Udupi (Karnataka): A 12-year-old boy from Chikkaballapur city was rescued from drowning at the Vadabendeshwara beach on the Malpe Sea coast on Tuesday, police said.

Mathurapur (WB): Senior Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee on Tuesday challenged Union Home Minister Amit Shah to contest against him from Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha constituency and if the BJP leader wins, he would retire from active politics.

London: UK-headquartered pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca (AZ) has admitted that in "very rare cases" its COVID vaccine can cause a blood clot related side effect but the causal link is unknown, according to court papers being quoted in the UK media.

Shanghai: The first scientist to publish a sequence of the COVID-19 virus in China staged a sit-in protest outside his lab after authorities locked him out of the facility — a sign of the Beijing's continuing pressure on scientists conducting research on the coronavirus.

New Delhi: Delhi Health Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj on Tuesday said AAP Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha has undergone a major eye surgery in the UK and will join the party's Lok Sabha poll campaigning once he feels better.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea by engineering and construction major Larsen & Toubro Ltd challenging the short-term tender floated for the construction of the Rs 8,000-crore Sharavathi pumped storage power project in Karnataka.

New Delhi: Patanjali Foods has been served a show cause notice by the GST intelligence department, asking the company to explain why input tax credit worth Rs 27.46 crore should not be recovered from it.

Ajman, UAE — The International Conference on Veterinary Care 2024 with the theme "Approaches to Clinical Reasoning," the conference a cornerstone event in advancing veterinary healthcare practices. Hosted at the Gulf Medical University in Ajman, UAE, this conference, organized in collaboration with Thumbay Veterinary Clinic, is set to inspire and innovate.