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India has done the second largest number of 12 million coronavirus tests,right after US, the White House said. (AFP)World
India has second largest number of coronavirus tests, right after US:...

As per official records, US has done more than 42 million tests, while the second-highest number is 12 million from...

17 July 2020 10:30 AM IST

US President Donald Trump gestures as he delivers a press conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AFP)World
Trump wants to do everything possible to keep the peace for people of...

'I love the people of India and I love the people of China', the US president told reportedly

17 July 2020 9:58 AM IST

A co-ordinated statement from Britain, the United States and Canada attributed the attacks to group APT29, also known as Cozy Bear, which they said was almost certainly operating as part of Russian intelligence services. (PTI)World
Russia trying to steal COVID-19 vaccine data, say UK, US and Canada

Private sector cybersecurity researchers who had spotted the malware over the last year were unaware of its Russian...

17 July 2020 9:11 AM IST

A medical person wearing protective equipment holds swab samples at a medical facility in Moscow on July 16, 2020. (AFP)World
Russia to mass-produce its experimental COVID-19 vaccine

The first human trial of the vaccine, a month-long test on 38 people, ended this week, and Phase III trial is set to...

16 July 2020 8:26 PM IST

The 50-page report was completed last year but its publication was delayed by the general election in December. (AFP)World
UK to release report on alleged Russian interference in Brexit vote

The ISC launched the investigation in 2017 following concerns about attempts by Russia to influence the 2016 US...

16 July 2020 5:21 PM IST

Earlier this year New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern accused Australia of sending back people who were not \genuine Kiwis\. (Representational Image: AP)World
Australia deports New Zealanders despite virus travel ban

Since 2014 nearly 3,000 New Zealanders in Australia have had their visas cancelled on character grounds'

16 July 2020 4:13 PM IST

Supporters of the religious group, Sunni Tehreek Pakistan, carry a banner in Urdu that reads, \we disapprove the construction of Hindu temple in the Pakistani capital with government funds\, during a demonstration in Lahore, Pakistan. (AP)World
Religious minorities under attack as Imran Khan pushes for tolerant'...

An opposition politician was charged this week with blasphemy after declaring all religions were equal in the country

16 July 2020 3:04 PM IST

President Donald Trump watches as Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. (AP)World
The Fauci vs White House tussle over a deadly pandemic

White House tensions with Fauci have risen with the decline of Trump's popularity in opinion polls over the president's...

16 July 2020 2:20 PM IST

Taiwans AH-1W attack helicopters launch flares during the 36th Han Kung military exercises in Taichung City, central Taiwan, Thursday, July 16, 2020. (AP)World
Taiwan holds military drills against potential China threat

The live-fire demonstrations were largely held to exhibit Taiwan's ability to defend in case of any Chinese invasion

16 July 2020 2:00 PM IST

Both China and SinoPharm have invested heavily in a tried-and-true technology - an \inactivated vaccine made by growing the whole virus in a lab and then killing it. (Representational Image: AP)World
Chinese firm SinoPharm boasts about using workers to 'pre-test'...

The company's claim that 30 special volunteers' rolled up their sleeves for pre-test without a government approval...

16 July 2020 1:02 PM IST

A staff member tests samples of a potential COVID-19 vaccine at a production plant of SinoPharm in Beijing.(AP)World
More than 150 countries sign up to ensure fair distribution of COVID...

However, the Gavi alliance might also allow the 70 rich countries among this 150 to stockpile the vaccine for their own...

16 July 2020 11:39 AM IST

U.S. Ambassador to China Terry Branstad. (AP)World
China says US blocking its development, summons ambassador in Beijing

China accuses that US president Donald Trump's recent Hong Kong Autonomy Act is an attempt to curb its developments

16 July 2020 10:25 AM IST

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