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Washington: The total number of global Covid-19 cases has topped 112.5 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.49 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Thursday morning,...

Paris: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has narrowed down on Australian city Brisbane as its preferred candidate to host the 2032 Olympic Games. India was among the many countries that expressed interest in hosting the...

New Delhi: A Delhi court on Thursday granted protection from arrest till March 9 to Shantanu Muluk in the ‘Toolkit’ case and directed the police to not take any ‘coercive’ action against the accused till...

San Francisco: Google-owned video-streaming platform YouTube has unveiled a new feature that would help parents to control what their kids watch on the platform by enabling different content settings on the platform. The new feature...

Mumbai: Bollywood experienced a lull last year with hardly any film getting a theatrical release owing to the complete closure of cinemas. With business opening up, many films are ready to release and raring to...

Washington: NASA has released the first high-definition panoramic view of its Mars rover Perseverance’s landing site at Jezero Crater. The newly released panorama reveals the crater rim and cliff face of an ancient river delta...

Mumbai: Bollywood actress Ileana D’Cruz on Thursday shared a twist of nostalgia from her holiday this time last year, in the process confessing she is a beach bum for life. Ileana posted the picture on...

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswami on Thursday announced that students of Classes 9, 10 and 11 will be declared passed without writing their annual/board exams for the academic year 2020-21. Announcing this in...

New Delhi: The Centre on Thursday told the Delhi High Court that living together as same-sex partners is not comparable with the Indian concept of a family unit. The government stated this in a counter...

Beijing: PUBG universe is expanding with a new mobile title for Android and iOS called PUBG: New State, which catapults the battle royale ahead in time for a more futuristic take on the massive multiplayer...

Thiruvananthapuram: Acclaimed teacher, poet and temple priest, Vishnu Narayanan Namboothiri passed away on Thursday at his house here, family sources said. He was 81. He was suffering from age-related ailments. Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the India Toy Fair 2021 on February 27 through video conferencing. During his ‘Mann Ki Baat’ address in August 2020, the Prime Minister had said that toys...

New Delhi: As the Indian government on Thursday announced new stringent guidelines for social media platforms, legal and policy experts have said that the rules will empower police and enforcement agencies, while the “traceability” requirement...

Kolkata: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) all India president J.P. Nadda on Thursday launched the party’s ‘Lokkho Sonar Bangla’ (Target Golden Bengal) campaign to unseat the Mamata Banerjee-led West ruling Trinamool Congress government from power in...

Mumbai: In a shocking development, an SUV filled with at least 20 gelatin sticks was found abandoned outside Antilia, the lavish multi-storied home of billionaire industrialist Mukesh Ambani, here on Thursday evening, officials said. “A...

New Delhi: The Union Health ministry said on Thursday that an advisory has been issued to all states and Union Territories to expand Covid-19 vaccination to all public healthcare facilities along with medical centres empanelled...

Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court has refused to grant anticipatory bail to Aparna Purohit, the head of India Originals at Amazon Sellers Service Pvt Ltd, which is showing ‘Tandav’ web series online. A single-judge bench...

New York: The US condemns terrorists infiltrating the Line of Control (LoC) and expects Pakistan to play a “constructive role” in Kashmir, according to State Department Spokesperson Ned Price. “We have been very clear that...

New Delhi: Fresh Covid-19 cases are showing worryingly upward trend over the past one week, with the country reporting 16,577 cases in the last 24 hours taking the overall tally to 1,10,63,491 on Friday, Union...

Ahmedabad: India’s victory over England in the third Test has put them on the cusp of qualifying for the World Test Championship (WTC) final. The result knocked England out of contention for the final which...