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Washington: US President Joe Biden says Washington never planned to send troops to Ukraine, but the US has warned Russian President Vladimir Putin that there will be consequences in case of any aggression."They never were on the table," Biden...

New Delhi: Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Air Force (IAF) flight-tested the indigenously designed and developed Helicopter launched Stand-off Anti-tank (SANT) Missile from Pokhran ranges on December 11, 2021.The flight-test was successful in meeting all...

Kohima: The Konyak Union, the apex tribal body of Konyak tribe in Mon district of Nagaland has declared a seven-day public mourning period in the entire district in memory and respect to the persons, who were killed by the...

Guwahati: Acclaimed Assamese poet Nilmani Phookan was awarded the country’s highest literary honor- Jnanpith Award on Tuesday.Phookan, is considered one of the pioneers of modern Assamese poetry, has been chosen for the highest Indian literary award along with Konkani...

New Delhi: The nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive has achieved a milestone of immunizing 50 per cent of the eligible population with both doses of vaccines, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya announced on Twitter on Sunday.“Congratulations India. It is a...

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah, while replying to the demand of restoring Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, said on Saturday that it had been existing for decades, it was there even in the 90s, but there...

Ahmedabad/Jamnagar: The first case of Omicron variant of Coronavirus was detected in Gujarat on Saturday after a 72-year old man, who had returned to Jamnagar from Zimbabwe, tested positive for the new variant.State health department officials said that the...

Washington: Some 25 million people fall victims to human trafficking and forced labor every year in a global criminal enterprise that earns crime syndicates profits of about $150 billion, a senior Biden administration official said during a press briefing.“An...

Guwahati: The Assam government will confer the state’s highest civilian award ‘Asom Bhaibav’ to industrialist Ratan Tata.Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in a tweet has shared the state government’s decision in this regard.“Delighted to announce that the Government...

Islamabad: Lahore, the capital city of Punjab Province in Pakistan has once again topped as the most polluted city in the world with a hazardous Air Quality Index of 999 on Friday.Pakistan’s second-largest city Lahore has once again topped...