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New Delhi: All coronavirus deaths regardless of where they take place, should be certified as Covid deaths, the Centre has said in an affidavit in the Supreme Court amid media reports of the huge discrepancy in death figures in...

London: Britain reported more than 10,000 coronavirus cases for a third consecutive day on Saturday as there has been a 79 percent rise in the highly contagious Delta variant in the country in the past week.Britain has reported another...

Guwahati: The Assam government has set a target of administering COVID-19 vaccination to three lakh people daily from Monday for the next 10 days, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Saturday.Addressing a press meet here, Sarma said there...

New Delhi: AIIMS chief Dr Randeep Guleria warned on Saturday that a third Covid wave in India is "inevitable", and it could hit the country in the next six to eight weeks.The country's main challenge is vaccinating a huge...

Ankara: Turkey has successfully conducted the last test firing of its homegrown Atmaca long-range anti-ship missile, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Friday."The anti-ship missile Atmaca, our homeland's steel sword, has hit a target ship during the last test...

Washington: The United States is reducing the number of its anti-missile systems as part of the readjustment of its military presence in the Middle East as the country is shifting its attention to China and Russia, The Wall Street...

Guwahati: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday visited the famed Kamakhya Temple atop the Nilachal Hills in Guwahati to offer his prayers.The temple is currently closed due to the COVID restrictions and Singh offered his prayers from outside the...

New Delhi: The decision to increase the gap between two doses of the Covishield vaccine was "transparent" and "based on scientific data", Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan tweeted Wednesday.This is amid concern the intervals were widened - from...

Ziona Chana, believed to head the world's largest family -- with 38 wives, 89 children and 33 grandchildren -- died Sunday at the age of 76 in Mizoram, the NDTV reported.Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga took to Twitter to confirm...

Paris: General Francois Lecointre on Saturday announced his resignation from the post of the Chief of the Defense Staff of the French Armed Forces, refuting speculations that the move was motivated by disagreements with the French president."I asked the...