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The prolonged lockdown of Googles offices could influence other major employers to take similar precautions, given that the technology industry has been at the forefront of the shift to remote work that has been triggered by the spread of the novel coronavirus. (Photo | Flickr - Maurizio Pesce)

Work from home till July 2021, Google tells most of its 200,000...

It marks a six-month extension of Google's previous plan to keep most of its offices closed through the rest of this...

28 July 2020 3:27 PM IST

Mukesh Ambanis Reliance Industries Ltd will pay between â‚¹24,000-27,000 crore to buy the Indian retail chains owned by Future Group. (PTI Photo)

Reliance set to acquire Future Group's retail business for Rs 27,000...

Reliance's existing retail operation already runs close to 12,000 stores in over 6,700 Indian towns and cities

28 July 2020 2:55 PM IST

Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters said that New Zealand has suspended its extradition treaty with Hong Kong. (AP Photo)

New Zealand suspends Hong Kong extradition treaty over Chinese...

Australia, Canada and the UK suspended extradition treaties with Hong Kong earlier this month

28 July 2020 1:48 PM IST

Later, WeChat complied with the Russian requirements.

China slams India on apps ban, vows counter measures

The measure is seen as a measure by India to impose economic costs on China for its aggression along the LAC in the...

28 July 2020 1:28 PM IST

Donald Trump security adviser Robert OBrien tests COVID-19 positive. (AFP Photo)

Trump's national security adviser tests positive for coronavirus

Announcing the infection, the White House said in a statement there was no risk of exposure to Trump or Vice President...

28 July 2020 1:20 PM IST

Two Pakistani soldiers were killed in what the Indian Army said was its retaliatory action after the ceasefire violations by the neighbouring country in the Hajipir sector of the Line of Control during the past 24 hours. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Pakistan Army resorts to heavy shelling along Line of Control

The ceasefire was violated by Pakistan for the eighth consecutive day on Tuesday

28 July 2020 12:54 PM IST

Omar Abdullah (Photo: PTI)

Will not contest Assembly polls in J and K till full statehood is...

It is not a threat or blackmail, it's not a display of me sulking. It's just a simple acknowledgement, he said

28 July 2020 12:30 PM IST

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, center, walks into a courtroom at Kuala Lumpur High Court in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (AFP Photo)

Malaysia's former PM Najib found guilty in first 1MDB graft case

Najib faced seven charges of criminal breach of trust, money laundering and abuse of power for receiving $10 million...

28 July 2020 12:14 PM IST

The rage of the middle classes against sexual violence is selective and is in most contexts directed against public violence and not domestic violence.

20-year-old alleges molestation by doctor in COVID ward of Noida...

A senior police officer said an investigation was underway and there appeared to be lapses on part of the hospital.

28 July 2020 12:02 PM IST

Hydrogen champion Hyundai races to electric as Tesla takes off. (AFP Photo)

Hyundai vs Tesla: Hyundai race to produce electric cars as Tesla takes...

No traditional automaker has been successful yet in catching up with Tesla, which retains an edge in battery and...

28 July 2020 11:34 AM IST

Mumbai crime branch busted a racket selling Covid-19 immunity booster injections Remdesivir at exorbitant cost and arrested seven persons. (PTI Photo)

Private hospitals in Mumbai struggling to get remdesivir, tocilizumab

The civic authority has received around 1,02,500 vials of remdesivir and 6,500 vials of tocilizumab so far

28 July 2020 11:16 AM IST

Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray with his deputy Ajit Pawar. (Twitter)

Ajit Pawar's veiled message on Uddhav's birthday creates a flutter in...

Pawar tweeted a picture of him at the steering wheel of a vehicle and CM Thackeray sitting next to him on the...

28 July 2020 10:52 AM IST