Sydney, Jan 19 : An international team of scientists has reached a milestone in their 10-year project which they believe will ultimately change biological studies, according to one of Australia’s...

New Delhi, Jan 19 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi will host the first India-Central Asia Summit in virutal format on January 27. Presidents of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and...

Panaji, Jan 19 : Describing Amit Palekar as a “fresh, committed face”, Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday nominated this 46-year-old lawyer as the party’s chief ministerial...

Madrid, Jan 19 : Five people were killed and several injured in a fire at a retirement home during the wee hours of Wednesday in Valencia, eastern Spain, the country’s...

Phnom Penh, Jan 19 : The World Bank has approved new financing to help Cambodia improve equitable access to basic education, according to its press release on Wednesday. The World...

New Delhi, Jan 19 : The BJP on Wednesday released a list of 30 star campaigners for the first phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls.Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Ministers...

Lucknow, Jan 19 : Trouble is brewing in Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) after it came to light that eight Samajwadi Party candidates would be contesting the assembly elections on RLD...

Lucknow, Jan 19 : For weeks, Congress leader Imran Masood persuaded the party leadership to forge an alliance with Samajwadi Party ‘which was better positioned to fight the BJP in...

Tripoli, Jan 19 : The Libyan Minister of Youth Fathallah Al-Zani has signed an agreement on capacity building for youth with the Turkish Minister of Youth and Sports Mehmet Kasapoglu....

Jakarta, Jan 19 : Indonesian lawmakers passed a law on the relocation of the nation’s capital to the island of Kalimantan, which shares borders with Malaysia and Brunei, from the...

Lucknow, Jan 19 : Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav, on Wednesday, congratulated his sister-in-law Aparna Yadav who had joined the BJP earlier in the day. “I wish her well,” he...

New Delhi, Jan 19 : Attacking Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya onb Wednesday said that Akhilesh is scared of fighting the state...

Bengaluru, Jan 19 : Ahead of Karnataka attaining its Covid-19 third wave peak, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has made arrangements for 28,067 beds in private and government hospitals....

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 19 : V.D.Satheesan, the Leader of Opposition in Kerala Assembly, on Wednesday visited the house of a couple in the state capital, who for more than a year,...

Chennai, Jan 19 : Fishermen in Tamil Nadu who had rescued people stranded during the floods in October, November 2021, are yet to receive the compensation they were promised. Fisheries...

New Delhi, Jan 19 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday greeted the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) on its Raising Day. Taking to...

New Delhi/Srinagar, Jan 19 : The schemes sponsored by the Central Government to improve the living standards of the people are helping every section of the society in Jammu and...

Patna, Jan 19 : Shyam Bahadur Singh, a former three-time Janata Dal (United) MLA, has claimed that the popularity of Nitish Kumar, the Bihar Chief Minister and his party Chief,...

By Amita VermaLucknow, Jan 19 : A Bajpai, a Dubey and a Tiwari will decide the mood of Brahmins who are presently dejected and also undecided in Uttar Pradesh. These...

New Delhi, Jan 19 : Alumni of various prominent institutions have written to President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Members of Parliament, drawing their attention to rising...

Lucknow, Jan 19 : Ittihad-e-Millat Council chief Maulana Tauqeer Raza Khan has said that after meeting Congress leaders Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Rahul Gandhi, he realised that these two siblings...

Bhubaneswar, Jan 19 : The Odisha government has suspended a college principal and a Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) on charge of violation of Model Code of Conduct (MMC), which is...

Amaravati, Jan 19 : Government employees in Andhra Pradesh have threatened to go on strike to press for their demand of roll back of the Government Order (GO) relating to...

Bhopal, Jan 19 : A group of Bajrang Dal workers allegedly beat a Muslim man, who was travelling with a married Hindu woman, in an Ajmer-bound train and was forcibly...

Chennai, Jan 19 : The urban local body elections of Tamil Nadu scheduled to be held in February 2022 will be a direct fight between coalitions led by DMK and...

New Delhi, Jan 19 : The hope of stitching an MVA like alliance in Goa has not taken off as Congress is unwilling to ally with the Shiv Sena and...

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 19 : Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, presently undergoing treatment in the US at the Mayo Clinic, on Wednesday morning presided over the weekly cabinet meeting virtually. Vijayan...

Chennai, Jan 19 : The DMK seems to be plagued by dynasty politics with the party appointing the son of T.R.Baalu, TRB Raja as the new IT wing secretary. He...

New Delhi, Jan 19 : Delhi government has decided to deploy senior nursing officers from state government-run hospitals as nodal officers in the private healthcare facilities to monitor the Covid...

New Delhi, Jan 19 : Mulayam Singh Yadav’s daughter-in-law Aparna Yadav on Wednesday joined the BJP just three weeks ahead of the first phase of polling in Uttar Pradesh. She...

Canberra, Jan 19 : Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Wednesday said the government would rebate visa fees for international students and backpackers to support the workforce challenge amid surging...

Bengaluru, Jan 19 : Hinting at easing curbs imposed due to surge in Covid-19 cases in the state, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday said that a decision on...

Jakarta, Jan 19 : The administration of Indonesia’s capital has called upon all residents in the city to be more cautious in the coming weeks amid predictions of a third...

Kuala Lumpur, Jan 19 : Malaysia recorded 3,245 new Covid-19 infections over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 2,813,934,...

Wellington, Jan 19 : An interim telecommunication system has been set up in Tonga to allow its connection with the rest of the world using 2G networks, New Zealand’s Ministry...

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 19 : With three Rajya Sabha seats falling vacant from Kerala in April, the ruling CPI-M in Kerala is mulling to send a leader with a “national” face...

Dharamsala, Jan 19 : Agreeing that the Tibetan struggle is far more deep rooted and complex and historically resilient than other issues that confront China, French Senate Tibet Support Group...

Chennai, Jan 19 : Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K.Stalin has said that the tableaux rejected by the Centre for the Republic day parade, will be displayed across the state. He...

Lucknow, Jan 19 : The Samajwadi Party is launching a ‘Naam likhwao’ (Get registered) campaign from Wednesday to log those who want 300 units of free power on domestic connections...

Hathras (UP), Jan 19 : The family of the 19-year-old Hathras victim has turned down a proposal to contest the UP Assembly elections. “We have not been approached by anyone...

Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh), Jan 19 : Remember the 1970 hit song from ‘Purab Aur Paschim’ — ‘Koi jab tumhara hriday tod de’? The song in its new avatar is now...

Lucknow, Jan 19 : The Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) has released a list of 24 candidates for the UP Assembly elections. More than 80 per cent of the candidates are...

Lucknow, Jan 19 : The Janata Dal (United) has announced that it will contest the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections on its own. The party has expressed disappointment over not being...

New Delhi, Jan 19 : The BJP’s Central Election Committee (CEC) is meeting on Wednesday to finalise candidates for Goa, Uttarakhand, and Uttar Pradesh.The CEC will be held in a...

New Delhi, Jan 19 : Mulayam Singh Yadav’s daughter-in-law Aparna Yadav is likely to join the BJP.Sources in the BJP said that Aparna is in touch with the party’s top...

By Deepika BhanJanuary 19 is not just another date on the calendar.It is an occasion to remind ourselves of a bitter truth that exposes the hypocrisy of India’s secular politics...

New Delhi, Jan 19 : The Indian Youth Congress on Tuesday submitted a representation to the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, Anil Baijal, accusing the Delhi government of reducing the number...

United Nations, Jan 19 : The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is leading an inter-agency assessment team deployed to Qadis District of Badghis Province in Afghanistan...

Brussels, Jan 19 : Maltese lawmaker Roberta Metsola has been elected as president of the European Parliament (EP), the third woman elected to the post. The 43-year-old lawyer by profession...

Riyadh, Jan 19 : South Korean President Moon Jae-in held talks with Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Tuesday and agreed to work together in...

Washington, Jan 19 : The US takes very seriously the threat posed by North Korea’s “improving” missile programs, Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby has said. He, however, said the US...

Jerusalem, Jan 19 : Israel has condemned Monday’s deadly Houthi attack in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and promised to offer security and intelligence assistance to the Arab country. Israeli...

New Delhi, Jan 19 : National carrier Air India will not be able to operate a number of US-bound flights on Wednesday, the airline said. Accordingly, the airline informed passengers...

Jakarta, Jan 19 : Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Tuesday asked his people to reduce mobility, avoid crowds and work from home whenever possible as the country is struggling with...

Patna, Jan 19 : The RJD on Tuesday threatened to bring a no-confidence motion against the Nitish Kumar government in the upcoming Budget session of the Bihar Assembly if the...

Itanagar, Jan 18 : The Arunachal Pradesh government would impart Japanese language as a new skill for the youth and the matter along with other possible mutual cooperation were discussed...

New Delhi, Jan 18 : India has signed an agreement with the International Co-Operative Alliance Asia And Pacific (ICAAP) intending to assimilate and develop further on the core strengths, experience,...

New Delhi, Jan 18 : External Affairs Minister S.Jaishankar on Tuesday spoke to the Foreign Minister of the UAE, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, over phone and discussed the...

Chennai, Jan 18 : AIADMK leader and former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O.Panneerselvam on Tuesday called for the restoration of Chennai international airport in the list of airports for Haj...

New Delhi, Jan 18 : After the raids at the premises of a relative of Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Tuesday, the Congress slammed the BJP with its...

New Delhi, Jan 18 : Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday called for cooperation between Central and state governments for infrastructure development in the country. “Cooperation...

New Delhi, Jan 18 : Senior bureaucrat Vikram Dev Dutt was on Tuesday named as the new Chairman and Managing Director of Air India. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet...

New Delhi, Jan 18 : The Centre on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that due to “comprehensive policies and steps” taken by both Central and state governments, there have been...

Bengaluru, Jan 18 : Karnataka Minister for Higher Education, C.N.Ashwath Narayan, said on Tuesday that the protest plan of former minister and JD(S) leader H.D.Revanna demanding permission to start a...

New Delhi, Jan 18 : The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday recovered Rs 6 crore in cash during the raids there were carried out in Punjab in connection with a...

Patna, Jan 18 : Janata Dal-United (JD-U) lawmakers and workers are backing Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s liquor ban decision, but a former party MLA on Tuesday announced “Piyakkar Sammelan”...

New Delhi, Jan 18 : Vice President M.Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday said fast-tracking rural development is integral to the growth of the nation. “In this regard, he called upon industry...

Bengaluru, Jan 18 : The Karnataka government on Tuesday warned medical practitioners of the state to exercise restraint while giving opinion on the Covid-19 situation in the state, otherwise they...

By Ujwal JalaliNew Delhi, Jan 18 : Delhi Police have strengthened the security arrangements in the national capital after they received intelligence inputs of a possible terror attack in the...

New Delhi, Jan 18 : Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science and Technology, Jitendra Singh on Tuesday called for collaboration between India, and UK on issues of mutual concern...

Panaji, Jan 18 : Two former Chief Ministers have been named in Trinamool Congress’ first list of candidates for the February 14 Assembly elections in Goa. Former CMs Luizinho Faleiro...

New Delhi, Jan 18 : Pakistan Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid said on Tuesday that the attack on police precinct in Islamabad was an “act of terrorism, not robbery”, which signals...

New Delhi, Jan 18 : An article written by Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan about the ‘Spirit of Riyasat-i-Madina has drawn flak from the Opposition, whose leaders have termed the...

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 18 : The retirement age of Kerala state government employees might be raised to 57 years from the present 56, as per indications. It is only in Kerala...

New Delhi, Jan 18 : The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to examine a seeking direction to the Election Commission to de-register a political party, which fails to comply with...

New Delhi, Jan 18 : Even as India has successfully handed over the BRICS Chair to China from January 2022, it will be hosting five international events through the year,...

New Delhi, Jan 18 : The BJP on Tuesday said there is a competition going on in Uttar Pradesh between Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Congress over who can spread...

New Delhi, Jan 18 : On January 14, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan unveiled the countrys first National Security Policy (NSP), which purportedly focuses on the ‘security of its citizens....

Mumbai, Jan 18 : The Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday erupted in protests over certain remarks by state Congress President Nana Patole allegedly making ‘derogatory and threatening’ utterances...

New Delhi, Jan 18 : The Supreme Court on Tuesday continued to grill the Maharashtra government on the resolution passed by the state Assembly on July 5, 2021 to suspend...

New Delhi, Jan 18 : A private company in 2005 came up with an offer to start a bouquet of multimedia and telecom services and got into an agreement with...

By Rahul KumarNew Delhi, Jan 18: Fearing a possible conflict with China over Taiwan, the US and Japan are holding talks to stockpile munitions including missiles in each other’s military...

Chandigarh, Jan 18 : The mother of AAP’s two-time Member of Parliament Bhagwant Mann, who got emotional on hearing that his son was announced as the chief ministerial candidate by...

Chandigarh, Jan 18 : Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala on Tuesday said new startups and Information Technology companies would be given exemption for two years under the Haryana State...

Gurugram, Jan 18 : The security in and around Gurugram has been beefed up in view of the Republic Day celebration on January 26. Commissioner of Gurugram police, K.K.Rao has...

Belagavi (Karnataka), Jan 18 : The Karnataka Congress which has organised Mekedatu padayatra (foot march) despite curfew orders is all set to launch another foot march demanding implementation of the...

Jammu, Jan 18 : Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday chaired the meeting of governing body of the Mubarak Mandi Jammu Heritage Society and reviewed the to-date...

New Delhi, Jan 18 : Companies of para-military forces have started arriving in Uttar Pradesh ahead of the first phase of the Assembly election on February 10, security sources said...

New Delhi, Jan 18 : The BJP on Tuesday announced two more candidates for Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls.The party has fielded Chhatrapal Singh from Baheri assembly seat and Bahoranlal Maurya...

New Delhi, Jan 18 : President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday expressed grief and offered their condolences over the demise of noted Bengali cartoonist Narayan...

Jaipur, Jan 18 : Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra on Tuesday directed officials to identify the children orphaned due to Covid pandemic and provide them immediate and long-term assistance and protection....

Kolkata, Jan 18 : After the Centre rejected its tableau for the Republic Day parade in New Delhi, the West Bengal government has decided to showcase the same tableau commemorating...

New Delhi, Jan 18 : The Congress has expressed unhappiness over ED raids on close relative of Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi.The party on Tuesday slammed the BJP for...

By Vishal GulatiChandigarh, Jan 18 : The politician whose resolve to give up drinking was applauded by AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal is now the party’s chief ministerial face for...

New Delhi, Jan 18 : Putting an end to politics of tableau ahead of the Republic day parade, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday wrote to West Bengal Chief Minister...

Srinagar, Jan 18 : The Kashmiri Pandit community worldwide will observe ‘Holocaust Remembrance Day on Wednesday in memory of the victims of the over three-decade long violence in Kashmir and...

Patna, Jan 18 : Facing criticism, the JD-U has threatened its alliance partners in Bihar to avoid giving statements to the media over liquor ban or pull out of the...

New Delhi, Jan 18 : BJP Lok Sabha member from Allahabad Rita Bahuguna Joshi on Tuesday offered to resign from parliament if the party is ready to give ticket to...

Bengaluru, Jan 18 : Clamor against weekend and night curfew in Karnataka appears to be rising with BJP senior leaders opposing the restrictions publically. On Tuesday, BJP National General Secretary...

Luanda, Jan 18 : Angola estimates to produce 10.5 million carats of diamonds in 2022 with a revenue of $1.4 billion, the country’s National Diamond Company (Endiama) announced here. The...

New Delhi, Jan 18 : There will be no chief guest at the Republic Day parade this year also as the plan to host state heads of five Central Asian...

Hong Kong, Jan 18 : Two former Cathay Pacific flight attendants were arrested and charged with violating local anti-Covid-19 pandemic rules, police here said on Tuesday. Investigations revealed that the...

Tokyo, Jan 18 : The Bank of Japan (BOJ) on Tuesday raised its inflation forecast for the fiscal year from April, with the view based on a comparatively weak yen...

Belagavi, (Karnataka) Jan 18 : At a time when the whole administration and health authorities, including Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, are vehemently propagating wearing of masks among people, the ruling...

Chennai, Jan 18 : A fresh controversy has erupted in Salem district with demand over the headquarters of a new district –whether it will be Attur, Mettur, or Edappadi.The previous...

Houston, Jan 18 : The Fifth US Circuit Court of Appeals has sent a legal challenge filed by abortion clinics against Texas’ highly controversial law banning abortion to the state’s...

New Delhi, Jan 18 : The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has directed the Additional Attorney General (AAG) to ensure that its directives for the demolition of the Navy Sailing Club...

Imphal, Jan 18 : The All Manipur Christian Organisation (AMCO) on Tuesday urged the Election Commission to reschedule the first phase of Assembly polls on February 27 as the day...

Ramallah, Jan 18 : Palestine has warned Israel against evicting Palestinian families from their homes in East Jerusalem. “The Israeli attempts to evict the Salhiya family from their home in...

Brussels, Jan 18 : Eurogroup President Paschal Donohoe said that high inflation will last longer than initially expected but is expected to diminish as the year progresses. Addressing a press...

New Delhi, Jan 18 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday interacted with BJP workers from his parliamentary constituency Varanasi and urged them to make farmers aware of the use...

Seoul, Jan 18 : South Korea’s Defence Minister Suh Wook on Tuesday called for a “firm” readiness posture following a series of North Korean missile launches. Suh made the call...

New Delhi, Jan 18 : Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana on Tuesday announced a ban on the use of sub-conventional aerial platforms in the national capital for the period of...

Mexico City, Jan 18 : Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said the pace of the country’s economic recovery has remained on track despite the spread of the Omicron Covid-19...

Pratapgarh (UP), Jan 18 : The twin teenaged sons of independent MLA Raghuraj Pratap Singh, popularly known as Raja Bhaiyya, are now working overtime for their father’s Jansatta Dal in...

Chandigarh/New Delhi, Jan 18 : Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal has announced the name of Bhagwant Mann as Chief Ministerial candidate for Punjab. Arvind Kejriwal while announcing the...

Seoul, Jan 18 : Lottery sales in South Korea rose 10.3 per cent on-year to reach an all-time high last year amid the Covid-19 pandemic, data from the Finance Ministry...

Punjab, Jan 18 : The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday morning carried out raids at ten different locations belonging to Punjab Chief Minster Charanjit Singh Channi’s nephew Bhupinder Singh Honey.And...

KIev, Jan 18 : Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said that he will hold a meeting with his German and French counterparts, Annalena Baerbock and Jean-Yves Le Drian, to discuss...

Frankfurt, Jan 18 : Passenger numbers at Frankfurt airport picked up in 2021 after the easing of some Covid-19 restrictions, it announced in a statement. As one of the busiest...

Beirut, Jan 18 : Lebanese Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi has denied claims about a terrorist attack that allegedly took place on January 10 at the Beirut airport causing damage to...

Brussels, Jan 18 : European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that she had cancelled her appointments at the European Parliament (EP) in Strasbourg this week after her driver...

New Delhi, Jan 18 : The Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned the Centre for not reporting any starvation death.The court said if it can be understood that there is no...

New Delhi, Jan 18 : As Delhi gets its first electric bus, BJP took a dig at the Aam Aadmi Party-led state government for procuring just a single bus during...

Rome, Jan 18 : Two more Italian regions moved to an upper pandemic risk level, as health authorities signalled the wave of Covid-19 infections caused by the Omicron variant might...

Panaji, Jan 18 : The BJP will not keep quiet over Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole’s alleged controversial remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra...

Tel Aviv, Jan 18 : The number of unemployed people in Israel declined to about 262,100 at the end of 2021, registering an unemployment rate of 6 per cent, the...

United Nations, Jan 18 : The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Lebanon said that has allocated $6 million for supporting the most vulnerable people affected...

Lucknow, Jan 18 : A piquant situation has emerged in Lucknow’s Sarojini Nagar Assembly seat where husband and wife are together staking their claim to the ticket in the BJP....

Hyderabad, Jan 18 : Rich tributes were paid to former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N.T.Rama Rao on his 26th death anniversary on Tuesday. Rama Rao’s son and popular actor N.Balakrishna...

New Delhi/Srinagar, Jan 18 : The historic Real Estate Summit organised by Jammu and Kashmir Government in the last week of December, 2021 in Jammu, opened up the Union Territory...

New Delhi, Jan 18 : Congress MP from Punjab’s Anandpur Sahib, Manish Tewari has flagged the profits of the pharma industry and urged the parliamentary committee to look into it....

Copenhagen, Jan 18 : Rasmus Prehn, the Danish Minister of Food, Agriculture, and Fisheries, has tested positive for Covid-19, adding to the growing number of government officials getting infected with...

Chennai, Jan 18 : The sale of palm products including ‘thavuns’ (edible portion of palmyra plant seed) on the roadsides of southern districts of Tamil Nadu has picked up after...

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 18 : With the West Bengal unit of the CPI-M literally wound up and at Tripura also things appear not that rosy, Kerala is the only state where...

Chennai, Jan 18 : PMK founder S.Ramadoss has a raised red flag against the NLC India Ltd’s New Rehabilitation and Resettlement Policy and termed the compensation payable to land owners...

Havana, Jan 18 : The Cuban government has announced new protocols against the Covid-19 pandemic as the overall infection tally has surpassed the grim 1 million mark. The Caribbean nation...

Patna, Jan 18 : Facing criticism over poor implementation of the liquor ban, the Nitish Kumar government in Bihar is likely to give some relaxation to the violators. According to...

Amaravati, Jan 18 : Telugu Desam Party (TDP) national president and former Andhra Pradesh chief minister N.Chandrababu Naidu has tested positive for Covid-19. The leader of opposition in Andhra Pradesh...

Sanaa, Jan 18 : The Iran-backed Houthi militia in Yemen announced that it fired five ballistic missiles and several explosive-laden drones in multiple attacks on airports and an oil refinery...

Tripoli, Jan 18 : Libyan Deputy Prime Minister Hussein Al-Gatrani has suggested expanding two overcrowded correction facilities in the eastern part of the country. He also stressed that inmates’ basic...

Nuku’alofa, Jan 18 : Around 80 per cent of power has been restored in Tonga’s capital city of Nuku’alofa, but internet connections remain disrupted after the violent volcanic eruption on...

Punjab, Jan 18 : The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday morning, just weeks before assembly elections, carried out raids at ten different locations belonging to Punjab Chief Minster Charanjit Singh...

Chennai, Jan 18 : Actor-turned politician and President of Naam Tamilar Katchi (NTK), Seeman has slammed the Centre for rejecting the tableau presented by Tamil Nadu for the Republic Day...

Seoul, Jan 18 : The presidential candidates of South Korea’s ruling and main opposition parties will have their first one-on-one TV debate next week, it was announced on Tuesday. Ruling...

Seoul, Jan 18 : Deposits will be needed to buy drinks using disposable cups at cafes and fast-food chains across South Korea starting from June as part of efforts to...

Seoul, Jan 18 : The South Korean instant meals market jumped more than 145 per cent in 2020 from four years earlier on the increased number of convenience stores and...

Bengaluru, Jan 18 : The ambitious ‘Grama One’ programme that seeks to provide services of various departments at the doors of the citizens in the rural areas of 12 districts...

Wellington, Jan 18 : New Zealand is ready to assist Tonga in its recovery from the massive undersea volcanic eruption and tsunami that occurred on January 15, senior government officials...

Jakarta, Jan 18 : Indonesian President Joko Widodo visited the construction site of the Jakarta-Bandung High Speed Railway (HSR) No.2 Tunnel to inspect the construction progress. Widodo said the construction...

Tehran, Jan 18 : Iran is ready to reopen its embassy in Saudi Arabia, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said. Addressing reporters here on Monday, the spokesman, Saeed Khatibzadeh, said the...

Aligarh, Jan 18 : After the Haridwar controversy, the Aligarh district administration has denied permission for the proposed Dharam Sansad, planned in the city on January 22 and 23. Several...

New Delhi, Jan 18 : The BJP’s Central Election Committee (CEC) will meet on Wednesday to finalise candidates for Goa, Uttarakhand, and Uttar Pradesh. Shortlisted names of the candidates recommended...

Patna, Jan 18 : A day after Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) chief Jitan Ram Manjhi raised the issue of liquor ban review, Janata Dal-United (JD-U) legislator Sanjiv Kumar on Monday...

Washington, Jan 18 : Americans’ approval of the White House’s response towards the Covid-19 pandemic has hit a new low, according to a new poll. The CBS News/YouGov poll released...

New Delhi, Jan 18 : With an objective to keep track of the performance of different schemes, the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD) would launch a bi-monthly...

New Delhi, Jan 18 : In Punjab, the BJP for the first time would be seen in the role of ‘elder brother’ in an alliance and it is certain that...

Aligarh, Jan 18 : The coordination committee of Uttar Pradesh state executive body of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has passed a 15-point resolution as a charter of ‘Muslim issues’...

Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh), Jan 18 : The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) has fielded Shaista Parveen, wife of mafia don and former MP Atiq Ahmed, from the Allahabad West Assembly...

Tel Aviv, Jan 18 : Israel’s former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pursuing a plea deal in his corruption trial, according to a local media report. Netanyahu told his defense...

United Nations, Jan 18 : The UN and its partner agencies are readying relief efforts for the remote South Pacific island nation of Tonga following the massive eruption of the...

Washington, Jan 18 : A volcanologist from the US Geological Survey (USGS) said that whether there would be more volcanic blasts or tsunami warnings for the country’s West Coast after...

United Nations, Jan 18 : UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for diplomatic talks between North Korea and all parties concerned toward the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, his spokesman...

Washington, Jan 18 : US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that the country’s economy “has never worked fairly for Black Americans” and there is much more work needed to be...

Warsaw, Jan 18 : Poland’s Health Minister Adam Niedzielski has said that the fifth wave of the Covid-19 pandemic has come to the country, warning that infections could soon hit...

Moscow, Jan 18 : Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has addressed the situation concerning the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in a telephone conversation with his Iranian counterpart Hossein...

Jerusalem, Jan 18 : Israel has shortened quarantine for asymptomatic COVID-19 patients to ease the pressure on the economy, government officials has said. Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Health Minister...

Budapest, Jan 18 : About 30 people, including a 102-year-old man, have received the fourth Covid-19 vaccine dose in Hungary following the government’s green light for people aged 60 and...

London, Jan 18 : London’s famous red buses are in danger of being forced off the streets in a funding row between City Hall and the British government, Mayor Sadiq...

New Delhi, Jan 18 : Virtually delivering the ‘State of the World’ special address to the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Davos Agenda, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday underlined the...

Patna, Jan 17 : There seems to be no end to the war words between leaders of the ruling alliance partners, JD(U) and BJP, in Bihar. On Monday, BJP state...

Bhubaneswar, Jan 17 : The Odisha Assembly of Small and Medium Enterprises (OASME) has sought intervention of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for adequate supply of coal to local captive power...

New Delhi, Jan 17 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday took to Twitter to express his grief over the demise of noted social worker and Padma Shri awardee Shanti...

Amaravati, Jan 17 : Even as the daily Covid tally continues to remain high, Andhra Pradesh Education Minister Adimoolapu Suresh insisted on Monday that schools will continue in offline or...

Patna, Jan 17 : While Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is facing huge criticism over Nalanda liquor tragedy, former Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi, now a Rajya Sabha member,...

New Delhi, Jan 17 : The commander of Irans Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy recently said that the ruling royal family members in Saudi Arabia were actually Jewish, and that...

New Delhi, Jan 17 : Union Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister, Bhupender Yadav on Monday said that the forest officers, as the voice of the voiceless, need to work...

New Delhi, Jan 17 : Government sources on Monday clarified that it is an experts committee that decides on the R-Day tableaux and not the government.The clarification came after two...

By Amresh SrivastavaNew Delhi, Jan 17 : The Ministry of Home Affairs has directed all Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) personnel to get the ‘precautionary dose of Covid vaccine before...

New Delhi, Jan 17 : The Ultra Violet (UV)-C technology that deactivates the SARS COV-2 virus and has been successfully tried in the Railways, AC buses and even the Parliament...

New Delhi, Jan 17 : The Central government on Monday came out strongly against the criticism by state governments over the non-inclusion of their tableaux in the forthcoming Republic Day...

Chennai, Jan 17 : Senior AIADMK leaders K.Palaniswamy and O.Panneerselvam paid floral tributes to party founder and late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister late M.G.Ramachandran on his 105th birth anniversary on...

Chennai, Jan 17 : Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K.Stalin on Monday transferred the case of the custodial death of a disabled person at Senthamangalam police station in Namakkal district to...

Bengaluru, Jan 17 : Karnataka Revenue Minister R.Ashok stated on Monday that in the meeting chaired by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai it has been decided to take a call on...

New Delhi, Jan 17 : Ahead of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) polls, Congress leader Kamal Gaur and BJP leader Gaurav Sharma have joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)...

Chandigarh, Jan 17 : Hours after quitting as the Aam Aadmi Party candidate from Ferozepur (Rural) constituency in Punjab on Monday, Ashu Bangar was inducted into the Congress by party...

New Delhi, Jan 17 : Days ahead of the Union Budget announcements for FY23, the Congress on Monday alleged that due to the Centres ‘bad economic policy, unemployment rate in...

Chennai, Jan 17 : The mainstream political parties in Tamil Nadu have commenced the candidate selection process for the upcoming urban local body polls in the state. The ruling DMK...

By Hamza AmeerIslamabad, Jan 17 : The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), the central bank of the nation, has refused to abide by the request of the ruling government under...

New Delhi, Jan 17 : The Maharashtra government has moved the Supreme Court seeking recall of its order directing the State Election Commission (SEC) to renotify 27 per cent seats...

By Mrityunjoy Kumar JhaNew Delhi, Jan 17: The Taliban interim government has scoffed at Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khans offer to send Pakistani professionals to fill the “vacuum” in Afghanistan....

By Rahul KumarNew Delhi, Jan 17: Former Maldivian president Abdulla Yameen, now the opposition leader, has been given a compensation of MVR 2.4 million for the two years that he...

Hyderabad, Jan 17 : The Covid-19 situation in Telangana is under control and the state health department is ready to deal with any situation, Health Minister T.Harish Rao said. The...

Chandigarh, Jan 17 : Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatraya on Monday flagged off two trucks containing 4,000 hygiene kits prepared by the Indian Red Cross Society for 22 districts to check...

Bengaluru, Jan 17 : A Kannada organisations and activists have criticized the ruling BJP government decision to grant Rs 320 crore fund to establish aKarnataka Samskrit University’.The release of funds...

Chandigarh, Jan 17 : Senior Congress leader and two-time MLA from Garhshankar in Punjab, Luv Kumar Goldy on Monday joined the Punjab Lok Congress along with hundreds of his supporters,...

Chandigarh, Jan 17 : Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate from Punjab’s Ferozepur (rural) constituency, Ashu Bangar, has resigned from the party, saying it is being run like a private company...

New Delhi, Jan 17 : It seems that the World Economic Forum (WEF) Davos virtual summit has already set an agenda for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is scheduled...

Amaravati, Jan 17 : Rebel MP of ruling YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) K.Raghu Rama Krishna Raju has sought four weeks’ time to appear before the Andhra Pradesh CID in a...

New Delhi, Jan 17 : The Election Commission of India on Monday changed the February 14 date of polling in Punjab to February 20 after request from the political parties...