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Guwahati: Assam's COVID-19 tally surged to 2,19,533 as 281 more people tested positive for the virus while three fresh fatalities pushed the death toll 1,115 on Friday, the National Health Mission (NHM) bulletin said.The three COVID-19 deaths were reported...

United Nations: India on Friday condemned the use of violence in Myanmar and said it is cognisant of the serious impact of its political instability and the potential of its spill over beyond borders as it called for a "greater...

Moscow: Japan's move to designate the Southern Kuril Islands as originally Japanese territories in textbooks may have an impact on Russia-Japan relations, Russian Foreign Ministry's spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Friday.According to Zakharova, Moscow drew attention to the new...

Washington: The United States has blacklisted seven Chinese supercomputing entities for allegedly engaging in military modernization efforts that pose a threat to US national security, the Commerce Department said in a press release on Thursday.“The Department of Commerce’s Bureau...

Washington: The Biden administration is considering expelling Russian diplomats over alleged meddling in the US presidential election and cyber attacks against the United States, Bloomberg reported citing three people familiar with the matter.The report on Wednesday said the US...

Moscow: Russia can provide a tit-for-tat response if its diplomats are expelled from the United States, Vladimir Dzhabarov, the first deputy head of the Russian upper chamber's international affairs committee, told Sputnik on Thursday.Earlier in the day, Bloomberg reported,...

New Delhi: Naxals have released the first picture of a jawan who went missing last week after a gunfight in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur, India TV reported.  According to reports, the CRPF has also confirmed that the photo released by ultras...

New Delhi: A mask is compulsory even if a person is driving alone in a car, the Delhi High Court said Wednesday, terming any vehicle a "public place" where Covid rules apply. The mask is a "suraksha kavach (safety...

Washington: Ukraine has aspired to join NATO for many years but it is up to the alliance to decide whether it will accept the country, White House spokesperson Jen Psaki said in a press briefing on Wednesday."One, that has...

Tel Aviv: Israel notified the US that it is responsible for the Tuesday attack on an Iranian cargo ship affiliated with the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps off the coast of Eritrea in the Red Sea, an American official told...