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BJP's new target: A million happy birthday' selfies on PM Modi's B-Day

The million videos will have to showcase unity in diversity across India

12 Sept 2020 1:38 PM IST

Jubilant Generics gets nod to manufacture, market anti-viral drug Remdesivir. (Representational Image)

US hospitals turn down remdesivir, limit use to severely ill since...

The slowdown suggests that a shortage of the drug is over and threatens Gilead's efforts to expand use of remdesivir

12 Sept 2020 1:10 PM IST

Venezuelas President Nicolas Maduro speaking during a televised announcement from Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas. (AFP)

Maduro announces arrest of 'American spy' near Venezuelan refineries

The arrest occurred after a 'plan to cause an explosion' was 'discovered and dismantled' at El Palito refinery,...

12 Sept 2020 12:38 PM IST

A woman wearing white protective gear, mourns after taking a glimpse of her husbands body, a victim of COVID 19, at a cremation site in Guwahati on Sept. 10, 2020. Experts caution that Indias outbreak is entering a more dangerous phase as the virus spreads to smaller towns and villages. (AP)

ICMR shocker: India missed 80 corona cases for every one detected

By that reckoning, 40 per cent of the population has been exposed to the virus

12 Sept 2020 12:27 PM IST

Firefighters monitor a controlled burn along Nacimiento-Fergusson Road to help contain the Dolan Fire near Big Sur, California. (AP)

Dozens still missing in Oregon as weather helps fire fight

Hundreds of firefighters were battling two large blazes that threatened to merge near the most populated part of Oregon

12 Sept 2020 12:10 PM IST

It is a warfighting song, drawing from the energy of Indian celebrations, inspiring our community to awaken and vote for Biden-Harris in November, Bhutoria said after the video was released on various social media platforms on Thursday. (Screengrab from Youtube video)

Biden supporters release remix of Bollywood song to woo...

'Chale Chalo, Chale Chalo, Biden ko Vote do, Biden ki Jeet Ho, Unki Haar Haan,' say the lyrics of the song

12 Sept 2020 11:27 AM IST

Peace talks to begin between Taliban, Afghan government 19 years after 9/11 triggered war

Peace talks to begin between Taliban, Afghan government 19 years after...

The US-backed negotiations come six months later than planned owing to bitter disagreements over a controversial...

12 Sept 2020 10:47 AM IST

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko speaks during a cabinet meeting in Minsk, Belarus. (AP)

Belarus' Lukashenko set to visit Russia as protests continue in...

The post-election protests have attracted the biggest crowds on Sundays, when up to 200,000 people have flooded the...

12 Sept 2020 10:06 AM IST

Houses are on fire in Gawdu Zara village, northern Rakhine state, Myanmar. Two soldiers who defected from Myanmars army and confessed on video to taking part in massacres, rape, and other crimes against the Muslim Rohingya minority are believed to be in the custody of the International Criminal Court in the Netherlands and should be prosecuted to obtain their evidence, a human rights organization said Tuesday. (AP)

UN council members urge halt to Myanmar-Arakan Army fighting

UN called on Myanmar to address the long-term causes of the crisis that led more than 700,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee...

12 Sept 2020 9:43 AM IST

Nora Dannehy, a federal prosecutor who was helping lead the investigation into the origins of the Trump-Russia probe has resigned from the Justice Department. (AP)

US prosecutor looking into the origins of Russia probe resigns

Her departure could complicate the final stretch of an investigation already slowed by pandemic but eagerly anticipated...

12 Sept 2020 9:22 AM IST

People wait outside a COVID-19 testing clinic in Montreal, Monday, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues in Canada and around the world. (AP)

Canada reports zero COVID-19 deaths for the first time since March

With most provinces easing lockdown and as schools reopen for in-person classes, Canada's infections have seen a mild...

12 Sept 2020 8:56 AM IST

Shiv Sena alleged that the letter written by 23 senior Congress leaders to Sonia Gandhi was a conspiracy to finish off Rahul Gandhis leadership. (PTI Photo)

Sonia rejigs Congress Working Committee; Rahul's stamp evident in...

Gandhi also restructured the central election authority of the party, which will elect new prez

12 Sept 2020 7:23 AM IST