Clashes in the West Bank as olive harvest begins

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Tensions are rising between Israeli settlers and Palestinians, as the annual olive harvest begins in the West Bank. Palestinian medics say dozens of people were injured in clashes with Israeli forces. Groups of Palestinians have been escorting farmers who are trying to harvest olives close to settlements. Middle East correspondent Tom Bateman explains more from … Read more

UP: Teen gangraped on her way to see ailing mother in Jalaun hospital, accused held

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According to police, the incident took place on Thursday night when the girl, a Class 11 student, was going to the hospital where her father had taken her ailing mother the previous day. File image for representation: Reuters A teenage girl was allegedly gangraped in Orai area in Uttar Pradesh’s Jalaun district while she was … Read more

IPL 2020: This victory will give us confidence, says Rohit Sharma as MI crush KKR

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Elated with Mumbai Indians 8-wicket win, the team’s skipper Rohit Sharma called his side’s performance “special” in Abu Dhabi on Friday. Mumbai Indians shined in all departments of the game to pip Delhi Capitals on the top of the 8-team IPL 2020 points table. “It’s special to chase and win, gives us plenty of confidence. … Read more

Google says it mitigated a 2.54 Tbps DDoS attack in 2017, largest known to date | ZDNet

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Image: Google Cloud The Google Cloud team revealed today a previously undisclosed DDoS attack that targeted Google service back in September 2017 and which clocked at 2.54 Tbps, making it the largest DDoS attack recorded to date. In a separate report published at the same time, the Google Threat Threat Analysis Group (TAG), the Google security team that analyzes … Read more

India to expand economic partnership with Chile as part of Indo-Pacific vision

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NEW DELHI: India and Latin American economic major Chile on Friday deliberated upon expanding their Preferential Trade Agreement and creating Joint Business Council to promote multi-faceted business and trade links as Delhi hopes to expand its Indo-Pacific construct. These decisions were arrived at the first Joint Commission Meeting (JCM) between India and Chile was held … Read more

India-China relationship profoundly disturbed after border clashes: MEA Jaishankar

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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Friday said that the violent clashes on the India-China border in June had a very deep public and political impact and has left the relationship between the two countries “profoundly disturbed”. Tensions escalated manifold between India and China after the Galwan Valley clashes in eastern Ladakh on June … Read more

Court admits plea seeking removal of mosque near Krishna janmabhoomi in Mathura

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A court in Mathura has admitted a plea seeking removal of a mosque near Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi Temple in Mathura. A view of Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi Temple and Shahi Idgah mosque in Mathura, UP (Image credit: PTI) A court in Mathura has agreed to hear a plea seeking removal of a 17th-century mosque, located next … Read more