June 17, 2020
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India would give a befitting reply to any provocation even as New Delhi and Beijing on Wednesday spoke of the need to avoid actions that could escalate matters along their disputed border, two days after a violent face-off left 20 Indian soldiers dead.
Both sides again traded charges on what triggered Monday night's...
JUNE 17, 2020
The White House on Wednesday said there were "no formal plans" when asked if United States President Donald Trump would mediate between India and China on the border issue.
"There are no formal plans on that," said White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany when asked about the mediation.
While condoling the loss of lives of 20 Indian soldiers at...
JUNE 17, 2020
Indian intelligence agencies have asked the government to block or advise people to stop use of 55 mobile applications linked to China over concerns that these weren't safe and ended up extracting a large amount of data outside India, people familiar with the development told Hindustan Times.
The list of applications sent by the security establishment to the...
JUNE 17, 2020
The lawsuit was closely watched because of the potential implications it carried for another witness whose testimony has been sought by Democrats: former national security adviser John Bolton.
WASHINGTON,D.C. - President Trump asked Chinese President Xi Jinping to help him win the 2020 U.S. election, telling Xi during a summit dinner last year that increased agricultural purchases by...
JUNE 17, 2020
Charito Morales, shown here in near 5th and Huntingdon Streets, in Philadelphia on Wednesday. Morales puts Spanish-language and English language pamphlets in food boxes to help people navigate COVID-19. - JESSICA GRIFFIN/The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - When Charito Morales was passing out pamphlets in North Philadelphia with information on COVID-19 recently, a woman approached her in distress...
JUNE 17, 2020
FILE Photo: WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. - FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images
The World Health Organization (WHO) said it was moving to update its guidelines on treating people stricken with COVID-19 to reflect results of a clinical trial that showed a cheap, common steroid can help save critically ill patients.
Trial results announced on Tuesday showed dexamethasone, used...
JUNE 16, 2020
Facebook will now allow users to turn off political ads, the company's CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced in a USA Today op-ed published Tuesday.
"For those of you who've already made up your minds and just want the election to be over, we hear you — so we're also introducing the ability to turn off seeing political...
JUNE 16, 2020
Tulsa's BOK Center will host President Donald Trump's first campaign rally since taking a hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic. - Tom McCarthy/AP Photo
An Oklahoma judge on Tuesday denied a request to stop a rally for President Donald Trump in Tulsa unless its organizers imposed social-distancing guidelines to combat the spread of coronavirus.
Earlier in the day, two...
JUNE 16, 2020
Norway has had to pause use of its app, pending a review
Norway's health authority has had to delete all data gathered via its Covid-19 contact-tracing app and suspend further use of the tool.
The Norwegian Data Protection Authority ruled the Smittestopp app represented a disproportionate intrusion into users' privacy.
A switch to a rival design backed by Apple...
JUNE 16, 2020
New Delhi: The auspicious occasion of Yogini Ekadashi will be marked this year on June 17. The day falls on in the month of Ashadha during the Krishna Pakshathe waning phase of the moon, as per North Indian calendar and during Krishna Paksha of Jyaishta month according to the South Indian calendar. Like all Ekadashis, it is...
