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Chinese gaming and social media group Tencent Holdings Ltd said on Thursday it takes the protection of user privacy and data seriously, in response to India's banning of Chinese apps.

These are the stories we are covering this evening: Facebook denied Congress charge of political bias; Facebook bans BJP MLA T Raja Singh after hate speech row; authorities call for vigilance as Delhi sees Covid-19 cases rise ahead of Metro reopening; you...

The government on Wednesday banned 118 mostly-Chinese mobile applications, including the popular online multiplayer game PUBG, after a fresh round of border confrontation with China in eastern Ladakh.

The Bombay High Court on Thursday said it expects media organisations to exercise restraint while publishing or reporting any details about investigation in the case of actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death. A division bench of Justices A A Sayed and S P T...

Badminton World Federation president PoulErik Hyer, who has been suffering from the Parkinson's disease, on Thursday said his illness has had "very little impact" on his everyday life and he remains focussed on performing his duties as head of the game's...

The coronavirus death toll in Uttar Pradesh rose to 3,691 on Thursday with 75 more fatalities, while the state's infection tally reached 2,47,101, officials said here. There are 57,598 active cases in the state, while 1,85,812 patients have been disch...

The closer monitoring of the Chinese Association for International Understanding (CAIFU) comes at a time when India and China are locked in their most serious border dispute in more than half a century.

ICICI Bank was the top loser in the Sensex pack, shedding around 2%, followed by Bharti Airtel, Axis Bank, Kotak Bank and PowerGrid. Titan, Tech Mahindra, Nestle, Maruti, Sun Pharma and Asian Paints were among the gainers.

Investigations revealed that they had links with terrorist outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB).

A Hyderabad-based NGO has opened a community healthcare centre at a mosque in the city to specifically cater to the health needs of women and children in the slums.

NCP MP Supriya Sule on Thursday urged Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to allowresumption of restaurant business in the state on thecondition of adherence to social distancing norms. The state government on Monday allowed hotels andlodges to o...

In today’s wrap, India posts global record of 83,883 Covid-19 cases in a day, Twitter says “actively Investigating” as PM Modi’s website account gets hacked, major study finds steroids cut death rates among critically unwell Covid-19 patients, UNSC member...

Maharashtra's active coronavirus cases breached the 2 lakh-mark on Wednesday while the toll crossed 25,000 with the addition of 292 fatalities.

Modi’s personal Twitter account, which was unaffected by this incident, has over 61 million followers.

According to the data presented by him at the briefing, from August 13 to 19 an average of 12 daily fatalities was reported and from August 20 to 26 an average of 14 daily fatalities was reported, while from August 27 to September 2 the number for the sam...

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said 75 per cent of JEEMain candidates in the state could not appear for the exam held on September 1 due to the COVID19 pandemic and blamed the Centre's "ego" for it. In other states, only half of...