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East of Kathmandu in Nepal was jolted by an earthquake of magnitude 5.4 on the Richter scale on Wednesday morning, the National Seismological Centre said. "An earthquake of magnitude 5.4 on the Richter scale hit 50 km east of Kathmandu in Nepal at 05:04:07 IST today," NCS said. More details...

Beijing: The general population in China may start getting access to locally manufactured COVID-19 vaccines from November or December, according to a top scientist from the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). During a programme telecast by state broadcaster CCTV this week...

Jaya Bachchan's attacking statements against actress Kangana Ranaut and Ravi Kishan has not gone down well with the netizens, and they are fuming. For the unversed, Jaya had defended Bollywood industry and reprimanded Kangana and Ravi Kishan for referring to it as a 'gutter'. Jaya had also said...

Togley Singkam is 21 and earns his livelihood in the Upper Subansiri district of Arunachal Pradesh working as a porter. He is a resident of Taksing area that lies along the India-China border. Owing his superior knowledge of the terrain, he occasionally assists the government and military...

Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) Dr V G Somani on Tuesday gave permission to Serum Institute of India to resume clinical trial of the Oxford COVID-19 vaccine candidate in the country while revoking its earlier order of suspending any new recruitment for phase two and three trial. The...

A set of three idols of Lord Rama, Sita and Lakshmana, dating back to the 15th century A.D., stolen from a temple in Tamil Nadu decades ago, were restored to the Indian government on Tuesday after a collector voluntarily offered to hand it back on discovering their true history. The theft dates...

Washington [US], September 16 (ANI): Bill Gates Sr, a lawyer and father of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, died on Monday at his beach home on Hood Canal, in the Seattle area. He was 94. The cause was Alzheimer's disease, his family said in an announcement on Tuesday. William Henry Gates II was...

The Punjab government informed on Wednesday that three members of an inter-state robber-criminal gang have been arrested, in relation to the attack and murder case on Suresh Raina's kin. Three members of an inter-state robber gang have been arrested in relation to the attack and murder case...

Jaipur: At least four people were killed after a boat carrying more than 50 passengers capsized in Chambal river near Kota in Rajasthan on Wednesday. As many as ten people are reportedly missing. A relief andrescue operation is underway. The passengers were reportedly crossing Chambal river to...

A batting line-up dotted with some of the most renowned names of world cricket – defending champions Mumbai Indians appear to be a formidable outfit on paper ahead of start of Indian Premier League 2020. But the absence of quality spinners and legendary paceman Lasith Malinga could hurt their...

The health of India's shadow banks remained resilient in August, suggesting that record stimulus steps by the nation's authorities are helping the crisis-hit sector ride out the pandemic. Premiums on non-bank lenders' bonds narrowed to a two-year low, according to an index of AAA rated five-year...

Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' on Tuesday released an alternative academic calendar for secondary classes for the next eight weeks as schools continue to be closed in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. "The calendar contains week-wise plan consisting of interesting and...

The pressures of the pandemic have fallen hardest on developing countries with weak governments. They're struggling to determine who is being infected and why, and to mitigate the economic impact of lockdowns and social distancing measures. If dealing with Covid-19 is stressing those states...

A global push is on to develop a vaccine to slow the spread of Covid-19, and experts hope several will be ready in 2021. Yet even with one, the coronavirus is likely to remain with us for years, demanding long efforts to find a cure for those who still fall sick. In humanity's millennia-long...

The Railways on Tuesday said it will run 20 pairs of clone trains from September 21. While the tickets for 19 pairs of these trains will be charged at the Humsafar Express rates, it will be at par with the Janshatabdi Express rates for the clone train between Lucknow and Delhi. The advance...

Declaring 'the dawn of a new Middle East,' President Donald Trump on Tuesday presided over the signing of historic diplomatic pacts between Israel and two Gulf Arab nations that he hopes will lead to a new order in the Mideast and cast him as a peacemaker at the height of his reelection...

Anirban Bhaumik, India on Tuesday walked out of a virtual meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) after a map showing its territory as part of Pakistan was put on display behind the representative of the neighbouring country. India's National Security Advisor, Ajit Doval, left...

The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 edition is about to begin in a few days. As the eight franchises are preparing hard and rectifying their flaws ahead of the tournament-opener, from September 19, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) chief Sourav Ganguly recently monitored the...

New Delhi, Sep 15: Once herd immunity is attained, the novel coronavirus may follow suit and become a seasonal virus in countries with temperate climates, but until that time, COVID-19 will continue to spread across the seasons, a new study says. According to the review research, published in...

Actor Kangana Ranaut left Mumbai on Monday morning but continued to criticise CM Uddhav Thackeray and his government in Maharashtra. The actor now shared another tweet mentioning the Chief Minister's son Aaditya Thackeray and alleged that he 'hangs out' with the 'movie-mafia' and those who are...