The Supreme Court Friday dismissed a plea seeking a direction to the Centre to make appropriate use of Indian Community Welfare Fund (ICWF), aimed at assisting overseas Indian nationals in times of distress and emergency, for repatriation of economically weaker persons including migrant labourers who are stranded in Gulf countries due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

SC dismisses plea for using ICWF for repatriation of stranded Indians

US President Donald Trump said expanded mail-in voting could cost him the re-election in November, as states continue to press for absentee balloting amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Trump says mail-in voting is top threat to his re-election

The US Supreme Court's ruling stopping President Donald Trump from rescinding protections for "Dreamers" immigrants marked the second time in a year that he lost a major case because Chief Justice John Roberts faulted his administration for sloppiness in the policy making process.

Trump administration's 'sloppy' work has led to Supreme Court losses

Russia President Vladimir Putin has called on the leaders of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council to make good on an agreement to hold a face-to-face summit to try to tackle the world's problems as soon as possible.

Putin pushes idea of Russian-backed summit to stabilise world

Three consecutive explosions claimed by a little-known separatist group killed four people including two soldiers in Pakistan's southern province of Sindh on Friday, officials said.

Coordinated blasts kill four in Pakistan, including soldiers

Attaching impurity to a woman during the menstrual period is an abrasion to entire humanity, said Kerala government in a written submission in the Supreme Court on Sabarimala review petitions.

Food exporters to China asked to declare produce is coronavirus-free

China on Friday said it "presently" has not detained any Indian soldiers, amidst reports that the Chinese military took some Indian troops captive after a deadly clash in the Galwan Valley on June 15.

China says 'presently' it hasn't detained any Indian soldiers

Japan has launched a smartphone application that notifies users who have come into close contact with anyone infected with the coronavirus. The COVID-19 Contact Confirming Application, or COCOA, was created by the Health Ministry using technology developed by Apple and Google.

Japan launches coronavirus contact app, reopens remaining businesses

An Indian national, linked to a group of Indians who had defrauded the Singapore taxman out of SGD 570,000 by making false Goods and Services Tax (GST) refund claims, has been jailed for 18 months by a court here.

Indian national jailed in Singapore for GST fraud

Australia views China as the chief suspect in a spate of cyber-attacks of increasing frequency in recent months, sources told Reuters on Friday. The suggestion has been swiftly dismissed by Beijing.

Australia sees China as main suspect in state-based cyberattacks, says report

China has widenened the wedge with Canada, as it has charged two detained Canadians for suspected espionage, indictments that could result in life imprisonment. The indictments were of particularly serious circumstances which violated Article 111 of the Criminal Law of the People’s Republic of China, which pertains to espionage and state secrets.

China charges two detained Canadians with suspected espionage

The first trial results of a coronavirus vaccine being developed by an unlisted German company are expected in two months. According to German news agency dpa, CureVac said this week that the first meaningful results could be available in September or October and, under favourable conditions, the vaccine could be approved by the middle of next year.

First results of German company's coronavirus vaccine trial expected in two months

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