The world is in a very "dangerous period" of the COVID-19 pandemic compounded by more transmissible variants like Delta, which is continuing to evolve and mutate, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has warned.
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.
Balendra Shah's RSP makes history, registers landmark victory in Nepal elections
Guarantee schemes model for empowering poor, Cong will return to power in 2028: Siddaramaiah
Middle East conflict: 100 flights cancelled at Delhi, Mumbai airports
Accused absconding in 2017 murder case arrested in Bengaluru
School teacher booked for slapping class 2 student in Bengaluru
90-year-old woman raped by four masked men in MP village; SIT launches probe
Rahul Gandhi unveils 5 poll guarantees for Kerala, targets PM Modi and CM Vijayan
Man dies as fishing boat capsizes off Kochi
40 cases registered under the COTPA, 295 people fined for smoking in public places in Bengaluru
'Nirbhaya Nisha' initiative for women safety at night to be implemented in Kerala on Mar 8
Crackers blast near manufacturing unit in Vitla; probe shows lack of permission for factory
UP CM Adityanath holds series of feedback meetings with RSS leaders ahead of assembly polls
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.
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.
