Covid-19: India crosses 50k cases; hits brand-new peak of 3600 cases in a day
India went past two grim Covid-19 milestones on Wednesday – crossing the 50,000 mark overall and breaching the 3,000-figure in…
Repurposed drugs offer hope in India’s Covid fight
NEW DELHI: Lopinavir/ritonavir — a fixed-dose combination of drugs used for treatment and prevention of HIV/AIDS — has been approved…
Public transport may start soon, will help boost trust: Nitin Gadkari
NEW DELHI: Union road transport minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday indicated that government may be considering to soon start public…
Hizb’s India chief Naikoo killed in Pulwama shootout
SRINAGAR: One of Kashmir's most-wanted terrorists, Hizbul Mujahideen commander Riyaz Naikoo, was on Wednesday killed along with an aide in…
Air India repatriation flights will fly out people too
NEW DELHI: Air India isn’t only bringing back Indians stranded abroad under the Vande Bharat mission, it’s now opened bookings…
Detained American informs Venezuela state TV he outlined Maduro’s capture
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan state television broadcast on Wednesday a video of captured American Luke Denman, in which he said…
World shares blended amid expect service pickup, oil slips
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil prices slid and world equity markets seesawed on Wednesday as investor hopes for a pickup…
New coronavirus adapts to populations; vaccine works in monkeys
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The following is a brief roundup of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and…
Trump says coronavirus task force to shift focus, drawing Pelosi criticism
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Wednesday his coronavirus task force would shift its focus to reviving U.S.…
Trump says will announce new members of coronavirus task force by Monday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he would announce new members of his coronavirus task…
Tech leads Wall Street higher as financials fall
(Reuters) - The S&P 500 and the Dow fell on Wednesday as declines in financials and defensive groups countered gains…
Facebook names initially members of oversight board that can overthrow Zuckerberg
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc’s (FB.O) new content oversight board will include a former prime minister, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate…
Factbox: Who are the first members of Facebook’s oversight board?
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc (FB.O) on Wednesday named the first members of its independent oversight board, which will be able…
Trump: Infection task force to focus on resuming US
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption President Trump said the White House task force would focus on "opening up our…
New Banksy art work appears at medical facility
Image copyright Banksy A new Banksy artwork has appeared at Southampton General Hospital.The largely monochrome painting, which is one square…
Meghan’s story for Archie’s first birthday
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have marked their son's first birthday by releasing a video of Meghan reading to…
Beauty parlor owner imprisoned for defying lockdown
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Shelley Luther, owner of Salon à la Mode, has refused to close her business A…
Scientist puzzle over impact of virus anomalies
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Researchers have been tracking changes to the 'spike' of the virus Researchers in the…
Bus services may resume quickly with some guidelines, says Gadkari
Bihar's migrants arrive by special train from Karnataka waving from a bus on their way to their native places at…
Ex-U.S. soldiers, Venezuelan rebels and amphibious attacks: The story of a plot to fall Maduro
In the early morning of May 3, Venezuela’s Interior Minister Nestor Reverol appeared on television and claimed that security forces…
Desired Hizbul “functional leader” killed in Kashmir: cops
The longest surviving and wanted Hizbul Mujahideen “operational commander” Riyaz Naikoo was among three militants killed in the intensified operations…
Facebook Names the 20 People Who Can Overrule Mark Zuckerberg
A Pulitzer Prize–winning newspaper editor who published the documents leaked by Edward Snowden. A Nobel Peace Prize laureate. A former…
GitHub Takes Objective at Open Source Software Application Vulnerabilities
Open source software has the potential to be very secure. Unlike proprietary code that can only be accessed directly by…
Nikon’s D780 Is a Jack-of-All-Trades Video camera
It feels like we're always chasing after the idea of a smaller camera—something you can fit in your pocket, but…
India’s Covid-19 Contact Tracing App Could Leak Patient Locations
As countries around the world rush to build smartphone apps that can help track the spread of Covid-19, privacy advocates…
Rugby Australia in financial and structural crisis, says Olympics boss who turned down top job
In a single day Rugby Australia had its incoming chairman resign, the interim chairman appointed an interim CEO, and the…
Australian Federal Police investigating superannuation early access fraud scheme detected by Tax Office
The Australian Federal Police are investigating attempts to defraud the Federal Government’s early access to superannuation scheme.Key points:The Australian Federal…
George Pell royal commission findings to be tabled in Federal Parliament
Royal commission findings on Cardinal George Pell's handling of sexual abuse claims within the Catholic Church are expected to be…
Survivors of child sexual abuse taking Education Department to court for negligence
Sam Leishman was only 12 years old when sexual abuse began at the hands of his teacher at New Town…
Coronavirus-hit Newmarch House could have its licence revoked, aged care commission says
The Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission is so concerned about the handling of the coronavirus outbreak at Sydney's Newmarch…
Moranbah mine surge leaves five people in crucial condition
Five people have serious injuries after an explosion at Grosvenor coal mine at Moranbah in central Queensland's Bowen Basin.Key points:Five…
Airports in Kerala, other states gear up to receive stranded Indians abroad from Thursday
KOCHI/NEW DELHI: Airports were geared up to receive Indian nationals stranded abroad due to the coronavirus lockdown with Air India's…
‘Of course, we will share it with the world’: Israel’s ambassador to India on Covid-19 ‘breakthrough’
NEW DELHI: Israel's ambassador to India Ron Malka on Wednesday said that his country is an advanced stage of a…
Coronavirus roundup: Developments in India and rest of world
NEW DELHI: The railways on Wednesday said it has run 115 Shramik Special trains since May 1 and ferried home…
In Bengal, low rate of Covid-19 testing, high rate of death: MHA
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Wednesday said the Covid-19 response in West Bengal is characterised by a very low rate…
Trump’s America fixes up to death in life vs income argument
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump’s America will look death in the eye and resume economic activities in the face of apprehension in…
Public transport may resume soon with guidelines: Nitin Gadkari
NEW DELHI: Public transport services may resume operations soon and the government is formulating guidelines for safe usage adhering to…
The Last of Us Part 2
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Xiaomi might present Mi Box or Mi Stick together with Mi 10 on May 8 in India
Xiaomi Mi 10 5G and more arriving on May 8 in India Xiaomi is prepping up to launch its new…
iPhone SE 2020: the king of spending plan mobile phones
Published on May 6, 2020What’s in a flagship phone in 2020? Chances are, a bucket-load of tech that costs a…
Microsoft announces the Surface area Reserve 3 and Surface Go 2 laptop computers
As the maker of the Windows OS, it may come as no surprise that Microsoft has some of the best…
Microsoft offers $100,000 to hack its customized Linux OS
Microsoft is offering hackers up to $100,000 if they can break the security of the company’s custom Linux OS. The…
Facebook takes another stab at enabling ‘complimentary’ mobile web access with its new Discover app
Remember Free Basics? Facebook‘s ambitious program to bring people to the internet for the first time. It has a new…
UK has drawn up three-stage plan for easing coronavirus lockdown: The Times
LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom has drawn up a three-stage plan to ease the coronavirus lockdown that was first…
U.S. Senate to consider Trump pick for powerful D.C. court
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senators on Wednesday will consider whether to confirm a judge nominated by President Donald Trump for…
As U.S. vehicle supply chain accelerates, employee security worries stick around in Mexico
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Workers at a Lear Corp (LEA.N) autoparts plant in northern Mexico that saw the worst known…
Special Report: U.S. rearms to nullify China’s missile supremacy
HONG KONG (Reuters) - As Washington and Beijing trade barbs over the coronavirus pandemic, a longer-term struggle between the two…
U.S. may require masks at airports in changes to limit coronavirus
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The lead U.S. airport security agency is weighing the possibility of requiring masks or face coverings for…
Judge reinstates New York presidential primary canceled by state
(Reuters) - A U.S. judge has reinstated a presidential primary canceled last week by New York state, the epicentre of…
Ousted U.S. whistleblower says Trump health official played down coronavirus threat
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The ousted director of a U.S. agency responsible for developing drugs to fight the coronavirus pandemic filed…