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Chinese consumersknown for eagerly embracing e-commerce, online payments and other digital solutionsare lining up for a spin in DiDi Chuxings self-developed autonomous taxis at a Shanghai pilot project launched in June. (Photo | AFP)

China begins testing robotaxis for hire amid race against US tech...

Autonomous hired cars are considered ideal for accumulating driving time and the data cache needed for cars to learn and...

9 Aug 2020 4:33 PM IST

I swallowed, collected my scattered wits, and told the driver there was something wrong with the meter.

Shashi Warrier | My first brush with a Madras autowallah

One final instruction relayed from my Madras cousin: Don't ever take an autorickshaw in madras because the drivers are...

9 Aug 2020 4:32 PM IST

While Twitter does allow for the sharing of videos, most posts contain short text messages and photos or GIFs. In 2012 Twitter acquired the platform Vine, which allowed users to share short videos, but shut down the service in 2016. (Photo | MaxPixel.net)

Twitter also in talks to purchase TikTok, says report

Twitter's bid is a long shot, but it believes it would face less antitrust scrutiny than larger corporations such as...

9 Aug 2020 3:51 PM IST

Lebanons Information Minister Manal Abdel Samad. (AFP)

Lebanon information minister quits in first government resignation...

The head of Lebanon's Maronite church meanwhile called on the entire government to step down over the August 4 explosion

9 Aug 2020 3:47 PM IST

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar. (AP)

Trump official lands in Taiwan for highest-level US visit since 1979

China described the visit as a threat to peace and stability', while the defence minister warned against US making any...

9 Aug 2020 3:14 PM IST

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko casts his ballot at a polling station during the presidential election in Minsk, Belarus. (AP)

Belarus' strongman president faces a tough election

Incumbent Alexander Lukashenko has made it clear he won't hesitate to quash any protests against the results of Sunday's...

9 Aug 2020 2:17 PM IST

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani gestures as he speaks during the first day of the Loya Jirga, a grand assembly of Afghan elders, at the Loya Jirga Hall in Kabul. (AFP)

Afghan's traditional council frees 400 Taliban prisoners

The move also looks to bring the United States a little closer to bringing its troops home and ending its longest...

9 Aug 2020 1:33 PM IST

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh announces progressive restrictions on import of 101 defence items. (PTI Photo)

Defence Ministry bans 101 import items, big push to atmanirbhar bharat...

Ministry has prepared a list of 101 items for which the embargo on imports is planned to be progressively implemented...

9 Aug 2020 1:30 PM IST

Saki Morioki, 5 years old, prays as paper lanterns float along the Motoyasu River in front of the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima. (AP)

Nagasaki hopes for a 'nuclear-free world' on 75th anniversary of...

On August 9, 1945, Nagasaki was flattened in an atomic inferno three days after the first US atomic bombing in Hiroshima

9 Aug 2020 12:51 PM IST

PM launches financing facility worth Rs 1 lakh crore under Agri-Infra Fund. (ANI Photo)

Agri-Infra Fund: PM Modi launches Rs 1 lakh crore financing facility

Modi also released the sixth installment of Rs 17,100 crore to more than 8.55 crore farmer beneficiaries under the...

9 Aug 2020 12:48 PM IST

A man prays in front of the cenotaph for the atomic bombing victims before the start of ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of the bombing in Hiroshima, western Japan. (AP)

'Unspeakable horror': The attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

The twin bombings dealt the final blow to imperial Japan, which surrendered on August 15, 1945, bringing an end to World...

9 Aug 2020 12:09 PM IST

The Boeing 737-800 plane, coming from Dubai, had overshot the runway while landing in heavy rains and broke into two pieces. (Photo- PTI)

AI plane touched down 1 km away from runway threshold

Some of my colleagues in the political system have raised queries regarding Kozhikode air accident without ascertaining...

9 Aug 2020 11:55 AM IST