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.
Elephant calf brought from Bijnor kept under care at Pilibhit Tiger Reserve
Navy information leak to Pakistan: Udupi police arrest another accused Hirendra Kumar from Gujarat
Two injured as fire breaks out in south Mumbai hotel kitchen
Over 105 flights cancelled, more than 450 services delayed due to fog at Delhi airport
Jemimah stars in India's comprehensive eight-wicket win against Sri Lanka in first women's T20I
India overpowered by Minhas' big hundred and pacers as Pakistan clinch U19 Asia Cup
Cong indulging in anti-national activities, wants illegal immigrants to settle in Assam: PM
Meat, alcohol ban at three 'holy cities' now in effect: Punjab CM Mann
Indian visa application centre suspended indefinitely in Bangladesh's Chattogram
Confusion over leadership in Karnataka is local, not at high command level: Kharge
IMD issues ‘yellow alert’ for cold conditions, dense fog in parts of Jharkhand
Delhi airport incident: AI Express issues show cause notice to pilot
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.
London: Classified documents from the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) containing secret information about a warship and the British military was discovered at a bus stop in south-eastern England, according to a media report on Sunday.
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22 1/2 years in prison for the murder of George Floyd, whose dying gasps under Chauvin's knee led to the biggest outcry against racial injustice in the US in generations.
Beijing, Jun 25: China on Friday operationalised its first fully electrified bullet train in the remote Himalayan region of Tibet, connecting the provincial capital Lhasa and Nyingchi, a strategically located Tibetan border town close to Arunachal Pradesh.
The SARS-CoV-2 virus, that causes COVID-19, may have started spreading in China as early as October 2019, two months before the first case was identified in Wuhan, according to a modelling study.
A beachfront condo building partially collapsed Thursday outside Miami, killing at least one person and trapping others in the tower that resembled a giant fractured dollhouse, with one side sheared away. Dozens of survivors were pulled out, and rescuers kept up a desperate search for more.
The Delta variant, the significantly more transmissible strain of COVID-19, is expected to become a dominant lineage if current trends continue, the WHO has warned after it was reported in 85 countries and continues to be detected in more places around the world.
