As ferry services increase and remote working becomes the norm, the rural beach town has turned into a sought-after refuge for city slickers from Mumbai and Pune.
Nivedita Mookerji goes in search of the elusive war room to track and respond to the coronavirus threat.
Trump also raised the possibility of using light to combat the deadly viral infection.
Air India has expanded its international operations with the launch of two daily flights from Mumbai and Delhi to New York and Chicago via Frankfurt and opened a European hub at the Frankfurt airport.
The US embassy in Islamabad has reportedly rejected visa applications of at least 10 members of Pakistan's National Assembly and the Senate nominated to attend the United Nations General Assembly session in New York.
To build one's political and ideological arguments on the dead bodies piling up outside our crematoriums is despicable and breaches the basic tenet of human civility, argues Vivek Gumaste.
Scientists and medical experts are concerned about how things might look next summer, a year after the Tokyo Games were postponed.
The New York Film Festival served an amazing plate of films. Aseem Chhabra picks the best ones.
The coronavirus has infected 1.2 million Americans and killed more than 73,000.
A fascinating glimpse from Somak Ghoshal's 10 Indian Heroes Who Help People Live With Dignity.
'It is a political failure, and not a medical failure.'
It's Donald Trump like he's never been seen before.
"Thanks to the profound commitment of our citizens, we have flattened the curve and countless American lives have been saved. Our country is now in the next stage of the battle. A very safe, phased and gradual reopening of our country," Trump said.
The New York Times, The Washington Post, The BBC and The Guardian, among many other leading foreign media outlets, all carried stories on Chandrayaan-2, India's landmark moon mission.
Over 3,66,000 Americans have tested positive for the deadly coronavirus.
The Secretary-General's Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric during the daily press briefing on Thursday said the UN chief has underscored the need for dialogue as the only way to resolve the issue and, "as part of the solution for the current crisis in Kashmir, to make sure that human rights aspects are very much dealt with, as well."
'Mucor is an environmental fungus, and it's much more prevalent in hot and humid areas.' 'The amount of fungus in the air is much higher in India than some other parts of the world.'
The chief minister said the Delhi government was implementing from November 19 its decision to reserve 80 per cent of ICU beds in private hospitals for COVID-19 patients.
The hacking group, Anonymous had reportedly brought down websites, including Visa and several US government sites, as a protest against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's arrest, and 'Curiosity' could be their next target, the Daily Mail reported.
The five per cent stake acquisition would be subject to statutory approvals and respective board approvals, the company added. Earlier, Deccan Chronicle was reported to be in the lookout for selling 5 to 8 per cent in Sieger Solutions, the owner of the Deccan Chargers IPL team to a strategic investor.
Slamming Pakistan for refusing to cut ties with the Haqqani network of militants, a leading US daily has said the military of the 'crippled and chaotic' state continues to play a "double game" of accepting aid from America while enabling the Afghan Taliban.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has ruled out bringing legend Thierry Henry back to the club for a second loan spell.
Trading loss of global financial services firm JPMorgan Chase & Company may touch $9 billion, much higher than previous estimates of $2 billion disclosed last month, according to a media report.
'But in mid-October, if we're able to come together and we've been able to provide revenue for 600 people, I think we will be very satisfied as a federation and I as a former player.'
Despite certain flaws the film is watchable.
The American trio of Jeffrey C Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W Young won for "for their discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm".
Films that amazed Aseem Chhabra at the El Gouna Film Festival in Egypt.
The Statue of Unity, touted as the world's tallest statue, will be nearly twice as tall as New York's famed Statue of Liberty. Check out all that you need to know about India's tribute to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
Months before the 9/11 attacks, former US President George Bush had received multiple briefings by intelligence agencies warning of an "imminent" attack on US soil by Al Qaeda but he did not take prompt action that could have prevented the tragedy, an op-ed in the 'New York Times' said.
Maria Sharapova has launched her own line of candy, titled Sugarpova, in New York.
Spicer will continue to be in his position through August.
With Air India's Gulf monopoly under threat and likely to end very soon if the civil aviation ministry has its way, the state-owned airline is now pitching aggressively for direct flights to the US and Australia to make up for the loss.
For Chef Thomas Zacharias, Chef Floyd Cardoz, was a partner, mentor. And family.
Lauding the Indian leadership's willingness to engage Pakistan despite its failure to bring the perpetrators of 26/11 terror attacks to justice, a leading United States daily has said that the Pakistani Army's use of militants to counter Indian influence in Kashmir is "self-destructive."
"I'm not doing any favour. I'm giving back to my country."
With a staff in one hand and the other on his granddaughter's shoulder, the old man briskly takes the lead as the sun breaks over the horizon.
Teenage baseball sensation Kumar Nambiar from Westchester county has become the first Indian-American student athlete to be honoured with 'New York State Player of the Year', according to media reports.
She loves to dive naked with stingrays underwater.
The bizarre challenge started in China but has followers all over the world.
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