Three militants and a soldier were killed in a gunbattle in Jammu and Kashmir”s Pulwama district on Saturday, officials said. Security forces launched a...
Archive - August 2020
With France”s national health agency decrying an “exponential” rise in new virus infections, French President Emmanuel Macron has said he...
Actor Chadwick Boseman, who played Black icons Jackie Robinson and James Brown before finding fame as the regal Black Panther in the Marvel cinematic universe...
Fresh off accepting the Republican Party”s nomination, President Donald Trump said Friday he was the only thing standing between “democracy and the mob,”...
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador loves hugging supporters and shaking hands in crowds but even he appears to be spooked by the country”s...
The UN Security Council unanimously approved a resolution Friday cutting the UN peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon and expanding its mandate to address US...
West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh Friday accused the TMC government of “vitiating the political atmosphere” in the state and criticised Chief...
The Canadian economy was devastated in the second quarter due to the coronavirus panedemic, according to figures released Friday, but there were signs of a...
UN chief Antonio Guterres on Friday renewed his call on India and other G20 countries to invest in a clean and sustainable transition as they recover from the...
US President Donald Trump has formally accepted the Republican Party”s presidential renomination for the November election. Trump, 74, accepted the...
Top Republican party leaders Thursday night rallied behind President Donald Trump as they used the platform of Republican National Convention to launch a...
China has escalated its previously announced exercise activities in the South China Sea by launching four medium-range missiles impacting the stretch between...
The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its verdict on a plea filed by businessman Vijay Mallya, who has sought review of its 2017 order holding him guilty of...
Already delayed, the Tour de France sets off Saturday shrouded in uncertainty, flying in the face of the coronavirus pandemic and the imponderable question of...
Mike Pence has formally accepted the Republican vice-presidential nomination for the November 3 election. Pence, 61, accepted the nomination on the third night...
Arnold Spielberg, father of filmmaker Steven Spielberg and an innovating engineer whose work helped make the personal computer possible, has died at 103...
US President Donald Trump “is no hawk” and he believes in seeking peace instead of perpetual conflict, a top national security official from the...
The United States will not allow Iran to obtain nuclear weapon, Democratic vice-presidential nominee Kamala Harris said on Wednesday, asserting that if voted...
A session of the West Bengal Assembly will begin on September 9, Speaker Biman Banerjee said on Wednesday. An all-party meeting has been convened on September...
According to the government think tank’s report released on Aug 26, Gujarat has topped the Niti Aayog’s Export Preparedness Index 2020 followed by...
Former President Pranab Mukherjee continues to be in deep coma and his renal parameters are “slightly deranged”, the hospital treating him said on...
Using a computer simulation model, scientists in the US have assessed the effectiveness and coverage levels a potential COVID-19 vaccine needs to have in order...
Heavy flooding in northern Afghanistan has killed more than two dozen people and injured scores of others, officials said Wednesday. A spokesperson for Parwan...
Over 100 civil society organisations have urged the government against increasing women”s minimum age of marriage, claiming it will do little to improve...
Nippon Life India Asset Management on Tuesday said it has garnered Rs 720 crore through the new fund offer of its Multi-Asset Fund. The company claimed that...
The tourism global industry has been devastated by the coronavirus pandemic, with USD 320 billion lost in exports in the first five months of the year and more...
TTP will continue to align with ISIL-K regardless of how Afghan peace process develops: UN SG report
Terror group Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and its various splinter groups will continue to align themselves with Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant...
Republicans opened Monday night”s prime-time convention with dark warnings about America”s future if President Donald Trump doesn”t win a...
More than 10,000 Islamic State fighters are estimated to remain active in Iraq and Syria two years after the militant group”s defeat, and their attacks...
The younger daughter of PDP president Mehbooba Mufti has sought to change her mother”s name in her passport to Mehbooba Syed. A notice stating this was...
India”s biggest gas importer Petronet LNG Ltd gave its outgoing chief executive Prabhat Singh a record 27 per cent rise in remuneration in FY20 and has...