Hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, the Indian economy is expected to contract by 4 per cent during the current financial year, the ADB said in a supplement...
Archive - June 2020
Two more people have died due to COVID-19 in Jammu city raising the number of fatalities in Jammu and Kashmir to 71, officials said on Thursday. A 65-year-old...
President Donald Trump virtually pleaded with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping at last year”s G-20 summit in Japan to help him win the 2020 US...
Launching the auction of coal mines for commercial mining, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that the coal sector has finally been pulled out of...
Novel coronavirus that causes Covid-19 may spread more easily among people living together and family members than severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) or...
Chinese health authorities said on Thursday that 28 new COVID-19 case were reported in the mainland, of which 21 were registered in Beijing after a fresh...
The World Health Organization (WHO) welcomed the positive results of dexamethasone in treating the novel coronavirus, while warning that the drug should not be...
India has been overwhelmingly elected as a non-permanent member of the powerful UN Security Council for a two-year term, in an unprecedented election where...
Actress and former beauty queen Urvashi Rautela made her Bollywood debut in 2013 with the Sunny Deol-starrer “Singh Saab The Great” and says it has...
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) nominated Prathap Simha Nayak, M.T.B. Nagaraj, R. Shankar and Sunil Valyapure to contest in the June 29 biennial...
Turkish diplomat Volkan Bozkir has been elected President of the 75th session of the UN General Assembly. Bozkir, who was running uncontested, won unanimous...
The European Union (EU) is planning to accelerate the development of COVID1-9 vaccines through advance purchase agreements with promising medical companies...
A World Health Organization (WHO) expert said that the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) will be stopped from the Solidarity Trial, as it did not...
Chinese companies will require time to build back trust and goodwill that their products enjoyed in India, as the deep tussle between the Asian giants deep in...
Two nondescript tribal villages in Odisha are mourning the deaths of their sons killed in a clash with Chinese troops in eastern Ladakh amid tales of pride and...
City-based importers have started holding back their orders to China after the death of Indian Army personnel in a fierce clash with the People”s...
A group of ex-armymen gathered near the Chinese embassy here on Wednesday to protest against the killing of 20 Indian Army personnel in a violent clash with...
China on June 17 claimed that the sovereignty of the Galwan Valley area in Ladakh “always belonged to it,” a day after the armies of the two...
Indian Army troopers were outnumbered by 1:5 when they came under attack from the Chinese People”s Liberation Army soldiers at patrolling point number 14...
In a shocking incident, a groom in Uttar Pradesh killed his nine-year-old brother-in-law and ran his SUV over two women and a teenaged girl, leaving them...
You can now buy one of those unnerving animal-like robots you might have seen on YouTube — so long as you don”t plan to use it to harm or intimidate...
The French government sent police reinforcements and a top official to the Dijon region Tuesday to quell four nights of unusually violent clashes between rival...
For most mayors in deep-red states like Oklahoma, the prospect of hosting the first rally for President Donald Trump in months would be a delight. It would...
The COVID-19 death toll in Bihar reached 39 after a 55-year-old man succumbed to the viral infection, even as the state”s tally climbed to 6,810 with 148...
A Harvard University professor pleaded not guilty Tuesday to lying about his ties to a Chinese-run recruitment program. Charles Lieber appeared via...
Next time when you visit a public toilet, put the lid down before you flush. A new Chinese study has warned that flushing a toilet generates strong turbulence...
The five-star Taj Mansingh and another hotel will be converted into COVID-19 facilities as the Delhi government on Tuesday ramped up its efforts to augment...
The RSS-affiliated Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) on Tuesday appealed to the Centre to bar Chinese companies from participating in tenders floated by the...
In a significant development which many defence watchers viewed as out of the ordinary, all three services chiefs of Pakistans armed forces, as well as...
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday said she was “deeply anguished and pained” over the killing of Indian Army personnel in a clash with...
At least 20 Indian soldiers killed in the violent face-off with China in Galwan valley in Eastern Ladakh. Casualty numbers could rise, Government Sources...