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Sri Lanka's election commission announces presidential polls on November 16

Filing of the nomination papers will start from October 7, the National Election Commission said

Attack on Saudi oil site was an Iranian 'act of war', says Pompeo

Iran, which has denied involvement in the attack, warned the US it will retaliate immediately if it is targeted

British Supreme Court told PM Boris Johnson is 'father of lies'

Johnson, who took office in July, says he prorogued, or suspended, parliament to open a new session with a fresh legislative agenda

Edward Snowden calls on Emmanuel Macron to grant him asylum in France

Snowden unsuccessfully applied for asylum in France in 2013 under Macron's predecessor, Francois Hollande. He has also sought asylum in several other countries

Average internet user spends 21.5 hours every week listening to music

76 % of surveyed internet users admitted to accessing musical content through pirated means

Senior Business Standard journalist Dillip Satapathy passes away at 55

Dillip was a rare journalist who saw events up close, some of them not always savoury but none of this ever marred his equanimity or made him a cynic

13,000 passengers stranded after French airline goes bankrupt: Official

The airline, which employs almost 1,200 staff, filed for bankruptcy and suspended flights last week after losses which prompted a shareholder coup that ousted the chief executive

New Saudi oil minister endorses production curbs to address oversupply

the minister signalled no major change in approach in Saudi Arabia

Meet Anand Malligavad, a techie who has revived dying Bengaluru's lakes

Malligavad has developed a lake revival model that could be quickly and cheaply replicated across different terrains

Rambling around Vienna, named the 'world's most liveable city' yet again

Uttaran Das Gupta recalls a few good reasons why

Travel and Tourism Competitiveness index: India ranked 34th; check top 10

India's ranking improved from 40th to 34th, the greatest improvement over 2017 among the top 25 per cent of all countries ranked in the report

Huawei accuses US of spying on its system, coercing staff for information

Huawei Technologies Ltd. is the No. 2 global smartphone brand and the biggest maker of network gear for phone companies

Pakistan military accuses US of cheating over Osama raid in Abbottabad

Military spokesman Major General Asif Ghafoor said the US refused to take Pakistan into confidence at the time of operation

Chinese app Zao loses face but not popularity over deepfake concerns

Released on Friday, the Zao app went viral as Chinese users pounced on the chance to see themselves act out scenes from well-known movies using "deepfake" technology

200 Chinese working at Pak atomic energy plant test positive for dengue

The Chinese nationals were working in different capacities at the atomic energy plant near the coastal beach area of Hawkes Bay in Karachi, the Daily Jang reported

The Surrogacy Bill is an assault on the idea of a progressive nation

India's new Surrogacy Bill is nothing less than an assault on the idea of a progressive nation

Balraj Sahni, the man and the actor, through the eyes of his son Parikshat

Actor Balraj Sahni's work in theatre and films was often informed by his political and personal struggles, his son and biographer Parikshat Sahni tells Ranjita Ganesan

G7 members agree to release $22 million to fight Amazon rainforest fire

French President Emmanuel Macron said G7 nations would release $22 mn

Fitness tracker: How many steps should you take in a day and at what pace?

Fitness trackers have bolstered the case for even light exercise. The persistent mystery, though, is which movements matter the most

The new Adidas Ozweego, a retro sneaker with an eye on the future

The latest 'dad sneaker' by Adidas perfectly fuses retro elements with a brilliant futuristic design, says Dhruv Munjal