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AIADMK's Top Bodies to Meet to Gear Up for 2021 TN Elections, Party Announces First Mega Poll Rally
While Chief Minister K Palaniswami hit the campaign trail on Saturday from his home district of Salem, Tamil Nadu's governing party said its inaugural election rally, which it billed as a 'mega' event, would be held here on December 27.
Pakistan Signs 'Timely' $1.7 Billion Debt Relief Deal
The deal, following months of negotiations with creditors, will provide a moratorium on debt payments for large swathes of the current fiscal year and help ease the cash-strapped country's massive financial obligations.
Workers At Malaysian Glove Maker Found Living In Shipping Containers
Hundreds of workers at a Malaysian glove making factory are living in metal shipping containers in squalid conditions that one minister described as modern slavery, according to the human resources ministry and local media reports.
Ranbir Kapoor Spends His Sunday Cycling Around Mumbai
Ranbir Kapoor was seen in all-black sportswear and a face mask as he went cycling on the streets of Mumbai on Sunday.
Authorities Obligated to Ensure Public Land Not Encroached as 'Place of Worship': Delhi HC
Justice Prathiba M Singh expressed "grave concern" over encroachment of public land "under the shelter of a place of worship", saying it has been seen in a large number of cases that people claim rights over government land under the garb of temples or ot...
Akshay Kumar Twirls in the Get Up of Shah Jahan, Shares BTS Video from the Shoot of Atrangi Re
Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar, who is busy in shooting for his upcoming movie Atrangi Re in Agra, took to his Instagram to share some glimpses from the shoot.
Thai Youth Party Fails To Make Gains In Local Poll
The political successor of a banned party in Thailand that had strong support from young Thais failed to make inroads in weekend provincial elections that were held after months of youthled protests.
iPhones of 36 Al-Jazeera Journalists Hacked Using NSO Group's Zero Click Spyware
The malicious code used by NSO Group's client, according to researchers at Citizen, potentially made almost all iPhones running on iOS versions prior to iOS 14.
Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet Successfully Completes Ski Jump, Pitches for Indian Navy Aircraft Carriers
Boeing is on schedule to deliver next-generation Block III capabilities to the U.S. Navy in 2021 and by 2024, one squadron per carrier air wing will consist of Block III Super Hornets.
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal Urges Central Govt to Ban All Flights from UK Fearing Mutated COVID-19 Virus
Several European Union nations including France, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria and Italy have announced a ban on flights from the UK and others are considering similar action.
SP Demands Arrest of Hathras ADG, DM After CBI Chargesheet Says Dalit Woman Was Gang-raped and Murdered
The CBI has said that the Hathras victim was gangraped and murdered by the accused. The special report has been filed under the SC ST Atrocities Act; Section 376 D, which pertains to rape; Section 302, which pertains to murder; and Sections 354 and 376
News18 Afternoon Digest: Kerala May Pass Resolution Against Farm Bills, Nations Sound Alarm Against UK Covid Strain and Other Top Stories
Here are the Stories We are Covering this Afternoon: Kerala May Pass Resolution Against Farm Bills; A Look at the Mutated, 'Out of Control' Covid Strain; The Power Play Behind Sonia Gandhi's Letter to Uddhav on SC/ST Quota; News18's Survey on Farm Laws; I...
One Company's Quest For An Antibody Drug To Fight COVID-19
On a Saturday afternoon in March as COVID-19 was bearing down on New York City, a dozen scientists anxiously crowded around a computer in a suburban drug companys lab. They had spent weeks frantically getting blood from early survivors across the globe an...
High-flying Tesla Joins S&P 500; Skeptics Say Buyer Beware
In the middle of last year, Tesla's losses were piling up, sales weren't enough to cover expenses and big debt payments loomed. The situation was so bad that one influential Wall Street analyst raised the possibility that Tesla wouldn't be able to pay its...
Gold Scales 1-1/2-month High On U.S. Stimulus Deal Boost
Gold prices jumped as much as 1% on Monday to a near oneandahalfmonth high, driven by news that an agreement on a longawaited U.S. fiscal stimulus deal had been reached.
After Apple, Microsoft Is Looking Into Its Own ARM-Based Chips for Surface Devices & Cloud Servers
Microsoft has previously worked with AMD and Qualcomm for custom chips for the Surface Laptop 3 and Surface Pro X devices.