers, including former actress Genelia Deshmukh

TikTok influencers unfazed by ban, confident of gaining fame and money...

They will bear the brunt of losing income for the sake of the nation, they say

1 July 2020 11:52 PM IST