New Delhi: The Railways, on Sunday, said it would begin operations of 200 special trains from…
Month: May 2020
Brazil’s coronavirus outbreak worsens as total cases near 500,000
Brasilia: Brazil registered a record 33,274 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Saturday, its health…
Backlash against Trump exiting WHO as virus grips Latin America
Washington: US President Donald Trump faced a broad backlash on Saturday over severing ties with the…
SpaceX’s astronaut-riding Dragon arrives at space station
Florida: SpaceX delivered two astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA on Sunday, following up…
George Floyd: Curfews defied as demonstrations escalate across US
New York: Demonstrations against racism and police brutality have spread to even more cities across the…
Twitter flags Trump tweet on Minneapolis protests for glorifying violence
San Francisco: For the second time, Twitter flagged a message from President Trump with a warning,…
Afghanistan’s Abdullah says ready for Taliban talks ‘at any time’
Kabul: A top Afghan official appointed to lead Kabul’s delegation in the much-awaited peace talks with…
Protest over George Floyd’s death spread across USA
Atlanta: Demonstrators marched, stopped traffic and in some cases lashed out violently at police as protests…
Trump is winning the political spin game
Washington: Donald Trump has somehow survived an overwhelming flood of political scandals, legal battles, accusations, the…
All-out combat feared as India, China engage in border standoff
New Delhi: On May 5, a scuffle broke out between Indian and Chinese troops at the…
Trump signs executive order targeting social media giants after Twitter fact-checking row
Washington: President Donald Trump said he would introduce legislation that might scrap or weaken a law…
Chaos reigns as Delhi-Gurugram border is sealed
Gurugram: There was chaos on the Delhi-Gurugram border on Friday after the border was sealed, leading…
Active Hizb militant of Shopian owned the explosives-laden car: Police
Srinagar: Security forces have made a major breakthrough as they have identified the alleged owner of…
Former Chhattisgarh CM Ajit Jogi dies at 74; three-day mourning in state
Raipur: Ajit Jogi, an IAS officer-turned- politician who went on to become the first chief minister…
Kerala bid adieus to Veteran Socialist, Eminent Writer and Leading Journalist MP Veeerendrakumar with full state honours
Kozhikode: Mathrubhumi Managing Director M. P. Veerendra Kumar MP passed away on Thursday night at a…
EU proposes 750 billion-Euro recovery fund
Brussels: The EU’s executive is proposing a 750 billion-euro ($825 billion) recovery fund to help the…
Protests over death of George Floyd continue to roil Minneapolis, and beyond
Minneapolis: Thousands of people poured into the streets of Minneapolis for a second night of protests…
Iran outraged by ‘honour killing’ of 14-year-old girl Romina Ashrafi
Tehran: The killing of an Iranian teen by her father after she eloped with an older…
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launch is scrubbed due to weather
Florida: The beginning of NASA’s next chapter of space exploration will have to wait until the…
Coronavirus pandemic may push 86 million more children into household poverty by 2020-end: Report
New York: The number of children living in poor households across low and middle-income countries could…