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Aizawl: Mizoram's COVID-19 tally rose to 46,320 on Wednesday as 863 more people, including 115 inmates of a rehabilitation centre in Aizawl, tested positive for the infection, a health official said.Two fresh fatalities pushed the northeastern state's coronavirus death...

Nagaon: A 10-year old girl was allegedly raped by a minor boy in Assam's Hojai district, police said on Wednesday.The boy, 14, lured the girl to a nearby forest and repeatedly raped her recently and abandoned her there, the...

Shimla: Several people are feared buried after a landslide in Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur left many vehicles trapped under debris this afternoon.The landslide took place on the Reckong Peo-Shimla Highway in Kinnaur at around 12.45 pm. A truck, a state-run...

New York: New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Tuesday that he was resigning amid allegations that he sexually harassed nearly a dozen colleagues and accepted full responsibility for his actions while characterizing the accusations as "false.""I think that...

Beijing: In the first seven months of 2021, trade between the United States and China increased by 40 per cent compared to the same period last year and amounted to $404.57 billion, China's General Administration of Customs said.Exports...

Kabul: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has arrived in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of the northern Balkh province, to discuss security issues, a presidential spokesperson told Sputnik.During meetings with locals, the president alongside ex-Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum and former Balkh...

Paris, Aug 11 (UNI/Xinhua) Lionel Messi arrived at Le Bourget airport in Paris to finalize his signing with Ligue 1 giants Paris Saint-Germain, following his tearful farewell to Barcelona on Sunday.Hundreds of fans have been waiting on Tuesday afternoon...

Moscow: Canadian Michael Spavor, detained by China in late 2018, has been sentenced to 11 years in prison by a Chinese court on spying charges, CBC reported.The court also called for Spavor's deportation and confiscation of some $10,000 of...

Seoul: South Korea's daily COVID-19 cases hit a record high due to the continued virus spread in the Seoul metropolitan area, the health authorities said Wednesday.The country reported 2,223 more cases of the COVID-19 for the past 24 hours,...

Washington: The Chinese social video platform TikTok became the most downloaded app among social networks in 2020, edging out Facebook Messenger, Japan's Nikkei newspaper reported on Tuesday.TikTok topped the list of social media downloads in 2020 for the first...