Agencies

New Delhi: Maharashtra, Karnataka and Delhi are among 10 states that account for 71.75 per cent of the 4,03,738 new COVID-19 cases registered in a day, the Union Health Ministry said on Sunday.The other states in the list of...

Guwahati: Himanta Biswa Sarma will succeed Sarbananda Sonowal as the Chief Minister of Assam. At the legislature party meeting held in Guwahati Saturday, Sonowal had proposed the name of Sarma after Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave his approval for...

Guwahati: Outgoing Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Sunday submitted his resignation to Governor Jagdish Mukhi. Sarbananda Sonowal was in Delhi on Saturday to hold meetings with top party leadership, including Home Minister Amit Shah and party president JP...

Guwahati: An online flood reporting and information management system was launched on Saturday in Assam, which faces severe deluge every year, an official said.The online system developed jointly by Assam State Disaster Management Agency and UNICEF will replace the...

Gangtok: Sikkim reported 200 new COVID-19 cases, which took the tally in the state to 9,651, the PTI quoted official as saying on Saturday.The death toll rose to 165 as five more patients succumbed to the disease, he said.Of...

Agartala: Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Saturday said the state has adequate stock of oxygen for treatment of COVID-19 patients and urged people not to panic amid the raging coronavirus pandemic, the PTI reported.The state has a...

Moscow: European Council President Charles Michel said on Saturday that lifting intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines is not the "magic bullet," but the bloc is ready to discuss it.On Wednesday, the Biden administration threw its support behind the...

New Delhi:  A coronavirus test report is no longer needed to get hospitalised, the government has said in its revised guidelines that make sure that those suffering from Covid get "prompt, effective and comprehensive treatment". The new measures - that come...

Washington: US Strategic Command chief Adm. Charles Richard on Friday called for establishing a dialogue with Russia and China on nuclear armaments as well as on boosting mutual transparency and building confidence to mitigate risks that he said are...

Tehran: A huge fire has hit the Iranian port city of Bushehr where a navy military base and an atomic power plant are located, media reported.The Bushehr Municipality Fire Department says that no people were injured in the incident...