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Bengaluru rains: India's Silicon Valley roads turned rivers; cars floated as city's image sank

Three hours of heavy rains, measuring more than 75 mm, across Bengaluru saw retaining walls of storm water drains getting breached or partly collapsing at many places, flooding many low-lying areas and throwing normal life out of gear.

Oct 24, 2020

Thanks to Trump, America lost out on $100 billion to visa ban: Study

The ban on visas has affected nearly 200,000 foreign workers or their dependents, costing American companies dearly - nearly $100 billion. Read on for more details from the study.

Oct 24, 2020

Free vaccines for your votes; Biden to American voters

Given the current situation of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, a free vaccine will surely be a relief to millions, but using it as bait to get elected raises some ethical concerns.

Oct 24, 2020

India, US to discuss ways to neutralise China's aggression next week [details]

India and the United States may have a military deal next week over satellite data. After this agreement, India can detect missiles and drones from satellite data, gaining a significant advantage over China.

Oct 23, 2020

Delhi's air worst in 8 months, one-fourth of air 'severely' polluted

Nine of the 36 pollution monitoring station in Delhi showed 'severe' air quality index on Friday, according to the Central Pollution Control Board's data.

Oct 23, 2020

Mumbai Police transfers 50k salary accounts from Axis to HDFC; Ex-CM's wife responds sharply

Amruta Fadnavis and Shiv Sena's Priyanka Chaturvedi engaged in a spat following Mumbai Police's decision of transferring 50,000 salary accounts from Axis Bank to HDFC Bank.

Oct 23, 2020

Bihar elections 2020: In first rally of the season, PM Modi raises Galwan, Article 370 | Highlights

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday raised the issue of deadly Galwan Valley clash between India and China troops, scrapping of Jammu and Kashmir state's special status, and even the Pulwama attack in order to woo Bihar voters ahead of the Assembly elections.

Oct 23, 2020

Legendary cricketer Kapil Dev suffers heart attack, stable post angioplasty

Legendary cricketer Kapil Dev suffered a heart attack and has reportedly undergone angioplasty at a hospital in Delhi.

Oct 23, 2020

Karnataka colleges reopen: All degree, engineering diploma classes to resume from Nov 17 | Details

Karnataka colleges that have been shut since March due to the ongoing Pandemic are reopening from November 17 abiding by govt guidelines.

Oct 23, 2020

Wormhole appeared in Kansas Skies, YouTube video sparks doomsday theories

The mysterious object that appeared in the skies of Kansas literally looked like a wormhole with a pure spherical shape

Oct 23, 2020

'Look at India, it's air is filthy': Trump shifts blame on climate change during final presidential debate

US President Donald Trump has described India and its air as "filthy" during the last presidential debate with his Democratic challenger Joe Biden while discussing the environment and the Paris climate change agreement.

Oct 23, 2020

Mumbai mall fire: Two firemen injured, over 3,500 people evacuated from adjacent building

Nearly 3,500 people living in a 55-storey residential building in Mumbai were evacuated after a fire broke out at the City Centre Mall in Nagpada on Thursday night, Oct 22.

Oct 23, 2020

'Meghalaya Bengalis are Bangladeshis'; students' body warned over xenophobic posters

The banners and posters, reading "All Meghalaya Bengalis are Bangladeshis", reportedly put up by the Khasi Students' Union (KSU) have since been removed by the police.

Oct 23, 2020

Trump's Twitter account hacked using his favourite catchphrase as password

"After logging in, he emailed US-CERT to disclose the security lapse," the report said. Trump's Twitter password was changed shortly after.

Oct 23, 2020

Income Tax Department conducts searches in J&K; crores in cash, jewellery seized

Total undisclosed investments and cash transactions of Rs. 105 crore of the group, have been unearthed during the search.

Oct 22, 2020