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Eugene (USA): After ending India’s long wait for Olympic gold in athletics last year, Neeraj Chopra has set his sights on the World Athletics Championships medal.All eyes will be on Chopra as he will be aiming to end...

Colombo: Independent UN human rights experts have called for urgent attention from global humanitarian as well as financial institutions and other countries towards the economic collapse of Sri Lanka.They expressed alarm over the record-high inflation, rising commodity prices, power...

New Delhi: A total of 21,566 people have tested positive for Covid-19 in India during the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry said on Thursday.According to the bulletin issued by the Health Ministry, the total caseload rose to...

Colombo: As Sri Lankan acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe was on Wednesday elected as the eighth executive President of Sri Lanka, India rejected as “baseless and purely speculative“ media reports alleging efforts to influence the elections.The Indian High Commission in...

Madrid: A total of 863 people died in Spain from July 10-18 due to an intense heat wave that hit the country this month, according to the Carlos III Health Institute subordinate to the Spanish Health Ministry.The institute's daily...

Tehran: Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani said Wednesday that for the talks to save the 2015 nuclear deal, the United States should give guarantees for securing Iran's economic interests under a possible agreement, according to the official IRNA...

New Delhi: India registered 20,557 new Covid-19 cases, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday.According to the Ministry's bulletin, the total caseload rose to 4,38,03,619, while the death toll rose to 5,25,825 as 40 more people succumbed to the...

Colombo: Acting President and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was on Wednesday elected the eighth Executive President of Sri Lanka to succeed the deposed Gotabaya Rajapksa and immediately called for national unity to overcome the country's worst economic crisis since...

Beijing: Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian on Tuesday said that Beijing is insisting the US to cancel House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan.He said, "If Speaker Pelosi visits Taiwan, it would seriously violate the one-China...

Tehran: Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Tehran, on his second visit outside Russia since the start of the Ukraine war.The Russian President met with Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi here and will meet Iran's supreme leader and Turkish President...