US Court Rejects Pak-Origin 26/11 Plotter’s Bail
A US court has rejected the USD 1.5 million bail application of Pakistani-origin Canadian businessman Tahawwur Rana, who has been...
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India, China Agree To Speed Up Border Troop Pullback
Indian and Chinese diplomats agreed on Friday to a fast pullback of troops eyeballing each other across a disputed border...
WHO Reports Record Daily Rise In Global Covid-19 Cases
The World Health Organization (WHO) reported a record increase in global coronavirus cases on Friday, with the total rising by...
India, China Set For More Talks To De-Escalate Standoff
Indian and Chinese diplomats were set for more talks on Friday to narrow differences on ways to pull back troops...
Scavengers In India Risk Health To Sift Coronavirus Debris
Mansoor Khan and his wife Latifa Bibi have been collecting scraps of plastic and other items at an enormous landfill...
India Adds Over 49,000 New Covid-19 Cases In A Day
India reported over 49,000 fresh cases of the novel coronavirus with 740 new deaths on Friday, marking the biggest daily...
Comments On My Independence ‘Unacceptable & Untrue’: WHO Chief
The head of the World Health Organization said on Thursday that reported comments by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo...
Cops Beat, Shave Dalit Man’s Head After Complaint By AP MLA
A Dalit youth had his head tonsured and was beaten up, allegedly by police, in the East Godavari district of...
Permanent Commission For Women Officers In Indian Army
Women officers in the Indian Army will now be able to play larger roles with the grant of Permanent Commission...
Signs Of Farm ‘Revolution’ In India As Covid-19 Prompts Change
For more than two decades, farmer Ravindra Kajal cultivated rice the way his forefathers had - every June he flooded...
India Reports Record 45,720 New Coronavirus Cases
India reported a record jump of 45,720 in coronavirus infections on Wednesday, taking its total number of cases to 1.24...
Dismissed As ‘Poor Things’, 3 Women Try To Unseat Belarus’ President
Dismissed by the incumbent as too fragile to run Belarus because of their gender, three women have joined forces to...
Global Coronavirus Cases Exceed 15 Million
Global coronavirus infections surged past 15 million on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally, with the pandemic gathering pace even...
Twitter To Suspend Accounts Tweeting About QAnon
Twitter Inc said on Tuesday it would permanently suspend accounts that violate its policies while tweeting about QAnon, a fringe...
‘People More Likely To Contract COVID-19 At Home’
South Korean epidemiologists have found that people were more likely to contract the new coronavirus from members of their own...
Delhi Sero-Survey: Over 23% Residents Have Covid Antibodies
A Delhi sero-survey has reported that on an average, across Delhi, the prevalence of IgG antibodies is 23.48 per cent....
Netflix Show Stokes Debate On Indian Wedding Culture
A new Netflix show about an Indian matchmaker catering to the high demands of potential brides and grooms, and their...
Wave Of Promising Study Results Raises Hopes For Covid-19 Vaccines
Early data from trials of three potential COVID-19 vaccines released on Monday, including a closely-watched candidate from Oxford University, increased...
India To Reduce No. Of State-Owned Banks To Just 5: Sources
India is looking to privatise more than half of its state-owned banks to reduce the number of government-owned lenders to...
Floods Kill Scores In Assam, 9 Rhinos Drown
Intense rain and floods in Assam have killed at least 84 people and displaced more than 2.75 million since May,...
Covid-19 Censorship: Chinese Artist Holds Tongue In Protest
To protest censorship during the COVID-19 outbreak, a Chinese artist known as Brother Nut kept his mouth shut for 30...
India’s Covid-19 Tally Past 1.11 Mn, Recoveries Cross 7 Lakh
India’s tally of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) mounted to 1,118,043 after 40,425 new cases, in a record single-day spike, were...
Major Fire At 15th Century Cathedral In French City
A fire in the 15-century cathedral in the western French city of Nantes blew out stained glass windows and destroyed...
For 1st Time, World Records 1 Mn Covid-19 Cases In 100 Hours
Global coronavirus infections passed 14 million on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, marking the first time there has been...
Defence Minister Hoping For Resolution To China Border Row
India’s Defence Minister said on Friday he hoped talks could bring some sort of resolution to a border standoff with...
