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The EC was responding to a story carried out by this paper in which former IAS officer Kannan Gopinathan had raised serious concerns with regard to sanctity of EVMs due to use of VVPAT machines, saying VVPATs have made EVMs amenable to hacking.

EC tweaks postal ballot procedure

A Booth Level Officer (BLO) will visit the houses of the concerned electors in the polling station area and deliver 12-D...

5 Oct 2020 11:57 AM IST

This June 22, 2020, satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows the Line of Actual Control between India and China. Chinese and Indian military commanders agreed to disengage their forces in the disputed area of the Himalayas following a clash that left at least 20 soldiers dead, both countries said. The commanders reached the agreement Monday, June 22, 2020 in their first meeting since the June 15 confrontation, the countries said. (Maxar Technologies via AP)

India, China commanders meet on October 12

This will be last meeting under 14 Corps Commander Lt Gen Harinder Singh who is all set to take charge as Commandant of...

5 Oct 2020 11:48 AM IST

The list of frontline health workers will include both government as well as private-sector doctors, nurses, paramedics, sanitary staff, ASHA workers and surveillance officers. (AFP representational image)

Plans to vaccinate 25 crore people by July 2021: Minister

The Centre estimates to receive and utilise 40-50 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccine covering 20-25 crore people by July...

5 Oct 2020 11:36 AM IST

$Vorayuth \Boss\ Yoovidhya, whose grandfather co-founded energy drink company Red Bull, walks to get in a car as he leaves a house in London. Charges have been dropped against the Thai heir to the Red Bull energy drink fortune who is accused in a 2012 car crash that killed a Bangkok police officer, Thai police said Friday, July 24, 2020. (AP)$ World

Interpol issues 'red notice' for Thai Red Bull heir over hit-and-run

The charges against Vorayuth, grandson of Red Bull's co-founder, were dropped in July - sparking public outrage from...

5 Oct 2020 11:27 AM IST

Peoples Pioneer Partys (PPP) candidate Myo Min Tun talking to the media in his office in Mandalay, ahead of the November 8 general election. - Outraged over ongoing discrimination in Myanmar, Myo Min Tun decided to stand as the first openly gay election candidate in a country where same-sex relations are illegal. (AFP)

I don't want to lie: Gay pioneer stands in Myanmar election

Same-sex relations are still illegal in Myanmar - even if space is opening up for the LGBT+ community in the...

5 Oct 2020 11:01 AM IST

A national library employee shows a gold Nobel Prize medal in Bogota, Colombia. The Nobels, with new winners announced starting Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, often concentrate on unheralded, methodical, basic science. (AP File)

2020 Nobel season opens with medicine prize

No prizes are expected to be awarded this year for work directly linked to the new coronavirus

5 Oct 2020 10:53 AM IST

$PM Jacinda Ardern declared New Zealand \beat the virus again\. (Image: Facebook/Jacinda Ardern)$ World

New Zealand's Jacinda Ardern says 'we beat the virus again'

Ardern announced restrictions in the country's largest city would be eased, after a second COVID-19 wave was contained

5 Oct 2020 10:17 AM IST

US President Trump waves from the back of a car in a motorcade outside of Walter Reed Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland on October 4, 2020. (AFP)

COVID-hit Trump briefly leaves hospital to drive by supporters

The US president was moved to the military hospital on Friday, which his doctors and White House said was taken out of...

5 Oct 2020 9:46 AM IST

Watson (83 off 53 balls) hit his first half-century of the season and together with Du Plessis, who smashed 87 of 53 balls, led Chennai past Punjabs 178 for four. (Photo | PTI)

Chennai post a 10-wicket win with openers Shane Watson, Faf Du Plessis...

The partnership was Chennai's best opening stand in the Twenty20 tournament as the MS Dhoni-led team bounced back after...

5 Oct 2020 12:35 AM IST

Weaken/remove encryption, and Facebook will instantly be branded Orwellian. Enforce encryption, and it becomes a lot harder to deal with bad actors on the platform. There are no winners here.

Tech This Week | Facebook services integration comes with trade-offs

Once WhatsApp and Instagram (and Oculus) became sufficiently big, it was time to integrate these properties into the...

4 Oct 2020 10:32 PM IST

The swashbuckling duo of Hardika Pandya and Kieron Pollard scored 28 and 25 respectively. (Photo | PTI)

Quinton de Kock leads the blaze for Mumbai Indians in their 34-run win...

The seasoned South African scored a sizzling 67 off 39 balls.

4 Oct 2020 9:11 PM IST

On the deck of The First Ship: Officers who commanded INS Viraat go down memory lane

On the deck of The First Ship: Officers who commanded INS Viraat go...

The Viratees have retired but their memories of and on INS Viraat are still fresh, and they are transported right back...

4 Oct 2020 8:01 PM IST