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Bangkok: Three consecutive explosions rocked an air force base in Myanmar's central Magway Region, leaving six servicemen killed, local Delta News Agency reported on Thursday.According to the news agency, local residents heard the first explosion at around 3 a.m....

Aizawl: A power crisis in Mizoram is looming large as two of six public sector utilities may start regulating supply to the state, if the government, which is currently facing a fund crunch, is not able to pay a...

Moscow: The Russian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday ordered several European countries' diplomats to leave in a week in retaliation for their recent expulsions of Russian diplomats.The diplomats involved are three from Slovakia, two from Lithuania, one from Estonia and...

New Delhi: The Election Commission of India Wednesday said that candidates will not be allowed inside vote counting centres on Sunday without a negative Covid report or two vaccine doses. Earlier, the election body had banned any victory celebrations...

Tokyo: Japan's upper house of parliament on Wednesday approved the world's largest free trade deal, which comprises 15 Asia-Pacific countries and the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).The House of Representatives, the lower house of the parliament gave...

Brussels: The European Parliament ratified on Wednesday the agreement on trade and cooperation between the European Union and the United Kingdom in a 660-5 vote.The document must now be approved by EU member states to enter into force officially.The...

New Delhi:  Covishield and Covaxin -- the two coronavirus vaccines currently in use in India -- have efficacy against the "Indian strain" and show "milder" illness in case of infection post vaccination, a senior scientist said on Tuesday citing...

Guwahati: Assam's COVID-19 tally surged to 2,43,802 as 3,132 more people tested positive for the infection on Tuesday while 18 new fatalities pushed the coronavirus death toll to 1,233, according to the bulletin issued by the state National Health...

Yangon: Myanmar's State Administration Council (SAC) said on Tuesday that it would consider suggestions made by the leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to promote dialogue and end the violence in the country.The suggestions made at...

St. Petersburg: On Tuesday in St. Petersburg, Russian biotechnological company BioPalette launched the mass production of "MultiSCREEN," the world's first test system designed to simultaneously screen for the presence of such diseases as HIV, hepatitis B and C, and...