Facebook and Twitter have removed hundreds of accounts originating in Iran and Russia that were designed to mislead people across multiple Internet services in the Middle East, Latin America, Britain and the US.


Facebook, Twitter remove hundreds of accounts tied to Iran, Russia


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The Centre on Tuesday released Rs 600 crore to the Kerala government for relief work in the flood-ravaged state and decided to waive Customs Duty and Goods and Services Tax (GST) on relief materials being imported.


Government releases Rs 600 crore aid to Kerala


Book: How India Manages Its National Security; Author: Arvind Gupta; Publisher: Penguin/Viking; Pages: 410; Price: Rs 599


'National security also about governance, don't politicise actions of the armed forces' (Book Review)


A series titled "Women Fighter Pilots" exploring the lives of India's female combat aircraft pilots will soon beam on Indian television.


Series on women fighter pilots on TV soon


The number of Venezuelans trying to flee a national economic collapse and migrating to Brazil is rising, an official has said.


Venezuelans flee to Brazil amid economic uncertainty


Two soldiers and five civilians have been killed in a military raid here in Brazil.


2 Soldiers, 5 civilians killed in Rio army raid


The Supreme Court will hear on September 4 a plea by a group of serving Army officers against the dilution of AFSPA that gives immunity to military personnel from prosecution for their actions in disturbed and insurgency-hit areas.


SC to hear plea on AFSPA dilution on September 4


Even as hundreds remained stranded on hilltops in towns and villages in flood-hit Kodagu in Karnataka, an official said 4,320 marooned people have been rescued till Monday.


Hundreds stranded, 4,320 rescued in Karnataka


A huge cache of explosives suspected to be meant for Maoist guerrillas was recovered from Jharkhand's Pakur district on Monday, police said.


Huge explosives haul in Jharkhand


A rescued Kerala flood victim on Sunday lauded the efforts of the NCC Kottayam unit tweeting: "All the temples, mosques and churches here are drowned in water, but God came wearing uniforms to save us".


Rescued Kerala flood victim lauds NCC cadets


Three militants were killed on Saturday on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir as the Army foiled an infiltration bid, police said.


Three militants killed as Army foils infiltration bid in J&K


The Congress on Saturday decided to step up its attack over the Rafale deal, terming it a "scam" of the Narendra Modi government and said the party will launch a nation-wide agitation on the issue.


Congress to launch agitation over Rafale deal


The Odisha government on Saturday sent a 240-member fire services team to carry out rescue operations in flood-ravaged Kerala.


Odisha sends fire services team to Kerala


A pregnant woman stranded in one of the worst flood-hit areas of Kerala had developed complications with a ruptured amniotic sac. The two lives remained in danger till help came out of the blue - literally.


Stranded pregnant woman in Kerala airlifted, gives birth


The Indian Navy rescued nearly 500 people on Friday, continuing with its massive rescue and relief operations in flood-ravaged Kerala where monsoon rains have left a trail of death and destruction across the state.


Navy rescues 500 in flood-hit Kerala


Prime Minister Narendra Modi will undertake an aerial survey of the flood-devastated parts of Kerala on Saturday to assess the Central government's aid efforts and also the rescue operations.


Modi to visit flood-battered Kerala; rescue operations under way


A Sikh store-owner has been stabbed to death in the US state of New Jersey, in a third incident targeting the community in the country in the last three weeks.


Sikh store-owner stabbed to death in US


More than a dozen helicopters, hundreds of defence personnel, NDRF teams and ordinary fishermen with their motor boats on Friday launched a massive rescue operation in Kerala as rains subsided but the death toll touched 164 in 10 days.


164 dead in Kerala floods, massive rescue underway


More than a dozen helicopters, hundreds of defence personnel, NDRF teams and ordinary fishermen with their motor boats on Friday launched a massive rescue operation in Kerala as rains subdued and the death toll touched 154 in 10 days.


Kerala death toll rises to 154, massive rescue underway


An Australian teenager pleaded guilty to charges of hacking into Apple's secure systems and said that he was a fan of the technology giant and hoped to work there one day, the media reported.


Teenager Apple fan hacks into its secure systems


US President Donald Trump's military parade is estimated to cost 92 million dollars, according to a CNBC report on Thursday, quoting an anonymous US defence official.

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