Tropical Storm Josephine formed in the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday morning, making it the earliest “J-named” storm in a record-setting hurricane season...
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A woman allegedly hanged herself from the ceiling of her residence in Muzaffarngar district following a family dispute, a police official said Friday. Anju...
Democratic vice-presidential candidate Senator Kamala Harris has been hit by a “birther movement”, with US President Donald Trump saying he had...
US President Donald Trump on Thursday said that he intended to deliver his Republican nomination acceptance speech from the White House, according to a media...
The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan has imposed its first nationwide lockdown due to a virus infection in a returning traveler who had been released from...
Bollywood actress Rhea Chakraborty and the Bihar government filed their written submissions in the Supreme Court on Thursday on Chakraborty”s plea...
A team led by an Indian-origin scientist has used artificial intelligence (AI) to identify hundreds of new potential drugs that could help treat COVID-19, the...
Elements of the Islamic State group are working to rebuild in western Syria, where the US has little visibility or presence, the top US commander for the...
Indian-American Muslims and Sikhs here have hailed the selection of Senator Kamala Harris as the Democratic party”s vice-presidental candidate, calling...
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Wednesday that the COVID-19 pandemic not only threatens gains in fighting global poverty and building peace but...
Congress leader and spokesperson Rajiv Tyagi passed away on Wednesday after a heart attack, the party said. He was 52. Tyagi suffered the attack soon after...
The Delhi High Court has sought the police response on a plea by a member of Pinjra Tod, a women’s collective, seeking bail in a case related to the communal...
The UK economy has officially fallen into a recession after official figures showed it contracting by a record 20.4 per cent in the second quarter as a result...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch a platform for honouring the country”s honest taxpayers on Thursday. The 2020-21 Budget unveiled on February 1...
Scientists have uncovered a new vulnerability in the spike protein of the novel coronavirus, which enables the virus to enter host cells, an advance that may...
The Shiv Sena on Wednesday said failure of ”Operation Lotus” in Rajasthan was the defeat of “political perversity”, days after a...
In a first for Indian women”s golf, three leading players of the country — Aditi Ashok, Diksha Dagar and Tvesa Malik — will tee up at an LPGA...
According to the Union Health Ministry data, India’s COVID-19 tally went past 23 lakh on Wednesday, with a single day increase of 60,963 cases, while the...
Traders of India and Bangladesh have demanded a trial run of vessels on the Gomati river this month to operationalise the Indo-Bangla protocol route between...
Gretchen Whitmer wanted out. The Michigan governor had caught the interest of Joe Biden and his vice presidential vetting committee, who were drawn to her...
The LPGA Tour has confirmed the 2020 Buick LPGA Shanghai has been cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic. China”s government last month announced...
Former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who is undergoing treatment for COVID-19 infection at a private hospital here has tested negative and will be...
Sports events in New Zealand could face new restrictions on having fans in stadiums after the detection of four new cases of COVID-19 in Auckland ended New...
Joe Biden has picked Indian-origin Senator Kamala Devi Harris as his running mate, recognising the crucial role Black voters could play in his determined bid...
Goa Health Minister Vishwajit Rane has said the state topped in the country in terms of the number of COVID-19 tests conducted per million people. Till Tuesday...
For nearly a week, Mona Zahran had to sleep on a couch pulled across her apartment”s front door. Beirut”s massive explosion knocked her doors off...
President Donald Trump has won Connecticut”s Republican presidential primary. Trump on Tuesday defeated California real estate developer and perennial...
The Australian state of Victoria on Wednesday reported a record 21 virus deaths and 410 new cases from an outbreak in the city of Melbourne that has prompted a...
A soldier was killed and another injured in an encounter with militants in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, officials said here. Security...
Shin Yun-sun describes her life as a maze of dead ends. The South Korean has spent many of her 75 years pestering government officials, digging into records...
The United Nations stands ready to provide humanitarian support to the most vulnerable and affected communities in India, a spokesperson for the UN Secretary...