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New Delhi: India on Sunday reported 1,52,879 new cases of COVID-19 during the past 24 hours, the data by the Union Health Ministry stated on Thursday.With this, the country's overall Covid tally now stands at 1,33,58,805.The death toll mounted...

New Delhi/Shanghai: Fifty years ago, a US table tennis team arrived in the Chinese capital Beijing on April 10, 1971, becoming the first US group to visit since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949.A Chinese...

Imphal: Manipuri cinema achieved a major milestone Saturday as Manipur State Film Development Society (MSFDS) and Film Heritage Foundation (FHF) inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to work together in preserving Manipur’s film heritage. The MoU was signed on the...

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...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday said it will close criminal cases against two Italian marines who shot dead two Indian fishermen off the Kerala coast in February 2012, only after the compensation amount of Rs 10 crore...

New Delhi: The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country on Friday exceeded 9.43 crore, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said.Cumulatively, 9,43,34,262 vaccine doses have been administered through 14,28,500 sessions, as per the...

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 United States is ready to lift sanctions imposed on Iran so as to resume mutual compliance with the 2015 nuclear agreement, said State Department spokesman Ned Price.In a press briefing on Wednesday Price said “We are prepared...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday received his second dose of COVID-19 vaccine at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here."Got my second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at AIIMS today," the PM wrote on Twitter."Vaccination...