Washington: US President-elect Joe Biden has nominated Dr Vivek Murthy as his Surgeon General, exuding confidence that the renowned Indian-American physician will be a key voice on his response to the coronavirus pandemic to restore public trust and faith in science and medicine.
Kathmandu/Beijing: The world's highest peak is now taller by 86 centimetres, Nepal and China jointly announced on Tuesday after they remeasured Mt. Everest at 8,848.86 metres, over six decades after India conducted the previous measurement in 1954.
Firing outside home: One more member of Lawrence Bishnoi gang arrested
Melinda French Gates resigns as Gates Foundation co-chair, 3 years after her divorce from Bill Gates
Maharashtra records 91 cases of KP.2 variant of Omicron: Health department
GT eliminated from IPL 2024 after rain mars match against KKR
BJP LS candidate Madhavi Latha booked for asking Muslim women to reveal faces to check identity
INDIA bloc leaders scared of Pakistan’s nuclear power, will make that country wear bangles: PM Modi
“Not aware about Eknath Shinde’s statement,” says K’taka BJP chief BY Vijayendra
BBMP to deploy disaster management team amid rain mayhem in Bengaluru
Delhi jewellery store robbed after drilling hole in wall, probe on
Swati Maliwal alleges Kejriwal's staff member 'assaulted' her, no formal complaint yet: Police
West Bengal: 2 CISF personnel deputed for BJP leader Dilip Ghosh's security injured in attack
Livingstone leave IPL to attend knee niggle; Buttler, Will Jacks, Topley too return to England
Wellington: A comprehensive report into the 2019 Christchurch mosque shootings in which 51 Muslim worshippers were slaughtered sheds new light on how the gunman was able to elude detection by authorities as he planned out his attack.
London: The UK kicked off its biggest-ever vaccine campaign in history on Tuesday, as 90-year-old grandmother Margaret Keenan became the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer/BioNTech jab against COVID-19.
Washington: US President-elect Joe Biden has selected retired Army general Lloyd Austin to be the first African-American secretary of defense, according to media reports.
Atlanta: Georgia's top elections official on Monday recertified the state's election results after a recount requested by President Donald Trump confirmed once again that Democrat Joe Biden won the state, and the governor then recertified the state's 16 presidential electors.
Washington: Several US lawmakers have voiced their support for farmers agitating in India against the new farm laws and urged that they be allowed to protest peacefully.
Washington: US President-elect Joe Biden has said that his administration would be the most diverse than it has ever been both in the Cabinet and inside the White House.
Washington, Dec 3: The US has approved India's request to purchase USD 90 million worth of military hardware and services in support of its fleet of C-130J Super Hercules aircraft.
London: The UK on Wednesday became the first country to approve the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19, paving the way for mass vaccinations against the deadly novel coronavirus.