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The medical team of the Brazilian Armed Forces arrives at the Cruzeirinho village, near Palmeiras do Javari, Amazonas state, northern Brazil, on June 18, 2020, to assist indigenous population amid the COVID-19 pandemic.(AFP)

Brazil tops 1 million cases as coronavirus spreads inland

Specialists believe the actual number of cases in Brazil could be up to seven times higher than the official statistics

20 Jun 2020 9:15 AM IST

This is how the body armour could look on an Indian soldier.

Indian Army set to get 100 per cent Made In India 'Sarvatra Kavach'...

The material for Sarvatra Kavach is the most advanced in the world, sources said.

20 Jun 2020 9:12 AM IST

Prime minister Narendra Modi during an all-party meeting to discuss the situation along the India-China border via video conferencing in New Delhi. (PIB)

PM: No one entered Indian territory, no one captured Indian post

Narendra Modi tells all-party meeting that Indian Army given free hand to deal with China on LAC

20 Jun 2020 8:58 AM IST

People participate in a march in Brooklyn for both Black Lives Matter and to commemorate the 155th anniversary of Juneteenth on June 19, 2020 in New York City. (AFP)

Americans march for racial justice on Juneteenth anniversary

A day heavy with symbolism in the current atmosphere, the Juneteenth holiday commemorates the end of slavery in the...

20 Jun 2020 8:48 AM IST

In Madhya Pradesh, the BJP won 2 out of the 3 seats. (PTI)

BJP wins Rajya Sabha seats in Gujarat, MP and Rajasthan, improves...

Fifty-five seats in the Rajya Sabha fell vacant in April, to which 37 candidates were elected unopposed in March itself.

20 Jun 2020 8:44 AM IST

Prime minister Narendra Modi with Chinese president Xi Jinping at their summit meeting in Mamallapuram in 2019. (PTI file photo))

AA EDIT | Vigilance is the price of liberty, and India must pay it

India must make common cause with other nations that feel victimised by China

20 Jun 2020 8:03 AM IST

File photo of an astronomy enthusiast setting up equipment ahead of a solar eclipse at an observatory in Chile.. (AFP)

Good places to be in for ring-of-fire solar eclipse: Dehradun,...

The peak of the eclipse to last no more than a minute

20 Jun 2020 8:01 AM IST

Scene from the encounter site. (PTI)

Indian Army optimistic about normalcy returning to Kashmir after yet...

The number of suspected militants killed in Jammu and Kashmir this year has risen to 135.

19 Jun 2020 11:15 PM IST

The twice-a-year fair usually draws more than 180,000 foreign buyers and 60,000 Chinese vendors to the southern city of Guangzhou. (Photo | Wikimedia Commons - Gzdavidwong)

Massive Chinese trade fair goes online, but buyers stay away

The Canton Trade Fair, founded in 1957, was for decades Chinese exporters' main link to foreign buyers.

19 Jun 2020 10:37 PM IST

Video starts recording if one tells their iPhone Hey Siri, Im getting pulled over, so if police misbehaves, it would be caught on camera. (Photo | Flickr - Mark Guim)

Hey Siri' tech trick lets people pulled over by cops in US record...

Siri police shortcut was getting traction on social media after software developer Robert Peterson tweeted a link to...

19 Jun 2020 10:06 PM IST

Representational image. (PTI)

China releases 10 Indian soldiers; IAF chief visits bases in Leh,...

It took three days of hectic negotiations before the Chinese agreed to release the captured Indian soldiers

19 Jun 2020 9:51 PM IST

Couples can now organise a videoconference between them, the town clerk who approves marriage licences and the person solemnising the marriage.(Photo | AFP)

Yin & Yang | To marry or not

There is a fair amount of evidence to show that men actually get a better deal in a marriage than women do

19 Jun 2020 9:45 PM IST