Washington: China has begun construction of over 100 new silos for intercontinental ballistic missiles in a desert near the country's northwestern city of Yumen, signalling a major expansion of its nuclear capabilities, a leading American daily has reported citing satellite imagery.
The Delta variant of COVID-19 continues to spread in the UK with a further 50,824 cases logged on Friday, marking a 46 per cent increase over the previous week, according to health officials.
Houses only for eligible evictees, not encroachers: Dy CM Shivakumar
Thailand releases 18 Cambodian prisoners of war as part of ceasefire agreement
Civic polls: Two BJP women candidates emerge unopposed in Thane district
Protests over rising prices spread across Iran as students join demonstrations
Woman 'gang-raped', thrown out of car in Faridabad; 2 held
Delhi airport sees 148 flight cancellations due to low visibility conditions
Dense fog blankets Delhi, AQI stays in 'very poor' category
Army conducts 1,212-km cycling expedition to mark diamond jubilee of 1965 Indo-Pak war
Pakistan comments on Kogilu slum demolition; India rejects remarks
No resentment, says Shiv Sena MP as son denied ticket for Thane civic polls
Political figures, bureaucrats formed syndicate to perpetrate Chhattisgarh liquor 'scam': ED
Gurugram man cheated of Rs 2.18 cr by friend claiming to need it for sister's cancer treatment
After nearly 20 years, the US military left Bagram Airfield, the epicentre of its war to oust the Taliban and hunt down the al Qaida perpetrators of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on America, two US officials said Friday.
The World Health Organization has said the Delta variant of COVID-19 is now present in nearly 100 countries as per conservative estimates, and warned that in the coming months the highly transmissible strain will become the dominant variant of the coronavirus globally.
Hyderabad, June 30: The Brazilian government, which agreed to purchase 20 million doses of Bharat Biotechs COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin, on Wednesday announced suspension of the contract following allegations of irregularities in the deal.
London: The UK's Opposition Labour Party was branded divisive and anti-India by Indian diaspora groups after a party leaflet for a by-election in northern England used an image of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Nine of the 11 finalists for this year's US Spelling Bee contest are Indian-Americans, reflecting the dominance young kids from the small ethnic community have had on this prestigious and high-pressure endurance test for more than a decade now.
A powerful explosion that destroyed an old three-storey building in a crowded area here in Bangladesh's capital and killed at least seven people and injured around 400 others may have been caused by a faulty gas line or gas cylinders, authorities said on Monday.
The US military, under the direction of President Joe Biden, conducted airstrikes Sunday against what it said were facilities used by Iran-backed militia groups near the border between Iraq and Syria.
Islamabad: One year after Prime Minister Imran Khan described slain Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden as a "shaheed" (martyr), Pakistan's information minister on Sunday clarified that it was a "slip of the tongue" by his boss.
