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Kerala to decide on complete lockdown on Monday

Assembly session scheduled for Monday suspended

23 July 2020 7:00 PM IST

Chief executive Jack Dorsey said the user gains showed the highest quarterly year-over-year growth rate weve delivered using this measure. (Photo | Twitter - Jack Dorsey)

Revenue loss hurts Twitter amid pandemic despite surge in users

Twitter's revenue slumped 19 percent from a year ago to $683 million.

23 July 2020 6:38 PM IST

Ramasamy Periyar

Dravidian icon Periyar's books published in Hindi

Rajkamal Prakashan group said it would be publishing two books every 10 days as it resumes publication after the...

23 July 2020 5:27 PM IST

QAnon became a force this year in protests against confinement and masks during the COVID-19 pandemic, in both the United States and Europe. Some claim the virus is a hoax and others that it is Chinas contribution to the plot against Trump. The movement has followers in the military and police as well and more than a dozen Republican candidates for Congress in November openly support the group. (Photo | AFP)

Conspiracy theorist group QAnon has hundreds of thousands of...

More than 7,000 accounts linked with QAnon, which supports Trump and believes the deep state is trying to overthrow him,...

23 July 2020 4:52 PM IST

A Taiwanese Air Force F-16 in foreground flies on the flank of a Chinese Peoples Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) H-6 bomber as it passes near Taiwan. (Republic of China (ROC) Ministry of National Defense via AP)

Taiwan says China sending military planes near island almost daily

China claims the self-ruling island democracy as its own territory and threatens to use People's Liberation Army to...

23 July 2020 4:34 PM IST

A health care worker prepares to conduct a COVID-19 test on the occupants of a vehicle at the testing site setup in the Hard Rock Stadium parking lot in Miami Gardens, Florida. (AFP)

US labs buckle under pressure as testing surge

Over 700,000 people are tested per day in US, while California and Florida states still top the charts with highest...

23 July 2020 4:32 PM IST

Tesla overcame a seven-week pandemic-related shutdown at its California assembly plant to post a surprising $104 million net profit for the second quarter. (AFP Photo)

Tesla makes $104 million surprise profit despite factory shutdown

Musk also said he's confident about rolling out full self-driving technology by the end of the year

23 July 2020 4:02 PM IST

Kuwaits ruling emir, Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah (center). (AP)

Kuwait's emir travels to US for medical treatment

The emir, who has ruled the oil-rich Gulf state since 2006, had been in hospital since the weekend

23 July 2020 3:44 PM IST

The workers, who launched the Black Week protest on Wednesday, alleged that government had reneged on the pledge to make the ECT operational as a Sri Lankan venture.(AFP)

Sri Lankan port workers protest against proposed deal with India

Previous Sirisena govt had signed a 'memorandum of cooperation' with India and Japan to develop a deep-sea container...

23 July 2020 3:40 PM IST

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. (ANI Photo)

Rahul takes a potshot at Modi, says one man's vision cannot be a...

Gandhi's attack on the prime minister came as part of a series launched by him on Twitter

23 July 2020 3:30 PM IST

Daimler, the maker of Mercedes-Benz luxury cars and Freightliner trucks, lost 1.91 billion euros in the second quarter. (AFP Photo)

Daimler Q2 loss widens on weak demand

CEO Ola Kallenius said it had worked to preserve cash reserves during a difficult time and was seeing the first signs...

23 July 2020 3:26 PM IST

Air India reduces monthly allowances of employees by up to 50%. (PTI Photo)

Air India slashes employee monthly allowances by up to 50%

The Air India order said 11 types of allowances for pilots would stand reduced by 40 percent

23 July 2020 2:58 PM IST