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A man reads a newspaper next to the Pacific Ocean on the coast of Lima, Peru. (AP)

Even before virus, communities in US feel loss of newspapers

Digital outlets also have limitations, since many people in poor and rural areas are unable to count on reliable...

27 Jun 2020 9:58 AM IST

Metropolitan Police Department bicycle division officers stand guard after police closed the area around Lafayette Park near the White House after protesters tried to topple a statue of Andrew Jackson in the park in Washington. (AP)

Trump signs 'strong' executive order to protect monuments

Federal law authorises a penalty of up to 10 years in prison on any person or group that vandalises a monument

27 Jun 2020 8:59 AM IST

Representational Image. (AFP)

France confirms it will read black boxes of Ukrainian jet shot by Iran

The Ukraine International Airlines flight was shot down on January by an Iranian ground-to-air missile, killing 176...

27 Jun 2020 8:45 AM IST

Mumbais Dahi Handi celebrations attract hundreds of participants each year. (File Photo)

Dahi Handi organisers in Mumbai cancel celebrations due to COVID-19

Organisers are deterred by the continuing spread of the pandemic

27 Jun 2020 7:45 AM IST

File image of former minister Naeem Akhtar.

PDP's Naeem Akhtar claims authorities asked him to quit politics and...

Last week, authorities revoked Akhtar's detention under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA), but was later placed...

27 Jun 2020 5:10 AM IST

Balasaheb Thorat

Maharashtra Congress to hold protests against fuel price hikes on June...

The Congress also alleged that the Modi government failed to protect the borders of the country.

27 Jun 2020 4:30 AM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | Mahatma imperfect, but toppling history dooms you to...

Historical outrage against a person, nation, race, religion or caste, can be proved.

27 Jun 2020 2:40 AM IST

A technology analyst said Zoox has one of the better autonomous driving offerings but is currently suffering from its inability to forecast market readiness and demand for its product. (Photo | Zoox)

Amazon enters ride-hailing space with purchase of self-driving taxi...

Amazon and Zoox will compete with robotaxi offerings from Waymo, Cruise, Uber and Mobileye.

26 Jun 2020 8:40 PM IST

Sometimes it's ok to wait for the opportunity, says Sushmita Sen

The Aarya actress explains why it took her so many years to get back to acting

26 Jun 2020 8:27 PM IST

With a profusion of cameras and identity-matching, it raises the question how far is big data from Big Brother? (Photo | Flickr - Yeong-Nam)

Israel depends on its tech startups to stave off coronavirus second...

They hope to use the best technological tools to monitor the state of health of the population" but it raises...

26 Jun 2020 8:03 PM IST

Facebooks research has found that the timeliness of an article is an important piece of context that helps people decide what to read, trust and share and that some news organizations have complained that sharing of older stories purported to be current news can misconstrue the state of current events. (Photo | AP)

Coronavirus posts on Facebook will come with a notification on its...

Our goal is to make it easier for people to identify content that's timely, reliable and most valuable to them, a...

26 Jun 2020 7:25 PM IST

As a non-contact sport, tennis should lend itself more readily to a near normal comeback provided proper precautions are in place. AFP Photo

AA Edit | Don't Djoke' with COVID-19

The all-time great may personally nurse arcane beliefs like being an anti-vaxxer, as people who shun the science of...

26 Jun 2020 6:49 PM IST