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Dr Matee Chanjaruporn

Unsung Heroes' of Thailand's victory over COVID-19: Lessons for...

An exclusive interview with the doctor who founded Thailand's little-known but all-powerful brigade of Village Health...

26 Aug 2020 5:22 PM IST

BMC medical staff and doctors take blood plasma samples from a cured COVID-19 patient, at Dharavi in Mumbai. (PTI Photo)

Supreme Court dismisses petition seeking payment of salary to doctors,...

Senior Advocate K V Vishwanathan, appearing for the petitioner, raised the issue of ASHA Workers who have not been paid...

26 Aug 2020 5:14 PM IST

Phase II human trial of Oxford vaccine begins in Pune. A scientist works over an experimental coronavirus vaccine in a laboratory. (AFP Photo)

Serum Institute begins phase 2 clinical trial of Oxford COVID vaccine

In all 25 candidates will given the vaccine in the next seven days, according to Dr Lalwani

26 Aug 2020 5:01 PM IST

Supreme Court adjourns Sharjeel Imam's plea seeking clubbing of...

it will hear the matter after two weeks as the counsel appearing for Imam sought time to file some additional documents...

26 Aug 2020 4:21 PM IST

TRAI issues show-cause notice to Vodafone Idea on priority plan. (PTI Photo)

TRAI sends show-cause notice to Vodafone Idea, says priority plan is...

TRAI had been probing priority plan RedX and Platinum offering to see if network preference leads to deterioration of...

26 Aug 2020 4:06 PM IST

For decisions on removing content on violent extremism and content endangering child safety, YouTube tolerated a lower level of accuracy that resulted in a tripling of the number of videos pulled for breaking those rules, it said.

Triple the number of YouTube videos removed for endangering child...

Software relied on this quarter to cast a wider net so that content that could potentially harm the community would be...

26 Aug 2020 4:01 PM IST

Beachgoers enjoy a hot day in the sun at a beach in Bormes-les-Mimosas, southern France. (AP File)

French government defends freedom of topless sunbathing

After cops asked bare-breasted bathers to cover up on a Mediterranean beach, uproar ensued and reached the ears of...

26 Aug 2020 3:50 PM IST

Protestors face off with police outside the County Courthouse during demonstrations against the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin. (AFP)

Gunfire kills one as Wisconsin protests turn to chaos

Crowds chased a man running down the street with a rifle after they believed he had shot another man

26 Aug 2020 3:34 PM IST

Wang Xining, the Chinese Embassy in Australias deputy head of mission, speaks at the National Press Club about Australias call for an independent inquiry into the origins of and international responses to the pandemic in Canberra. (AP)

China feels betrayed by Australia's push for coronavirus origin...

The envoy quoted the play Julius Caesar in which the dictator realizes that his friend Brutus is among those who are...

26 Aug 2020 2:48 PM IST

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced that wheat, flour, rice and sugar packed hygienically in bags will be delivered to the doorstep of people under this scheme. (PTI Photo)

Amid fresh rise in COVID-19 cases, Delhi CM Kejriwal announces slew of...

The chief minister said that the government has issued directions for stringent enforcement of COVID-19 guidelines

26 Aug 2020 2:48 PM IST

Australian Brenton Harrison Tarrant, 29, sits in the dock at the Christchurch High Court for day two of sentencing after pleading guilty to 51 counts of murder, 40 counts of attempted murder and one count of terrorism in Christchurch. (AP)

Christchurch shooter has nothing to say at court sentencing

Tarrant watched the speakers, occasionally giving a small nod or covering his mouth as he laughs at jokes, often made at...

26 Aug 2020 2:25 PM IST

Japans exports, imports sank in May amid pandemic fallout. (AFP Photo)

Gujarat tops Export Preparedness Index 2020, Maharashtra comes second

Six coastal states -- Gujarat, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Karnataka and Kerala -- feature in the top ten rankings

26 Aug 2020 2:10 PM IST