Afghan mega gathering approves release of 400 Taliban prisoners

The move also looks to bring the United States a little closer to bringing its troops home and ending its longest military engagement

Defence Ministry bans 101 import items, big push to Atmanirbhar Bharat says Rajnath

Ministry has prepared a list of 101 items for which the embargo on imports is planned to be progressively implemented between 2020 and 2024

Sniffer dogs roped in as toll in Kerala landslide rises to 28

Many tea workers still missing as rain hampers rescue mission

Nagasaki hopes for a 'nuclear-free world' on 75th anniversary of atomic bombing

On August 9, 1945, Nagasaki was flattened in an atomic inferno three days after the first US atomic bombing in Hiroshima

Agri-Infra Fund: PM Modi launches Rs 1 lakh crore financing facility

Modi also released the sixth installment of Rs 17,100 crore to more than 8.55 crore farmer beneficiaries under the PM-KISAN scheme

Hyderabad, here's how Chennai is winning against the virus

Doubling time has come down from 5 days to 72, and containment zones are down from 1000 to 24

Order dated 6.08.2020 passed by the NCLAT

Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the first victims of atomic age

The twin bombings dealt the final blow to imperial Japan, which surrendered on August 15, 1945, bringing an end to World War II

AI plane touched down 1 km away from runway threshold

Some of my colleagues in the political system have raised queries regarding Kozhikode air accident without ascertaining facts, Puri tweeted

'This is not marijuana': US hemp farmers battle a tough market and thieves

Hemp looks and smells like marijuana but contains very little tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), which is what gets users high

Congress leader Nandi Yellaiah passes away

He championed Dalit causes for over four decades and was an eight-time MP

COVID-19: Fear, paranoia grip people

Corona infected family was forced to evacuate a house they were living in temporarily at Kamala Nagar in Vanasthalipuram

Mahinda Rajapaksa takes oath as Sri Lankan PM for 4th time

Rajapaksa is highly popular among the ethnic majority Sinhalese for ending the country’s 25-year civil war against Tamil rebels in 2009

Biggest single-day spike of 7,178 COVID cases in Karnataka; toll crosses 3000 mark

As of now the total positive cases stand at 1,72,102 and 79,765 are in the active status

New Zealand marks 100 days without virus transmission

There are still 23 active cases but all were detected at the border when entering the country and are held in managed isolation facilities

Lebanese protesters storm ministry buildings, set up symbolic nooses for politicians

'Resignation or hang,' read a banner held by protesters, who also planned to hold a symbolic funeral for the dead

9 patients killed in fire at makeshift COVID19 facility in Vijayawada

The hotel was under lease to a private hospital which was running it as a COVID treatment facility

7 killed in fire at COVID-19 care centre in Vijayawada

Shifted about 20 patients to various hospitals and there were 30 patients undergoing treatment, police commissioner B Srinivasulu said

Hockey captain Manpreet Singh, four others test COVID-19 positive

The players might have contracted the virus while travelling from their hometowns to Bengaluru, the SAI said in a statement

Trump signs coronavirus relief orders after talks with Congress fail

The orders could face legal challenges questioning the US president’s authority to spend taxpayer money without express approval of Congress

Zomato introduces 'period leave' for employees to combat stigma around menstruation

You should feel free to tell people on internal groups, or emails that you are on your period leave for the day, Zomato chief executive said

US sanctions force Huawei to stop smartphone chip production

Huawei CEO Yu Chengdong said Friday that production of the company’s high-end Kirin 9000 chipset would stop from September 15.

UPSC Rank 93 lodges complaint over several Instagram accounts impersonating her

Sheoran lodged a complaint on Thursday after she found as many as 16 fake Instagram accounts in her name

Dialysis patients give a skip to hospitals for the fear of catching Covid

There have been instances of patients skipping dialysis due to fear of Covid which led to a more serious life-threating conditions

Andhra Pradesh almost into corona peak, focus now on reducing mortality rate

Some districts like East Godavari, West Godavari, Kurnool, Anantapuramu and Guntur have entered the peak curve

Bengaluru braces up for urban flooding

While flood engulfs parts of the state, Bengaluru along with other regions also gears up to tackle flood

Will Trump’s actions spark a US versus China tech war?

China’s restrictions on foreign tech firms helped nurture homegrown tech giants. Now the US is putting its own limits on China.

Ahead of I-Day, PM Modi launches a week-long campaign to free India of garbage

He was delivering his speech at the launch of the Rashtriya Swachhata Kendra

Aakash Chandani, the celebrated tattoo artist who believes in chasing dreams

Aakash Chandani now has clients not only from various parts of India but from off-shore as well

Craqit brings veterans to motivate young artists make the right career decisions

Craqit is planning to organise a series of events through August and September, There will be a wide spectrum of performances

Kerala asks Tamil Nadu to release Mullaperiyar dam water in a phased manner

Kerala Chief Secretary Vishwas Mehta asked his Tamil Nadu counterpart to inform the state 24 hours prior to opening shutters

Karnataka: Heavy rains continue havoc in Kodagu, 52 areas affected by floods

While Kodagu has been under a red alert issued by India Meteorology Department on 5 August, the worst is not over yet

Government doctors in Tamil Nadu demand pay hike amid COVID crisis

The government medical practitioners in Tamil Nadu have raised a demand for more pay

Shobhaa De | Playing cops & robbers in Mumbai-ishstyle drama

This week, all the loose ends were supposed to be tied up neatly by Mumbai police, but wait, Bihar police dramatically arrived in Mumbai

46 workers still missing after landslide at Kerala tea plantation

Local residents say many more are unaccounted for

Tech This Week | India needs to be more mindful in regulating non-personal data

If non-personal data is made subject to mandatory sharing, data businesses will begin classifying such data as personal.

Progressives must unite to expose government’s ‘Ram’ narrative

Despite efforts to hide and manipulate data, the ground realities show the deep crises India has been sucked into

Spreading joy through art

Two schoolgirls in Chennai have taken an innovative plunge into helping young artists with a larger social goal in mind

DC Edit | When the documents disappear

The move has sparked some consternation. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi flagged it on Twitter

Officer sent to PMO won laurels in TN

Before this appointment, Amudha was serving as a professor at the Lal Bahadur Shashtri National Academy of Administration in Mussoorie

DC Edit | RBI loan policy spells relief for borrowers

The move fulfils the demand of bankers, who sought a one-time recast of loans accounts instead of a further extension of a loan moratorium

What is Microsoft’s relationship with China like?

The software giant has kept its business alive in the country by complying with the strict local laws on censorship.

Dev 360 | Pandemic on rise: More questions than answers

Meanwhile, India’s official Covid-19 tally has crossed the 19-lakh mark; and the death toll is close to 40,000

After ED probe, Rhea shares Sushant Singh Rajput's note expressing gratitude in life

Maneshinde, however, did not say when the note was written or if it was handed over to the Mumbai police

'Mystery cases' worry Australia despite hope for stabilisation

Cases with unknown sources of infection could mean that there is more widespread transmission than already identified

BSF shoots dead one Pakistani intruder along India-Pakistan border in Barmer

The incident took place around 1 am at the Bakhasar area along the border

Probe begins into plane crash at Kozhikode airport

Toll rises to 19 as black box of Air India Exrpess flight is recovered

Mauritius declares environmental emergency as stranded ship spills fuel

A military transport aircraft with pollution control equipment and a navy vessel to be sent by France for Mauritius’ aid

Kozhikode plane crash: In July, DGCA issued notice to airport over safety lapses

Air India Express said on Saturday that three relief flights had been arranged to Kozhikode

Iran urges UN to hold US accountable for plane interception

Iran's UN ambassador say a Mahan Airlines Airbus A310 en route to Beirut on July 23 was intercepted by two US F-15 fighter jets

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