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Ex-IAS officer Rajiv Kumar.

Ex-IAS officer Rajiv Kumar appointed new election commissioner,...

Kumar, a retired 1984-batch IAS officer of the Jharkhand cadre, will have a five-year tenure and retire in 2025.

22 Aug 2020 2:55 PM IST

The CCIs basis for dismissal of the anti-trust case against Whatsapp is that UPI payments apps are an evolving market. But it does not appreciate the power of network effects and convenience enough. Yes, the payments feature is not going to be coerced onto users, but if Facebooks history is anything to go by, it might not make a difference.

Tech This Week | The UPI payments space is in for its biggest shift...

Earlier this week, the Competition Commission of India dismissed an anti-trust case against WhatsApp Pay.

22 Aug 2020 2:45 PM IST

Border Security Force (BSF) personnel stand guard along the Srinagar-Leh National highway, in Ganderbal district of Central Kashmir. PTI photo

BSF kills five Pakistani intruders along the International Border in...

This is the highest number of intruders killed in a single incident along the over 3,300 km-long border with Pakistan in...

22 Aug 2020 2:29 PM IST

Trump has used Twitter in particular to stoke unsubstantiated doubts about mail-in voting, just months before Americans are expected to vote by mail in massive numbers due to the coronavirus pandemic. Google-owned YouTube will take down content aimed at manipulation, including videos that contain hacked information about a political candidate shared with the intent to interfere in an election, according to a statement. (Photo | AP)

If Trump loses, social media anticipates a fight, plans strategy to...

Facebook is considering options including a kill switch to shut off political advertising after election day to thwart...

22 Aug 2020 2:18 PM IST

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Bidens running mate Senator Kamala Harris. (AFP)

Democrats see racism in mispronunciations of 'Kamala'

US Vice President Mike Pence referred to her as 'kah-MAH'-lah,' putting his emphasis on the second syllable, at events...

22 Aug 2020 1:51 PM IST

The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Monday released five political leaders who have been under detention since August 5, the day when the Centre announced the abrogation of Article 370 provisions and bifurcation of the state. (Photo: PTI)

Jammu and Kashmir: Security personnel kill one militant in Baramulla...

Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Check-i-Saloosa area of Kreeri in north Kashmir's Baramulla...

22 Aug 2020 1:44 PM IST

Visa, OCI card suspension prevents several Indians in US from flying back home. (PTI Photo)

Indian national arrested in USD 21 million H-1B visa fraud

Ashish Sawhney allegedly used four corporations to orchestrate improper submission of fraudulent applications for H-1B...

22 Aug 2020 1:09 PM IST

US President Donald Trump. (AFP)

Judge rebuffs Trump again on tax records; appeals underway

Trump's lawyers noted in a court filing that they were making the same request of an appeals court and the Supreme Court

22 Aug 2020 12:46 PM IST

Travellers left behind nearly a million dollars at U.S. airport security checkpoints last year, including about $19,000 in foreign currency. (Representational Image: AFP)

Travellers left behind nearly a million dollars at airport US...

Federal regulators say much of the lost money came from people emptying their pockets for security scans

22 Aug 2020 12:16 PM IST

A member of a California Dept. of Corrections fire crew runs along a containment line with a chainsaw while fighting the CZU August Lightning Complex Fire. (AP)

California fires claim 6 lives, threaten thousands of homes

Many of the fires were sparked by lightning strikes, nearly 12,000 of them caused by brief thunderstorms since last...

22 Aug 2020 11:47 AM IST

This satellite image released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows Tropical Storm Laura in the North Atlantic Ocean, Friday, Aug. 21, 2020. Laura formed Friday in the eastern Caribbean and forecasters said it poses a potential hurricane threat to Florida and the U.S. Gulf Coast. A second storm also may hit the U.S. after running into Mexicos Yucatan Peninsula. (NOAA via AP)

2 newly formed tropical storms pose a potential double threat to US...

Two hurricanes have never appeared in the Gulf of Mexico at the same time, according to records going back to at least...

22 Aug 2020 11:19 AM IST

An unidentified representative of the junta waves from a military vehicle as Malians supporting the recent overthrow of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita gather to celebrate in the capital Bamako. (AP)

Thousands in Mali's capital welcome president's downfall

ECOWAS leaders have suspended Mali's membership, closed its borders and said that financial sanctions would be imposed...

22 Aug 2020 10:55 AM IST