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The horrific rape and murder of a young doctor in Kolkata, which has shaken the entire nation, was taken up by the Supreme Court during the hearing on Tuesday after the top court took suo motu cognisance of the brutal incident on the premises of a medical college.

Sri Lanka is set to lock horns with Ben Stokes-less England in the first Test of the three-match series, at Old Trafford, Manchester on Aug 21 (Wednesday). Ahead of the series opener, interim head coach Sanath Jayasuriya played down the hype around 'Bazball' and claimed that it is 'just media publicity' as the ultra-aggressive batting approach was evident even during his playing days, especially by Australian openers Adam Gilchrist and Matthew Hayden.

A fossil hunter made the biggest discovery of his life yet in Mississippi when he came across a Columbian mammoth tusk. The 7-foot-long Columbian mammoth tusk is the first to be found intact.

Nearly six years after the tragic death of DJ and producer Avicii, his personal belongings will be auctioned off for a charity. The auction was announced on August 19 by Stockholms Auktionsverk.

Iran-backed Hezbollah group said it launched several rocket barrages at Israeli army positions in the annexed Golan Heights on Tuesday (Aug 20) in response to Israeli strikes on east Lebanon a day before (Aug 19).

India Supreme Court is hearing a Suo Moto case related to the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud during the hearing said that the country cannot wait for another rape case for changes to take place on the ground. The bench has also questioned the delay in the filing of the FIR in the rape and murder incident. Watch in for more details!

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg reveals his first email ID that he used to create his first-ever profile on Facebook. Zuckerberg made the revelation on Threads, a counterpart of Instagram while replying to a funny post by a user.

India Supreme Court is hearing a Suo Moto case related to the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud during the hearing said that the country cannot wait for another rape case for changes to take place on the ground. The bench has also questioned the delay in the filing of the FIR in the rape and murder incident. Watch in for more details!

On Tuesday (Aug 20), Samoa batter Darius Visser broke the men's T20I record for most runs in an over, smashing 39 runs in six balls, against Vanuatu during the T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific Region Qualifier in Apia.

Ahead of assembly polls this year, the Maharashtra Government is going all out to woo voters with new schemes, especially in rural villages. In a first, the government launched the Solar Village Scheme, aiming at providing 100 per cent solar-powered electricity to 100 villages.

A luxury yacht was hit by a tornado and sank off the coast of Sicily early Monday. Twenty-two people were on board, of which one is confirmed dead. Fifteen people were rescued, with the rest still missing.

US presidential candidate Donald Trump has posted a fake image on social media of popstar Taylor Swift supporting his candidature for the upcoming presidential elections.

There is some relief for the family of slain actor Johnny Wactor as the police arrested a 22-year-old and three 18-year-olds in connection to the murder. The arrests were made three months after the General Hospital actor was shot dead in his neighbourhood.

One man died and six people were missing after Bayesian, a 56-metre-long (184-ft) sailboat, was suddenly hit by ferocious weather and now an Italian climatologist has said that, Global warming may have contributed to the freak storm that sank the luxury British-flagged yacht...

What appeared to be an exciting race for Paramount changed its course altogether as former Warner Music Group CEO Edgar Bronfman Jr. entered a $4.3 billion emerging bid to take over the media house.

Apple is set to produce its most expensive iPhone Pro and Pro Max models in India for the first time this year, marking a significant milestone for both the tech giant and India's manufacturing sector.