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Washington: The White House lowered the US flag to half-staff for five days in honor of the more than 500,000 Americans who died from the coronavirus pandemic.The commemoration was ordered by President Joe Biden, who issued a proclamation after...

Beijing: Beijing and Tehran believe that the United States’ return to the Iran nuclear deal and sanctions lift are vital to resolving the nuclear impasse, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said after a bilateral call.Deputy Foreign Ministers Ma Zhaoxu of...

Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti was on Monday unanimously re-elected as president of the PDP for a three-year term, the PTI reported.Mufti's name was proposed by senior leader Ghulam Nabi Lone Hanjura and seconded by...

Kohima: Nagaland on Sunday reported just one new COVID-19 case, which took the state's tally to 12,192, Health Minister S Pangnyu Phom.The new case was detected in Kohima, he said.The northeastern state did not report any fresh case in...

Jaipur: A 45-year-old man committed suicide along with his wife and two daughters by hanging themselves in their home in Rajasthan's Sikar district on Sunday owing to depression, a police official said.The deceased were identified as Hanuman Prasad, his...

Tehran: Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi has arrived in the Iranian capital, Tehran, to take part in Sunday talks with Vice President and Head of Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran, Ali Akbar Salehi."IAEA...

Moscow: WhatsApp users who fail to accept the app's new terms and conditions before the May 15 deadline will not be able to read or send messages, TechCrunch reported on Saturday, citing the Facebook-owned messenger’s email to one of...

Mumbai: An alleged Bangladeshi immigrant arrested earlier this month in Mumbai has turned out to be a local BJP leader. The Congress lost no time in deriding the party that rules at the centre. "Has Amit Shah (Union Home Minister)...

New Delhi: India and China on Saturday held another round of military talks with a focus on taking forward the disengagement process in Hot Springs, Gogra and Depsang in eastern Ladakh and bring down the tensions in the region,...

Nay Pyi Taw: Police in Myanmar resorted to firing live and rubber bullets to disperse people who had gathered to protest against the military coup in Mandalay, killing two people here on Saturday.Hundreds of people had gathered for a...