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The COVID-19 tally in Maharashtra's Thane district has risen to 1,83,942 with the addition of 1,166 new cases, an official said on Wednesday. The death toll reached 4,644 after 28 more patients succumbed to the disease in the district on Tuesday, he sai...

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Drugmakers and research centers around the world are working on COVID19 vaccines, with large global trials of several of the candidates involving tens of thousands of participants well underway.

In Delhi, the price of 22-carat gold was Rs 49,400 per 10 grams, but the same quality and quantity of gold is today priced at Rs 49,410.

Transport associations in Assam have decided to continue with their indefinite strike, after the state government on Tuesday made it clear that bus fares cannot be increased as people are facing many hardships due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Various assoc...

Washington (AP) U.S. employers advertised for slightly fewer jobs in August as hiring ticked up modestly. The number of U.S. job postings on the last day of August dipped to 6.49 million, down from 6.70 million July, The Labor Department said Tuesday. A...

Two fishermen were killed and 10 others injured after lightning struck them when they had gone fishing in a reservoir in Chhattisgarhs Rajnandgaon district on Tuesday, police said. The incident took place at around 1,30 pm under Chichola police station...

The Department of Science and Technology (DST) has shortlisted 51 companies for developing various COVID-19 solutions and 10 of them have been supported for manufacturing and large-scale deployment of diagnostic kits and therapy solutions, a statement sai...

According to the memorandum of understanding (MoU), DD Kisan will broadcast 25 episodes of 30 minutes each on various innovative farm techniques for the benefit of farmers, it said in a statement.

With the trend of conducting UTR tournaments by private academies picking up in India, the AITA has warned the tennis players and coaches to stay away from the unsanctioned events. The governing body made it clear it won't allow UTR tournaments to be hel...

Researchers in Australia have developed a unique technique to prevent glass facades on iconic buildings from shattering if targeted by terrorists in a bomb explosion. In the study, published in the journal Engineering Failure Analysis, the research team o...

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday visited Toyko to meet with some of Washington's closest allies in Asia, Japan, Australia and India, to shore up support against what the United States says is China's dangerous and growing regional influence.

The Kerala governmenton Monday sought a report from the Sangeetha Nataka Akademi over actor and dancer R L V Ramakrishnan's attempted suicide, allegedly after being denied an opportunity to perform at an online event. Ramakrishnan,younger brother of...

The Ministry of External Affairs also said these cases have been taken "extremely seriously" by the government.

On the directives of Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, a nine-member delegation of the party on Monday met the family of a Dalit woman who died here after allegedly being raped by two men. Led by Congress Legislature Party leader Aradha...

The accused was arrested and booked under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), including 376 (rape), and also the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO), an official said.