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$In this Feb. 10, 2020 photo released by Xinhua, Chinese president Xi Jinping gestures near a heart shaped sign and the slogan Race against time, Fight the Virus during an inspection of the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention in Chaoyang District in Beijing. As the rest of the world grapples with a burgeoning virus outbreak, Chinas ruling Communist Party has turned to its propaganda playbook to portray its leader as firmly in charge, leading an army of health workers in a \peoples war\ against the disease. (AP)$ Opinion

The corona lesson: Cozying up to Xi's China has a heavy cost

Let us stand with the Chinese people, but not the men in black who have kept them in bondage for over 70 years

19 March 2020 12:37 AM IST

Croma.com launches ROIDMI Cordless Vacuum Cleaner

Croma.com launches ROIDMI Cordless Vacuum Cleaner

Roidmi F8 storm FX is now available on Croma.com.

19 March 2020 12:05 AM IST

In American troops in Afghanistan. The US is keen to end its longest-ever conflict, and under the terms of a deal signed in Doha last month has said all foreign forces will quit Afghanistan within 14 months -- provided the Taliban stick to their security commitments. (AFP)

In post-US Afghanistan, what are India's options?

New Delhi has to move beyond its wait and watch policy

18 March 2020 11:55 PM IST

Brussels warning comes less than a month after US officials said thousands of Russian-linked social media accounts had embarked on a coordinated effort to spread alarm about the virus.

Fake news about coronavirus being spread by Russia to worsen crisis in...

An internal EU document warned that pro-Kremlin media outlets were promoting disinformation to undermine trust in...

18 March 2020 10:09 PM IST

The Infosys global education centre will continue to conduct its education programmes online.

Infosys to evacuate 10k trainees from Mysuru campus

KSRTC has set up five booking counters on campus

18 March 2020 8:56 PM IST

Pressure has mounted on Silicon Valley to use their expertise to fight the deadly virus, after roughly 50 scientists signed an open letter last week calling on them to act

Privacy concerns raised as Facebook, Google in talks with Washington...

The use of personal data is highly sensitive especially after 2011 when the NSA was found collecting phone records...

18 March 2020 8:44 PM IST

Filmmakers used RenderMan software in nearly all of the last 47 movies nominated for a visual effects Academy Award. The software was first used in Toy Story. (Photo | Flickr - )

Toy Story, Finding Nemo's lifelike graphics gets tech duo Turing Award...

The tech industry Nobel was given to Patrick Hanrahan and Edwin Catmull for their RenderMan' software that...

18 March 2020 8:19 PM IST

Prohibitory orders have been imposed on Chitradurga, Karnataka, to arrest the spread of coronavirus.

Corona scare: Section 144 clamped on Chitradurga, no buses going out...

District administrations move to contain spread of coronavirus

18 March 2020 8:13 PM IST

International Olympic Committee (IOC) headquarters in Lausanne. AFP Photo

IOC can't find 'ideal' solution for virus-hit Tokyo Games

The official says that IOC is committed to finding a solution with the least negative impact for the athletes

18 March 2020 5:57 PM IST

Uber and Ola are reported to have lost as much as 80% of rides but the company has not offered any financial assistance to tide over the crisis. (Photo | Wikimedia Commons - Alexander Torrenegra)

Uber, Lyft suspend shared rides in US, Canada, but not yet in India

Pooled rides show up on the Uber and Ola apps in India even now

18 March 2020 5:56 PM IST

A number of qualifying events for swimming are yet to be gone through. AP Photo

With trials looming, IOC could adjust Olympic qualifying

There are still around 4,700 out of nearly 11,000 Olympic spots to be decided; almost all in the headliner sports

18 March 2020 5:51 PM IST

Soldiers wearing facemasks stand guard on road leading to a quarantine faciltity (R) for people returning from Iran via the Pakistan-Iran border town of Taftan. AFP Photo

With 147 new deaths, toll in Iran climbs to 1,135

The death toll's continued sharp increase worries experts that the outbreak in the Islamic Republic is far from being...

18 March 2020 4:59 PM IST