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Ram temple trust chief, who attended bhoomi pujan, tests positive for COVID-19

Ram temple trust chief, who attended bhoomi pujan, tests positive for...

CM Yogi Adityanath has taken detailed information on the health condition of Das, a senior government official said

13 Aug 2020 3:40 PM IST

Sonia, Rahul seek withdrawal of EIA 2020. (PTI Photo)

Stop dismantling environmental rules: Sonia, Rahul seek immediate...

Congress president Sonia Gandhi has said that the government has a social obligation to protect the environment and must...

13 Aug 2020 3:01 PM IST

Nurses collect the data of people about to get tested for COVID-19 at a testing center in the capital Kigali, Rwanda. (AP)

Limited testing supplies? Rwandan researchers make use of pool testing

Some experts, and even the researchers, had initially noted concerns that the complexity of the approach could deter its...

13 Aug 2020 2:38 PM IST

Supreme Court made clear to the Centre on Friday that it would not pass any order on the plea seeking closure of cases against two Italian marines. (PTI Photo)

Supreme Court allows Prashant Bhushan, others to withdraw petition on...

The petitioners had challenged the constitutional validity of a legal provision dealing with criminal contempt for...

13 Aug 2020 2:28 PM IST

People wear face masks and keep social distancing as they enter a cinema following an ease in restrictions that had been imposed to help control the coronavirus, in Peshawar, Pakistan. (AP)

US urges its citizens not to travel to Pakistan citing pandemic and...

US' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a Level 3 Travel Health Notice for Pakistan due to...

13 Aug 2020 2:23 PM IST

Heavy to very heavy rains lashed isolated parts of Mumbai and neighbouring Thane, Palghar and Raigad districts in the last 24 hours. (PTI Photo)

Heavy rains hit parts of Mumbai; IMD issues warning for Konkan,...

According to the IMD, the Dahanu weather station in coastal Palghar reported 90.1 mm rainfall in the last 24 hours

13 Aug 2020 2:04 PM IST

The government issued a stay-at-home order for its approximately 750,000 people, and all schools, offices and commercial establishments were closed. (Representational Image: AFP)

Bhutan imposes 1st nationwide virus lockdown

Bhutan's 113 reported COVID-19 infections were all quarantined travellers, except for one with conflicting test results

13 Aug 2020 1:42 PM IST

Represnetational (ANI file photo)

Security forces unearth militant hideouts in Awantipora

Acting on a tip off about presence of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militants in Badroo forests of Awantipora

13 Aug 2020 1:37 PM IST

A medic wearing a PPE conducts COVID-19 rapid antigen testing, in Kolkata, Monday. (PTI)

As COVID-19 cases mount, Centre says it has distributed 3 cr free N95...

The central role of the government has been in strengthening the health infrastructure of the states and Union...

13 Aug 2020 1:34 PM IST

Hyderabad-based startup Skyroot Aerospace successfully tested an upper-stage rocket engine (Photo- Skyroot Facebook)

Skyroot Aerospace becomes first Indian startup to test upper-stage...

The startup has so far raised Rs 31.5 crore till now and is in the process of raising another Rs 90 crore before 2021

13 Aug 2020 1:19 PM IST

The William sisters during a tennis match (file AP photo)

Williams sisters' match heralds return of tennis

The siblings meet each other for the 31st time when they take the court at a WTA tournament in Kentucky on Thursday

13 Aug 2020 1:16 PM IST

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

One of us: South Asians celebrate Harris as VP choice

The choice has already led to social media musings of celebrating Diwali at the White House

13 Aug 2020 1:07 PM IST