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Dhaka: Bangladesh's President Abdul Hamid on Tuesday met with visiting Chinese State Councilor and Minister of National Defense Wei Fenghe here and the two sides agreed to advance the bilateral military cooperation.During the meeting, Hamid said Bangladesh and China...

Guwahati: The Assam State Disaster Management Authority Tuesday announced night curfew in the entire state from 8 PM to 5 AM till May 1, 2021 in view of the novel coronavirus surge. Movement of people related to essential services,...

Bengaluru: Hours before the stringent lockdown to contain COVID-19 in Karnataka came into effect on Tuesday, people flocked to railway stations, central bus terminus and waited in serpentine queues at toll plazas on national highways to board vehicles to...

Aizawl: At least 103 more people, including 19 children, tested positive for COVID-19 in Mizoram on Tuesday, pushing the tally in the state to 5,513, an official said.Thirty-nine new patients have travel history, while 64 were detected during contact...

Washington: NASA's Ingenuity helicopter succeeded in its third flight on Mars on Sunday, which set records in speed and distance beyond what had been previously demonstrated, according to NASA.The helicopter took off early Sunday and rose 5 meters. Then...

Ankara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that US President Joe Biden’s decision to recognize the Armenian genocide is regretful, adding that these issues "should be decided by historians, not politicians.""Biden used an unfair phrase, not based...

Brussels: The European Union (EU) has brought pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca to court over its failure to respect the commitment to deliver COVID-19 vaccine doses to its member states, said a European Commission spokesperson on Monday.The EU's executive arm launched...

Washington: The 93rd Academy Awards had an all-time record low number of viewers, according to statistics released by data measurement giant Nielsen.An average of 9.85 million people were watching the Oscars on ABC on Sunday, a drop of 58...

Gangtok: Sikkim reported 23 fresh COVID- 19 cases in the last 24 hours, pushing the tally to 7,329, an official said on Monday.The COVID-19 death toll increased to 140 as two more persons succumbed to the infection at the...

New Delhi: With the US dragging its feet in offering India help to combat the world's worst virus crisis, China is moving to drive a wedge between the democratic security partners.In a barrage of editorials, political cartoons and social-media...