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Karnataka: 5, including 3 kids, dead as Bengaluru-bound bus catches fire in Chitradurga

At least five people, including three children, were charred to death and many others sustained burns when a Benglauru bound bus they were travelling in caught fire on a national highway in Chitradurga district on Wednesday morning, August 12.

Aug 12, 2020

US inks $1.5 billion deal with Moderna for 100 million doses of COVID vaccine

The United States has entered an agreement with drugmaker Moderna Inc to acquire 100 million doses of its potential COVID-19 vaccine for around $1.5 billion, the company and White House said on Tuesday.

Aug 12, 2020

Bengaluru violence: Man whose communal post sparked clashes held, Section 144 imposed

A communal Facebook post sparked violent clashes in Bengaluru on Tuesday night, August 11 in which a mob vandalised a police station and the residence of a Congress MLA. Two people have been killed while 60 police personnel were injured.

Aug 12, 2020

Liberal US Representative Ilhan Omar wins Democratic primary election

US Representative Ilhan Omar won the Democratic primary nomination on Tuesday to run for re-election in Minnesota's 5th district, defeating a well-funded rival, Antone Melton-Meaux, and several challengers.

Aug 12, 2020

Kamala Harris is Joe Biden's running mate; the stalemate ends

Senator Kamala Harris, 55-year-old former California attorney general, would be the first woman and first Black vice president.

Aug 12, 2020

Muslim youths form human chain to protect Hindu temple amid Bengaluru violence

As the violence got fierce in east Bengaluru's Pulekeshinagar area over a communally provocative post allegedly shared by MLA Akhanda Srinivas Murthy's nephew, a video showed a group of Muslim youths forming a human chain to protect a Hindu temple from harm.

Aug 12, 2020

Trump says children unlikely to catch coronavirus

US President Donald Trump has doubled down on his assertion that children are "essentially immune" from COVID-19, despite a new report which said nearly 100,000 kids tested were infected with the virus by the end of July.

Aug 12, 2020

Trump repeatedly referring to COVID as China Plague has serious consequences

Trump has unabashedly politicised coronavirus calling it China plague, Chinese virus, and Wuhan virus among other things, which has led to a rise in hate crimes against Asian Americans in the US. So far, he has used the ter "Chinese Virus" 203 times.

Aug 12, 2020

Violence breaks out in Bengaluru over derogatory post about Prophet Mohammed

A large group of people have gathered outside the MLA Akhanda Srinivasa Murthy's house in DJ Halli as angry mob even torched vehicles parked outside in protest over the post allegedly shared by the Congress leader's kin.

Aug 11, 2020

I-T Dept busts Rs 1,000 crore money laundering racket by Chinese entities

The search operation revealed that at the behest of Chinese individuals, more than 40 bank accounts were created in various dummy entities entering into credits of more than Rs 1,000 crore over the period.

Aug 11, 2020

Where is Loujain al-Hathloul, jailed Saudi women's rights activist, sister asks

Loujain al-Hathloul, Saudi women's rights activist was arrested in May 2018 and has reportedly been tortured in the prison.

Aug 11, 2020

UP cop overturns hawker's cart; suspended after video goes viral

The incident occurred at the Shivpur area and the sub-inspector was later suspended.

Aug 11, 2020

Punjab farmer threatens to sue govt for using his picture without permission

Gurpreet Singh of Chandbaja village in Faridkot district has decided to give a notice of a few days to remove his photo from the advertisement.

Aug 11, 2020

Chahna Soni: Racing ahead many in multiple fields of health, fitness, lifestyle and beauty as an influencer

Soni had realized the power of social media platforms and somehow believed that she could voice her opinions and views through the robust medium to spread across messages of positivity, self-love, fitness, beauty, and healthy lifestyle

Aug 11, 2020

Political pressure to stop Sushant Singh Rajput case probe, Bihar tells SC

The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved its order on Rhea Chakraborty's plea for transfer of the FIR lodged in Patna by Sushant Singh Rajput's father to the Mumbai Police.

Aug 11, 2020