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Myanmar activists say more than 800 killed by security forces since coup
Tue May 18 2021
More than 800 people have been killed by Myanmar’s security forces since a wave of protests broke out across the...
UP BJP MLA: Better not to speak or will face sedition charge
Tue May 18 2021
In another instance of the ruling party’s leaders raising questions on the state government’s handling of the Covid situation, Rakesh...
IDF shells Lebanon after claiming rockets were launched toward Israeli territory
Tue May 18 2021
The Israeli military said it fired artillery shells into Lebanon in response to several rockets allegedly fired from across the...
India Records Highest One-Day Covid Deaths
Tue May 18 2021
India saw another grim record with 4,329 Covid patients dying in the last 24 hours even as daily cases dropped...
Cyclone Tauktae weakens to ‘Very Severe’ storm
Tue May 18 2021
The Extremely Severe Cyclone Tauktae, which hit the Gujarat coast last evening, has weakened into a ‘Very Severe’ category even...
Tension In Haryana District After 27-Year-Old Kidnapped, Beaten To Death
Tue May 18 2021
Tension has reigned in Haryana's Nuh district since Sunday after a 27-year-old gym instructor's body was found hours after his...
Delhi's 'Khan Chacha' Restaurant Owner Arrested In Oxygen Scam Case
Mon May 17 2021
Delhi-based businessman Navneet Kalra, accused of selling oxygen concentrators at massively inflated prices, has been arrested from a farmhouse in...
India's Covid crisis hits Covax vaccine-sharing scheme
Mon May 17 2021
The international scheme to ensure equal access to Covid-19 vaccines is 140 million doses short because of India's continuing Covid...
Top Virologist Shahid Jameel Quits Covid Panel After Criticising Government
Mon May 17 2021
Senior virologist Shahid Jameel has resigned from a forum of scientific advisers set up by the government to detect variants...
IDF jets launch ‘extensive attacks’ on Gaza as violence enters 2nd week
Mon May 17 2021
Dozens of loud explosions could be heard throughout the Gaza Strip as the IDF carried out another round of “extensive...
Microsoft conducted probe on Bill Gates’s involvement with employee
Mon May 17 2021
Microsoft Corp. conducted an investigation into co-founder Bill Gates’s involvement with an employee almost two decades ago after it was...
Tauktae intensifies to ‘Very Severe Cyclone’, to cross near Porbandar on May 18
Sun May 16 2021
Cyclone Taukate has obtained its maximum intensity in the wee hours of Sunday and has now become a Very Severe...
India Sees 3.11 Lakh Fresh Covid Cases, 4,077 Deaths
Sun May 16 2021
India logged 3.11 lakh fresh Covid cases in the last 24 hours, taking the overall caseload to 2.46 crore. The...
Short-supply Covid vaccines outliers in govt’s spirited price cap push
Sun May 16 2021
An enduring feature of India’s pharmaceutical regulatory regime has been its intervention in regulating prices of essential medicines — something...
Israel Gaza conflict: Netanyahu vows to continue strikes
Sun May 16 2021
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to "continue to respond forcefully" to rocket attacks as conflict with Palestinians in...
Heavy rains across Kerala as Cyclone Tauktae intensifies
Sun May 16 2021
With the deep depression developed over the Lakshadweep in the Arabian Sea intensifying into cyclonic storm Tauktae, Kerala continues to...
Heavy rains across Kerala as Cyclone Tauktae intensifies
Sat May 15 2021
With the deep depression developed over the Lakshadweep in the Arabian Sea intensifying into cyclonic storm Tauktae, Kerala continues to...
Israeli strike on Gaza kills 7, unrest spreads to West Bank
Sat May 15 2021
The latest outburst of violence began in Jerusalem and has spread across the region, with Jewish-Arab clashes and rioting in...
Cairn Energy sues Air India in U.S. court to enforce $1.2 billion arbitration award
Sat May 15 2021
The move ratchets up pressure on the Union govt to pay the sum of $1.2 billion plus interest and costs...
Australian Flight Arrives Half Empty from India
Sat May 15 2021
Australia has carried out its first repatriation flight from India after ending its controversial travel ban from the Covid-hit country.