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Indian-American Pichai was awarded the Padma Bhushan for 2022 in the Trade and Industry category. (Twitter)

'India is a part of me': Google CEO Sundar Pichai after receiving...

He received India's third-highest civilian award in the presence of his close family members in San Francisco on Friday

3 Dec 2022 10:39 AM IST

An oil tanker is moored at the Sheskharis complex, part of Chernomortransneft JSC, a subsidiary of Transneft PJSC, in Novorossiysk, Russia, one of the largest facilities for oil and petroleum products in southern Russia. (AP file photo)

G-7 joins EU on $60-per-barrel price cap on Russian oil

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that the pact will help restrict Putin's primary source of revenue for his...

3 Dec 2022 10:04 AM IST

People walking across a street in Haizhu district, Guangzhou city, in Chinas southern Guangdong province, following the easing of Covid-19 restrictions in the city. (AFP)

China signals zero-Covid relaxation after protests

Anger over China's zero-Covid policy has sparked protests in major cities including Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou

1 Dec 2022 11:40 AM IST

Ukraines President Volodymyr Zelensky (AFP)

'Come to Ukraine', Zelensky slams Elon Musk's peace proposal

Musk sparked controversy by proposing peace deal involving re-running under UN supervision referendums in...

1 Dec 2022 10:39 AM IST

The new leader of the Islamic State group is a nobody with little apparent reputation but the United States hopes he will be killed soon, a US official said Wednesday. (Representational Image/ File)

Islamic State group announces death of leader

Speaking in an audio message, the spokesman identified the group's new leader as Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi

30 Nov 2022 9:54 PM IST

China has warned US officials not to interfere in its relationship with India, according to a Pentagon report (PTI file photo)

China warns US officials not to interfere in its relationship with...

China has previously criticised the US for commenting on its border dispute with India

30 Nov 2022 12:44 PM IST

A health worker takes a swab sample from a resident to be tested for Covid-19 coronavirus in Jiayuguan, in Chinas northwestern Gansu province on November 24, 2022. (Photo by AFP) / China OUT

China COVID cases hit fresh record high after weekend of protests

China has stuck with Xi's zero-COVID policy even as much of the world has lifted most restrictions

28 Nov 2022 10:20 AM IST

This photo shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his daughter posing with soldiers who were involved in the the recent launch of what it says a Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile, at an unidentified location in North Korea. (Korea News Service via AP)

Kim vows North Korea to have world's most powerful nuclear force

Kim exhorted the scientists and workers to 'expand and bolster up the nuclear war deterrent of the country at an...

27 Nov 2022 1:25 PM IST

Protesters are taken away by police in a bus in Shanghai on Saturday. Protests against Chinas restrictive COVID measures appeared in a number of cities Saturday night, in displays of public defiance fanned by anger over a deadly fire in the western Xinjiang region. (AP Photo)

Protests over China's COVID controls spread across country

President Xi Jinping's government faces mounting anger at its 'zero-COVID' policy that has shut down access to areas...

27 Nov 2022 11:33 AM IST

Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim waves to his supporters as he arrives at a nomination center for the general election in Tambun, Malaysia. Malaysias king named Anwar as the countrys prime minister. (AP Photo/John Shen Lee)

Reformist leader Anwar named prime minister of Malaysia

Anwar's Alliance of Hope led Saturday's election with 82 seats, short of the 112 needed for a majority

24 Nov 2022 12:49 PM IST

In this image taken from video police respond to the scene of a fatal shooting at a Walmart on Tuesday night in Chesapeake, Va. (WAVY-TV 10 via AP)

Shooting at Walmart store in Virginia, several people dead

The Virginia shooting comes three days after a person opened fire at a gay nightclub in Colorado, killing five people...

23 Nov 2022 1:09 PM IST

Counting of votes for the Nepal Parliamentary and Provincial Assembly elections underway, in Kathmandu, (PTI)

Nepal polls: PM Deuba wins from Dadeldhura; Nepali Congress ahead in...

Elections to the House of Representatives (HoR) and seven provincial assemblies were held on Sunday

23 Nov 2022 10:27 AM IST