3 Soldiers Killed From Falling Ukrainian Drone Wreckage At Russian Base
The base is near the city of Saratov, about 730 km (450 miles) southeast of Moscow and hundreds of kilometres from the front lines in Ukraine. | Read more|
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Taiwan Says China Deployed 71 Warplanes In Weekend War Drills
China did not specify the number of aircraft mobilised for Sunday's exercises, nor the exact location of these manoeuvres. | Read more|
Nasal Vaccine From Today, Hospital Drills - Preps In Top Gear: 10 Facts
Quoting researchers, the health ministry said the outbreak can be attributed to weak vaccines, low vaccination, lack of natural immunity, and abrupt lifting of curbs. | Read more|
US Braces For "Bomb Cyclone", Thousands Of Flights Cancelled, Highways Shut
Heavy snow and howling winds upended holiday plans at one of the busiest times of the year, as a huge cold front swept down from the Arctic and took freezing hold of the middle of the country. | Read more|
Shelly Oberoi Is AAP's Delhi Mayor Candidate
Shelly Oberoi, a former Delhi University professor, is a first-time councillor who won the Delhi civic body election earlier this month from a BJP stronghold. | Read more|
A $4 Billion Fund Is Clashing With Government. How It's Impacting Decisions
Critics inside and outside the government complain that NIIF - which handles about $4.3 billion in assets - lacks vision, decisiveness and the ability to win over investors. | Read more|
"He Looked Harmless": Journalist Who Tracked Down Charles Sobhraj
His resulting article in the Himalayan Times led to the arrest of Sobhraj and his incarceration -- which ended on Friday -- for just two of the smooth-talking killer's many murders across Asia in the 1970s. | Read more|
1 Cop Killed, Many Injured After Suicide Car Blast In Pak Capital: Police
"Our initial information says that there was a man and a woman in the car," Islamabad operations police chief, Sohail Zafar said. | Read more|
NATO "Mercenaries" Must Leave Ukraine For Talks To Start: Russian Diplomat
Russia typically refers to foreign volunteers fighting with the Ukrainian army as "mercenaries", and has convicted captured foreign fighters of acting as such. | Read more|
"Died Too Quickly": China's Hospitals Overflow Amid Covid Surge
At No. 5 People's Hospital in Chongqing, the main entrance lobby had been converted into a makeshift Covid ward when AFP visited on Friday. | Read more|
"Very Concerned Over Evolving Situation In China": WHO Chief On Covid Surge
"WHO is very concerned over the evolving situation in China, with increasing reports of severe disease" Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. | Read more|
Rajasthan Professor Arrested For Demanding Sexual Favours From Student
According to the complaint, the professor, through a male classmate, offered to pass the female student in an exam in return for sexual favours. | Read more|
Opposition Parties Decide To Raise Border Issue With China In Parliament
These floor leaders met at the chamber of the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge to discuss their strategy today. | Read more|
Court Seeks CBI's Reply On Plea Of Convicted Leader In Unnao Rape Case
Kuldeep Sengar's appeal challenging the trial court's verdict in the Unnao rape case is already pending in the high court. | Read more|
New Zealand PM's "Faux Pas" In Parliament Raises $63,000 For Charity
"Can't say I expected this," Ardern posted on social media after the sum was raised for New Zealand's Prostate Cancer Foundation. | Read more|
India, China Abstain On 1st-Ever UN Security Council Resolution On Myanmar
The 15-member Council has been split on Myanmar for decades and was previously only able to agree on formal statements about the country, which has been under military rule since February 2021. | Read more|
2-Minute Long Standing Ovation For Ukraine's Zelensky At US Congress
The applause for Zelensky -- who is on his first trip outside Ukraine since Russia invaded in February -- lasted for more than two minutes. | Read more|
Taiwan Warns Away 39 Chinese Aircraft That Entered Its Air Defence Zone
Taiwan has complained of repeated missions by the Chinese air force over the last 2 years, often in southern areas of its air defence identification zone. | Read more|
Centre's Big Covid Meet As China Cases Surge, Masks Are Up
The Covid surge in China has sent alarm bells ringing in India. Union Health minister Mansukh Mandaviya today held a high-level review meeting with top officials and experts to chalk out the strategy to prevent another spike in cases. | Read more|
Sonia Gandhi's 5 Questions Amid Centre's "Silence" On Clashes With China
Congress leader Sonia Gandhi today hit out at the government for not allowing a discussion on the India-China border issue in Parliament, saying silence on matters of serious concern has become its defining feature. | Read more|
Elon Musk Says He Will Resign As Twitter CEO "As Soon As..."
Billionaire Elon Musk said on Tuesday he will step down as chief executive of Twitter Inc once he finds a replacement, but will still run some key divisions of the social media platform. | Read more|
Ensure Covid Norms Followed Or Suspend 'Bharat Jodo Yatra'
The Union Health Minister has written to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, asking him to ensure Covid "protocol" is followed in his 'Bharat Jodo Yatra', or he should suspend it "in the national interest". | Read more|
₹ 100-Crore Kickbacks Charge Against KCR's Daughter In Liquor Policy Case
K Kavitha, the daughter of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, and two others allegedly gave ₹ 100 crore to the Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi to get benefits from the new liquor policy, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has said. | Read more|
SpaceX's Falcon 9 Launched Into Orbit To Study Earth's Surface Water
A SpaceX rocket blasted off early on Friday carrying a U.S.-French satellite designed to conduct an unprecedented global survey of Earth's surface waters, a mission expected to shed new light on the mechanics and consequences of climate change. | Read more|
Ukraine's Zelensky To Meet Joe Biden, Address Congress In Washington
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky will meet US leader Joe Biden and address Congress in Washington on Wednesday, a visit the White House said will send Russia a strong message of Western unity. | Read more|
"Will Enter Karnataka Like China...": Team Uddhav Leader Amid Border Row
Amid simmering tension between Karnataka and Maharashtra over the border issue, Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader Sanjay Raut on Wednesday sparked a fresh controversy by saying, "We will enter Karnataka like China has entered the country." | Read more|
Exclusive: China War-Gamed Arunachal With Drones, Jets After Tawang Clash
The images from Maxar come as the Indian Air Force maintains combat air patrols over the skies of Arunachal Pradesh because of increased Chinese air activity. | Read more|
Karnataka-Maharashtra Row: Belagavi Turns Fortress, 300 Stopped At Border
More than 300 members of Shiv Sena, Congress, and NCP were stopped at the border and sent back by Karnataka, and some were detained by the Maharashtra police. | Read more|
"Watch With Your Daughter": Madhya Pradesh Speaker To SRK On 'Pathaan' Row
Mr Gautam said this ahead of a five-day winter session, to begin today, amid demands to ban "Pathaan" in theatres. | Read more|
TikTok Denies Allegations Of Setting Up "Illegal Operations" In Taiwan
TikTok is available in Taiwan but is not especially popular. | Read more|
France President Emmanuel Macron's Reaction In Stands After Kylian Mbappe's Goal. Watch
There was a huge sense of relief in the French camp after that goal and even France president Emmanuel Macron couldn't hide his emotions in the stands. | Read more|
Ukraine Struggles To Restore Power Amid Fresh Drone Attacks
Ukraine has been subjected to frequent and deadly aerial attacks in the 10 months since Russia's invasion in February. | Read more|
FIFA World Cup 2022 Final: Ranveer Singh Watched "Historic Moment" With Deepika Padukone In His Arms
Ranveer Singh shared an adorable picture with Deepika Padukone on Instagram | Read more|
"Everyone Can Milk A Cow, But We Milked...": Arvind Kejriwal On Gujarat
Arvind Kejriwal also asked the people to boycott Chinese goods. Slamming the Modi government, he said, the government does not care about the lives of soldiers. | Read more|
"Worked To The Bone": Crematoriums In Beijing Buckle Under Covid Wave
Covid-19 is spreading rapidly across China after three years of strict containment measures ended last week. | Read more|