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Sniffer dogs are best-known for detecting drugs, explosives and people but have also previously been trained to detect other diseases including malaria, cancer and Parkinsons disease. (Representational Image: AFP)

Chilean police training sniffer dogs to detect the coronavirus

A similar trial in the UK showed encouraging results to use dogs to detect coronavirus in people's sweat

1 Aug 2020 11:13 AM IST

$A woman holds a \Defund the Police\ sign in Portland, Oregon on July 30, 2020. (AFP)$ World

Portland sees relative peace as feds withdraw

Federal agents deployed in Portland withdrew under a deal between Oregon's governor and US officials to end escalating...

1 Aug 2020 11:01 AM IST

Cops release video of Saifuddin Soz visiting his sister to show hes a free man

Cops release video of Saifuddin Soz visiting his sister to show he's a...

Kashmir Congress leader says the video is a white lie to deny his detention

1 Aug 2020 10:50 AM IST

US President Donald Trump. (AFP)

Donald Trump says US will ban Chinese app TikTok

Reports had said Trump would require US operations of the app be divested from its parent firm ByteDance, but the...

1 Aug 2020 10:41 AM IST

Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray also rejected criticism that bureaucracy has an upper hand in his government. (PTI Photo)

Sushant Singh Rajput death: Don't doubt Mumbai Police's ability to...

Thackeray lashed out at Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis, saying the BJP politician had doubted the credibility of...

1 Aug 2020 10:37 AM IST

Police detain an anti-mask protester in Melbourne. (AFP)

Australia's Victoria sees a drop in new COVID-19 cases

Once proud of itself about a tough approach to social distancing, the state now accounts for about 60% of Australia's...

1 Aug 2020 10:12 AM IST

Former Jammu & Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti. (File photo)

Freedom for Sajad Lone but detention extended for Mehbooba Mufti

Mufti's party says continued incarceration is a tactic by New Delhi to intimidate her

1 Aug 2020 9:53 AM IST

The purchase falls under the Trump administrations Operation Warp Speed, intended to rush a COVID-19 vaccine to the market by the end of 2020. (Representational Image: AP)

US strikes a $2 billion deal for 100 million doses of coronavirus...

The agreement calls for US to pay Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline up to $2.1 billion to supply it with enough vaccines for 50...

1 Aug 2020 9:51 AM IST

A worker wearing protective gear sprays disinfectant solution inside the coffin of a person who died from suspected COVID-19, as the body arrives at the crematorium at Xilotepec Cemetery in Xochimilco, Mexico City. (AP)

Mexico now has third highest coronavirus death toll in the world

Health officials also confirm Mexico, with twice the population of Britain, has had more than 424,000 coronavirus cases...

1 Aug 2020 8:41 AM IST

Twitter hackers who carried out Bitcoin scam arrested, one a teen, and...

They scammed people of more than USD 100,000 dollars worth bitcoin by hacking Twitter accounts of celebrities and...

1 Aug 2020 2:57 AM IST

If Microsoft were to buy TikTok, there would be no ban on TikTok in the US. (Photo | AFP)

TikTok's US operations could be bought by Microsoft, say reports

Microsoft a leading buyer, report New York Times and Bloomberg as Trump likely to order ByteDance to sell or face a ban...

1 Aug 2020 2:29 AM IST

Pic courtesy: Sushant Insta handle

New twist to Sushant Singh Rajput's death mystery

The investigation into the death of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput took a new turn with the ED stepping in

31 July 2020 11:39 PM IST