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Akshay Kumar Roots For Light-hearted Entertainment in These Trying Times
Akshay Kumar feels people are on a lookout for light-hearted entertainment more than ever before, amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
AP PHOTOS: Masks hold images of pandemic, Hong Kong protests
In one of Edmond Kok's creations, a 3D visualization of a spiky coronavirus bursts out of a face mask. Another mask uses a plastic takeout container to remind people of the environmental cost of food deliveries.
AP FACT CHECK: Harris meets constitutional requirements
False claims that Kamala Harris is not legally eligible to serve as U.S. vice president or president have been circulating in social media posts since 2019, when she first launched her Democratic primary campaign.
24-year-old Arrested for Bengaluru Violence Dies at Hospital, Tests Positive for Covid-19
According to police, Syed Nadeem, 24, was arrested on August 12 in connection with the violence at Devara Jeevanahalli in the city and was in jail.
U.N. Human Rights team probes spike in tension in Chile`s restive Araucania
The Office of the United Nations' High Commissioner for Human Rights confirmed on Saturday that it had sent a factfinding team to Chile's restive Araucania region where a jailed indigenous Mapuche leader has spent more than 100 days on hunger strike over...
Belarus' Lukashenko says Putin promised to help if needed - Belta
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Saturday that Russian President Vladimir Putin promised him to help securing safety of Belarus if needed, the state news agency Belta reported.
Venezuelans brave open sea on tubes, fishing for survival
The biggest fear is a fishhook puncturing the inner tube that keeps them afloat far from shore. Then come sharks grabbing their catch and maybe biting their legs. And the current that threatens to pull them out to sea.
Standing in Water, Villagers Hoist Tricolour in Barabanki School as UP Faces Flood-like Situation
The villagers hoisted the flag and sang the national anthem, following the guidelines of social distancing.
India's Dhoni quits international cricket, to play IPL
Former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni quit international cricket on Saturday, drawing curtains on an illustrious, trophyladen career with a cryptic Instagram message.
BSF Always Prepared to Face Internal And External Security Challenges, Says IG
Jamwal was speaking after hoisting the tricolour at Octroi Border Outpost on the outskirts of Jammu to mark the 74th Independence day.
Patriotism Comes From Love, Jingoism From Hatred, Says Raja Krishna Menon
Airlift director Raja Krishna Menon, who is gearing up for his war action drama Pippa reveals his take on patriotism, nationalism, and jingoism.
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal Urges People to Donate Oximeters to Help Villages in Fight Against Covid-19
Oximeters help in measuring the oxygen level and are found to be extremely useful for coronavirus patients who in many cases battle breathlessness due to lack of oxygen.
UP Police Invokes NSA Against Four Accused in Killing of Village Head in Azamgarh
The situation had further aggravated as a child was crushed under a vehicle, prompting rioters to set several vehicles and a police post in the area on fire on Friday.
MP: Local Youths to Get Priority in Govt Jobs, Rs 600 Crore Skill Development Park Being Set up, Says CM
He also said that his government was preparing a single citizenship database so that people of the state do not have to register for each scheme separately.
Hague police arrest 27 amid third night of rioting
Police in The Hague arrested 27 people as rioting broke out in a lowincome neighborhood for the third night, with youths torching a storage building and throwing stones and fireworks at police Friday night and into the early hours of Saturday.
By 2022, India Must be Aatmanirbhar in Every Sense of the Word: Vice President Naidu
The vice president said India needs a cultural renaissance and a refreshing flowering of literature and artistic expression in its national languages.