Donald Trump presses state, regional leaders to resume schools in fall
President Donald Trump listens during a 'National Dialogue on Safely Reopening America's Schools,' event in th...Read MoreNEW YORK: President Donald…
What is Kerala’s gold smuggling scam?
NEW DELHI: In a major haul of gold smuggled into Kerala, customs officers at Trivandrum International Airport on July 4…
Happy birthday Sourav Ganguly: ‘Dada’ of Indian cricket turns 48
NEW DELHI: Sourav Ganguly, the captain credited for putting fire in the belly of Indian cricket, celebrates his 48th birthday…
Pullback on, however India will not rest till China scales down along LAC
NEW DELHI: The disengagement process may have kicked off at the immediate troop confrontation sites in eastern Ladakh but the…
CBSE syllabus for Class IX-XII lowered by 30%
NEW DELHI: The Central Board of Secondary Education on Tuesday announced reduction of syllabus for Class IX to XII by…
Covid-19: Nearly 1.6L cases, 3,200 deaths in 1st week of July
A healthcare worker collects nasal sample from a child for Covid-19 Rapid antigen testing in Hira Nagar Containment Zone area…
Covid-19: Trace, isolate 80% contacts in 72 hours, Centre tells states
Medical staff conduct a door-to-door medical screening inside Dharavi slums (AFP)NEW DELHI: In a move to escalate contact tracing in…
Coronavirus pandemic live updates: India’s caseload now 7.43 lakh
TIMES OF INDIATHE TIMES OF INDIA | Jul 08, 2020, 05:48:10 ISTIndia recorded more than 1.57 lakh Covid-19 cases and…
India-China LAC row: Buffer zones to be set up at 2 friction points
Maxar WorldView-3 satellite image shows close up view of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) border and patrol point 14…
‘Blink- &- you-miss’ Covid cases rising, might be powerful carriers
A healthcare worker wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) takes a swab from a vegetable vendor to test her for the…
WHO acknowledges ‘proof emerging’ of air-borne spread of coronavirus
The World Health Organization on Tuesday acknowledged “evidence emerging” of the airborne spread of the novel coronavirus, after a group…
Days of disengagement: On India-China LAC standoff
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Late entrant: On Kanye West’s entry in U.S. governmental race
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India and U.S. discuss Indo-Pacific, dangers to rules-based global order, trade and vaccines
Hours after the U.S. issued a rule that did not exempt foreign students from enrolling in just online classes in…
12 LG Polymers officials detained
File photo shows smoke rises from LG Polymers plant, in Visakhapatnam. | Photo Credit: AP Action after panel submits report…
Govt. to set out norms for vaccine trials
The government is readying a document that will chalk out guidelines for companies and institutions working on potential COVID-19 vaccines.The…
Coronavirus | Brazil’s President Bolsonaro tests positive
File photo of Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro. | Photo Credit: Reuters Bolsonaro said he is feeling “perfectly well” and had…
We can’t let coronavirus pandemic stop us, states Harsh Vardhan
Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan during a meeting in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: PTI India has supplied…
As Nepal PM Oli faces calls to step down, China to his rescue?
NEW DELHI: A flurry of meetings between the Chinese ambassador to Nepal, Hou Yanqi, and top Nepal leaders, including President…
Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro tests positive for coronavirus
SAO PAULO: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Tuesday he tested positive for the novel coronavirus, adding in a television…
Tougher lockdown to be imposed in Bengal from July 9
KOLKATA: The West Bengal government on Tuesday decided to expand the areas under lockdown and impose tougher restrictions from July…
Foreign students being ‘ICED’ out of US
Representative imageWASHINGTON: The Trump administration on Monday brought a wrecking ball to the already difficult life of foreign students in…
US will pay $1.6 billion to Novavax for coronavirus vaccine
The federal government will pay the vaccine maker Novavax $1.6 billion to expedite the development of 100 million doses of…
‘India-China disengagement at Hot Springs, Gogra to be completed in next few days’
NEW DELHI: The disengagement process between armies of India and China at friction points Hot Springs and Gogra began on…
NIA arrests Pulwama homeowner for February 2019 attack on CRPF convoy
PTI Srinagar, July 07, 2020 18:13 IST Updated: July 07, 2020 18:17 IST In this file photo, soldiers stand guard…
India’s COVID-19 tally, death rate per million population lowest in world: Health Ministry
India’s total number of coronavirus cases and fatalities per million population is one of the lowest in the world, the…
Gold smuggling case: Pinarayi’s Principal Secretary eliminated from post as street demonstrations appear versus govt.’s declared link to presume
The Kerala government has removed M. Sivasankar from the post of Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. However, the…
Kanpur encounter: 3 more consisting of close relative of Vikas Dubey held
Three more people including a close relative of gangster Vikas Dubey involved in the attack in which eight police personnel…
Why did India enable China to ‘justify’ the Galwan Valley clashes, asks Rahul Gandhi
A day after India and China announced disengagement and de-escalation at the Ladakh border, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on…
US government’s boxed food aid promise falls short
CHICAGO: The US government delivered far less food aid than it had pledged by the end of June, according to…
Online dispute resolution could help make justice delivery efficient, affordable, and accessible
The implications of the COVID-19 pandemic have understandably extended to justice delivery. Not only has the response merited a change…
Airborne coronavirus: What you must do now
NEW YORK: The coronavirus can stay aloft for hours in tiny droplets in stagnant air, infecting people as they inhale,…
International students in US may be deported if universities switch to online classes due to Covid-19
NEW YORK: In a decision that will adversely impact hundreds of thousands of Indian students in the US, the federal…
After Chinese pullback, Indian soldiers likewise move 1.5 km away from Galwan Valley clash website: main
With Chinese troops pulling back two km from the clash site at the Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh, Indian troops…
IPL will just be staged abroad as a last hope: BCCI
In this May 12, 2019, Chennai Super Kings skipper M.S. Dhoni walks into the ground amid cheers by fans during…
Demolition of old Telangana Secretariat complex begins
An artistic rendering of the proposed new sectretariat. The design is yet to be approved | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement…
Coronavirus India lockdown Day 105 live updates | Restrictions eased in Thiruvananthapuram amid widespread confusion
A day after India overtook Russia to become the third-highest country in the world in terms of coronavirus cases, the…
U.S. to withdraw visas for foreign students whose classes move online
AFP Washington, July 07, 2020 08:55 IST Updated: July 07, 2020 11:19 IST File picture shows students attending the U.S.…
Three security workers injured in Pulwama encounter
Peerzada Ashiq Srinagar, July 07, 2020 07:45 IST Updated: July 07, 2020 11:08 IST Peerzada Ashiq Srinagar, July 07, 2020…
Govt. reviewing 50 investment proposals from Chinese firms
A deterioration in bilateral ties since the border clash in June, could further delay approvals, say industry officials | Photo…
‘Neglect, safety lapses led to styrene leak at LG Polymers’
The high-power committee (HPC) formed by the government to probe into the styrene vapour leak from LG Polymers in Visakhapatnam,…
Mike Pompeo says US looking at banning Chinese social media apps, including TikTok
NEW DELHI: Secretary of state Mike Pompeo said late on Monday that the United States is "certainly looking at" banning…
Renowned MS Dhoni celebrates his 39th birthday
File image of MS Dhoni holding the 2011 ICC World Cup trophy after India won it beating Sri Lanka in…
US coronavirus death toll passes 130,000: Johns Hopkins
WASHINGTON: The United States passed another grim coronavirus milestone Monday as the death toll from the virus climbed past 130,000,…
Coronavirus live updates: The total number of cases in India has now risen to 7,19,665
The total number of cases in India has now risen to 7,19,665, according
US trade groups urge China to increase purchases of US goods, services
WASHINGTON: The US Chamber of Commerce and over 40 trade associations on Monday urged top American and Chinese officials to…
Doval, Wang finalise plan in 2-hr discussion
NEW DELHI: The breakthrough in India’s attempts to get Beijing to pull back its troops in Galwan Valley came after…
China, India begin pullback even as NSA, foreign minister talk
NEW DELHI: In what marks a breakthrough after several rounds of military and diplomatic talks, India and China have kicked…
US flexes military muscle at China as Beijing draws down in its border spat with India
WASHINGTON: The United States is flexing its military muscle at China on behalf of India and other Asian allies and…
Donald Trump states U.S. schools must resume in fall amid pandemic
Reuters WASHINGTON, July 07, 2020 01:05 IST Updated: July 07, 2020 01:08 IST U.S. President Donald Trump arrives at the…