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Petrol price on Tuesday was hiked by 20 paise per litre and diesel by 55 paise. (PTI Photo)

Fuel prices rise on 17th day, petrol price hiked by 20 paise, diesel...

Rates have been increased across the country and vary from state to state depending on the incidence of local sales tax...

23 Jun 2020 11:40 AM IST

An employee in full protective gear checks the temperature of passengers arriving to check in for their flight bound for Beijing at the Barajas airport in Madrid on June 20, 2020. (AFP)

Spain reopens border with France

Spain has been one of the worst affected countries, suffering more than 28,000 deaths and nearly 300,000 cases

21 Jun 2020 4:19 PM IST

A doctor walks in a lane during a free medical camp in Dharavi, one of Asias largest slums in Mumbai, India. (AP)

Life through a COVID prism: How our nurses, docs walk tightrope...

Their days revolve around their COVID-19 patients and their lives around their families and the two can never meet

21 Jun 2020 3:50 PM IST

Former Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza. (AFP)

Former Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza tests positive for virus

Left-arm spinner Nazmul Islam and former opener Nafees Iqbal were the other two who revealed their positive test results

21 Jun 2020 2:13 PM IST

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China observes Yoga Day with low-key events due to virus, standoff...

China, where Yoga has been very popular, usually celebrates the occasion with numerous events ever since its inception...

21 Jun 2020 1:38 PM IST

US president Donald Trump speaks during his campaign rally at BOK Center in Tulsa. (AP)

Trump calls COVID-19 'Kung flu', reiterates blame on China

Trump has repeatedly blamed China for the coronavirus pandemic which originated in the central Chinese city of Wuhan

21 Jun 2020 1:18 PM IST

A chemist displays hydroxychloroquine tablets in New Delhi, India.(AP)

Now US also stops hydroxychloroquine trial on COVID-19 patients

Researchers in US's NIH find the drug, which is widely used in India as well, did not provide any benefit to coronavirus...

21 Jun 2020 11:17 AM IST

Policemen prepare to take position at the site of an attack in the Colaba area of Mumbai on November 27, 2008. (File Photo: AFP)

Mumbai terror attacks co-conspirator Tahawwur Rana arrested in Los...

Rana was released from jail after he tested positive for Covid-19, and then rearrested based on the open request for...

21 Jun 2020 10:29 AM IST

government has extended the Rs 50 lakh insurance scheme for about 22 lakh healthcare providers. (PTI Photo)

Government Rs 50 lakh Covid cover for healthworkers extended till...

The scheme implemented by New India Assurance was to end on June 30 as part of Rs 1.70 lakh Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan...

21 Jun 2020 9:56 AM IST

US President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the BOK Center on June 20, 2020 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. (AFP)

Trump admits he urged team to slow down COVID-19 testing

Meanwhile, six members of an advance team working in Tulsa ahead of Trump's rally tested positive for COVID-19

21 Jun 2020 9:33 AM IST

Customers sit at a bar in Sydney. (AFP)

Australia reimposes restrictions in its second-most populous state

Victoria state recorded double-digit increases in COVID-19 cases for a fourth consecutive day

20 Jun 2020 4:03 PM IST

Butchers selling meat stand at their stall as they wait for customers at a market in Beijing on June 20, 2020. (AFP)

China's latest virus outbreak likely came from Europe: UN

To date, Chinese officials have identified 158 cases in Beijing in the past week

20 Jun 2020 2:43 PM IST