Agencies

New Delhi: As Covid-19 cases surge in the country, India is reeling under the unavailability of oxygen, caused by a shortage due to the rapid rise in cases.More patients than ever are reporting ‘breathless’ as a common symptom. ICMR...

Kabul: Rahimullah Khogyany - Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and UN Envoy Deborah Lyons held a meeting to discuss Afghan peace process, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) reported on Sunday."Deborah Lyons met #Afghanistan President @ashrafghani today. UN...

Guwahati: Congress's Assam president Ripun Bora resigned on Sunday after the party's defeat in the state elections. Taking responsibility, the Rajya Sabha MP sent the resignation letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi."I do hereby tender my resignation from the...

New York: A memorial for the victims of the 2014 massacre in the city of Odessa has been organized at New York’s Union Square, Greg Butterfield, a coordinator for the "Solidarity with Novorossiya and Antifascists in Ukraine" movement, told...

Shillong: Meghalaya on Sunday recorded 321 new COVID-19 cases, pushing the tally of active cases to 1,821, a senior health official said.This is the biggest single-day spike the state witnessed this year, the PTI reported.With the fresh infections, the...

Kolkata: Mamata Banerjee’s TMC Sunday won a landslide victory in Bengal but lost in a cliffhanger in Nandigram to the BJP's Suvendu Adhikari, her former protege. "I accept the verdict in Nandigram - it is not a big deal....

Imphal: Manipur’s famed climate environmental activist Licypriya Kangujam bought oxygen concentrators from her own savings to help with the country’s oxygen crisis, she said on Friday.Kangujam, 9-year-old , in a tweet, said that ten oxygen concentrators will reach India...

New Delhi: The Election Commission on Sunday told political parties that its ban on victory processions during and after counting of votes is being flouted, and asked them to restrain their workers from violating Covid-19 guidelines, the PTI reported.The...

New Delhi: Medical students may be roped in to boost India's response to the coronavirus crisis, government sources said on Sunday after a meeting led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to review efforts to contain the surge in COVID-19...

Moscow: The North Korean leader's sister, Kim Yo-jong, warned South Korea on Sunday that their recent failure to stop North Korean defectors from spreading anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets will have consequences."We regard the manoeuvres committed by the human scum in...