June 9, 2021

New Delhi, June10: Former minister in Man Mohan Singh cabinet and close aide of  Rahul-Priyanka in Uttar Pradesh joined the Bhartiya Janata Party. Jitin Prasada is the son of former UP Congress Brahmin leader, Jitendra Prasada,  who was in…

United Nations, Jun 9 (Sputnik) Eight United Nations officials have called on the Group of Seven (G7) leading economies to ensure peoples across the developing world get full and equal access to coronavirus vaccines, the UN Office of the…

Full restoration of services would have to wait as the Covid restrictions are still in place, Railways Board Chairman and CEO Suneet Sharma Sharma said. Demand for train services has increased, as around 13 lakh people are using trains to…

With the Central government assuming the full cost of vaccination, states will not have to make extra provision for this in their budgets, the official said.

Jayesh Patel (33), a resident of Bhesana in Mehsana district, was in Japan's Ota city on a work permit when he contracted tuberculosis (TB) in October last year and later suffered a stroke (caused due to poor blood flow to the brain), his…

Framing charges against seven of the ten accused men and discharging the three others, third additional sessions judge, Jammu, Sunit Gupta, who also hears NIA cases, “strongly recommended” initiation of a departmental inquiry against DySP…

The report, titled ‘The Costs of Climate Change in India’, looks at economic costs of climate-related risks in the country and points to the possibility of increased inequality and poverty.

The chief minister urged people not to self-medicate and consult doctors as soon as they notice the first signs of coronavirus.

San Francisco: As Apple presented its flagship WWDC21 developer conference, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the social network will show creators how much money Apple and Google are actually taking from them via their respective…

Paris , June 8: French President Emmanuel Macron was slapped in the face on Tuesday by a man while he stopped to chat with onlookers during a visit to southeast France. Macron's security detail quickly intervened when the man slapped…

Washington , June 8 : The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new drug for Alzheimer's, the first new medicine against the disease in almost two decades. "The US Food and Drug Administration on Monday…

Florida , June 9 : Accusing China of waging a campaign to steal Florida secrets, Ron DeSantis, Governor of the US state, signed two bills that seek to tackle espionage and prevent foreign adversaries from stealing intellectual property.…

Paris, June 8  Russian 29-year-old Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova finally made it to a Grand Slam semi-final, on her sixth attempt, outlasting Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina 6-7(2), 6-2, 9-7 in a French Open quarter-final match on Tuesday.…

Paris, June 8 World No.6 Alexander Zverev brushed aside the challenge of Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-4, 6-1, 6-1 to secure a spot in the French Open semi-finals for the first time here on Tuesday. Zverev will take on the…

Gros Islet (Saint Lucia), June 8 Leading West Indies all-rounder Jason Holder is hoping to make a significant impact in the upcoming Test series against South Africa by "contributing positively to every facet of the game". "One of the…

Kanpur Police Commissioner Asim Arun said the private bus was carrying labourers from UP's Unnao to Gujarat. “Most of the passengers who suffered critical injuries were travelling in the tempo,” said Arun.

Beed, Jun 8 (UNI) Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray along with Deputy CM Ajit Pawar and PWD Minister Ashok Chavan on Tuesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi. The trio raised several pertinent issues with the premier; including…

By Mir Afroz Zaman Dhaka, Jun 8 (UNI) Chinese government's policy on birth control could reduce the minority Uighur Muslim's population in Xinjiang province by one-third in the next 20 years. A German researcher has recently come up with…

Islamabad, Jun 8 (UNI) The death toll in the Ghotki train accident rose to 65 on Tuesday after rescuers pulled more bodies from a bogie found crushed underneath an engine, official sources said. Dawn quoted Ghotki SSP Umer Tufail saying…

Washington, June 9 (Sputnik) The US Senate approved more than $200 billion in funds to help technology companies take on the competition from China in an intensifying showdown between the two world powers amid a global shortage of…