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India’s economic activity monitors are beginning to flatline just months after showing signs of returning to life. Latest data from Apple Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google showed mobility suffered in recent weeks after notching up an increase since May, when Asia’s third-largest economy began exiting a nationwide lockdown to contain the coronavirus outbreak. Elsewhere, high-frequency indicators from

New Delhi, Aug 11: The Central government on Tuesday submitted before the Supreme Court that the Committee, set up to review the restoration of 4G internet service, is considering to allow the same in one district each of Jammu and Kashmir on a trial basis. "The Committee is considering as to whether to allow 4G internet access on a trial basis in one district in Jammu and one in Kashmir or not,"

Washington, Aug 11: President Donald Trump was abruptly escorted by a U.S. Secret Service agent out of the White House briefing room as he was beginning a coronavirus briefing Monday afternoon. He returned minutes later, saying there was a “shooting” outside the White House that was “under control.” “There was an actual shooting and somebody’s been taken to the hospital,” Trump said. The president

Moscow, Aug 11: The number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) worldwide has surpassed 20 million, according to Johns Hopkins University. It said the global case tally stood at 20,001,019 at 23:54 GMT Monday, with 733,897 deaths and 12,200,847 recoveries. The World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the outbreak of the new coronavirus a pandemic on March 11. According to

Bengaluru, Aug 11: Adar Poonawalla, Chief Executive Officer of Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII), has said the coronavirus vaccine may be ready by the end of this year and that the final price of the anti-virus dose will be announced in two months. SII is part of an agreement with AstraZeneca, which along with Oxford University, has developed a vaccine that has reported satisfactory

Mangaluru, Aug 10: Abush A L from Dakshina Kannada is one of the six students who scored a perfect 625 out of 625 in Karnataka SSLC examinations, the results of which were announced today. Anush is a student of Kumaraswamy High School located in Subrahmanya of Kadaba taluk in Dakshina Kannada. Apart from Anush five more students have scored perfect marks in the SSLC examination this time. Besides

Mangaluru, Aug 10: Moderate to heavy rain continued to lash across Karnataka’s coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Uttara Kannada on Monday. In the Coast, Udupi received the highest amount of rainfall at 127mm, followed by Dakshina Kannada and Uttara Kannada at 73mm each. Meanwhile, there was a major landslide inside the Kudremukh National Park at Alladakadu, Belthangady taluk, about

Bengaluru,Aug 10, Accusing that political leaders from the South were deprived of opportunities by "Hindi politics and discrimination", JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy on Monday said it has prevented many South Indians from becoming the Prime Minister. Expressing anguish over CISF officials allegedly asking Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) MP Kanimozhi if "she was an Indian" as she could not speak

Dubai, Aug 10: In the wake of delay in resumption of international fights, UAE’s Federal Authority of Identity and Citizenship has announced a month's extension of grace period on visit visas that expired after March 1. The authorities announced the extension on August 10, which was the initially announced deadline for these visit visa holders. The one month additional grace period is to start on

Bengaluru, Aug 10: A minor girl died by suicide after allegedly being raped in a village in North Karnataka recently, police said on Monday. According to police, the incident occurred when the girl, aged 13-14 years and studying in the eight standard, was on her way to a temple on July 30 at Bogur in Dharwad rural. The girl returned home and reported the matter to her mother. Later, she consumed