Authorities stunned as leading Indian university gets $18.6 mn in confidential contribution
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)- Bombay received a donation of $18.6 million (Rs 160 crore) from an alumnus who…
Covid-19: Officials informed to preserve stringent vigil
Synopsis PK Mishra, principal secretary to the Prime Minister, advised officials to maintain a strict vigil on the situation and…
Tennessee: Top authorities sacked over ‘mistakes’ in carrying out capital punishment
Representational Images. News 18 Tennessee (US): Tennessee has removed two top officials after an investigation found lethal injections used in…
Chinese Officials Discuss Covid Situation With WHO Experts After Tedros Criticism
China's health officials on Friday discussed with the WHO experts on the current massive surge of the Covid virus in…
U.S. Officials Offer Clashing Coronavirus Vaccine Timetables
Top U.S. health officials offered conflicting estimates Wednesday of when Americans should expect coronavirus vaccines to be widely available, with…
Trump says he saved 51 million jobs in pandemic. Economists, US officials say otherwise
Trump says he saved 51 million jobs in pandemic. Economists, US officials say otherwise
Not possible to completely block Chinese companies, say authorities
Despite the uproar against the use of Chinese products amid the standoff on the border in eastern Ladakh and the…
United States to impose sanctions on Hong Kong leader Lam, other Chinese authorities
US to impose sanctions on Hong Kong leader Lam, other Chinese officials
Punjab hooch tragedy: Seven excise officials, six cops suspended; death toll now 86
Family of a man who died after consuming spurious liquor in Punjab mourns during his cremation. (PTI Photo)CHANDIGARH: Punjab chief…
Scaled-down hajj pilgrimage to begin with July 29: Saudi authorities
RIYADH: This year's hajj, which has been scaled back dramatically to include only around 1,000 Muslim pilgrims as Saudi Arabia…
Business vaccine will take at least 12 months, state officials
A novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine will take at least 12 months to be commercially available and a realistic deadline for…
12 LG Polymers officials detained
File photo shows smoke rises from LG Polymers plant, in Visakhapatnam. | Photo Credit: AP Action after panel submits report…
A minimum of 50 dead in landslide at Myanmar jade mine: authorities
Reuters July 02, 2020 12:12 IST Updated: July 02, 2020 12:12 IST This April 23, 2019 photo shows people standing…
US imposes visa restrictions on Chinese authorities over Hong Kong autonomy
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday the United States was imposing visa restrictions on Chinese Communist…
Govt to expedite deal with 32 roadway jobs along border with China: Officials
NEW DELHI: Amid the continuing standoff between the Indian Army and China's PLA, the Centre on Monday reviewed ongoing road…
MEA warns Pakistan over two missing out on Indian authorities
NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs (MEA) on Monday summoned Pakistan's Charge d'affaires to India and issued a demarche…
Trump’s troop cut in Germany blindsided senior U.S. officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump’s decision to cut U.S. troop levels in Germany blindsided a number of senior national…
Focus on house-to-house study and timely testing, Union health ministry informs authorities of 45 civic bodies in 10 states
NEW DELHI: The Union health ministry on Monday asked officials of 45 civic bodies across 38 districts in 10 states,…
Washington prepares for major protest as Democratic officials move to check police
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Protesters began to gather in Washington for a big demonstration on Saturday as street marches across the…
Buffalo police officers stopped system to oppose associates’ suspension
(Reuters) - All 57 members of a police tactical unit in Buffalo have resigned from that team to protest the…
Pakistan passenger aircraft with 107 on board crashes near Karachi: Officials
Many people are feared dead after a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane with 107 people on board crashed into a…
U.S. senators seek to sanction Chinese officials over Hong Kong
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican and Democratic U.S. senators said on Thursday they would introduce legislation to impose sanctions on Chinese…
White House directs staff to use masks after officials contract coronavirus
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Monday directed all people entering the West Wing, where the daily operations of…
All Central govt. officials to use Aarogya Setu app
The Aarogya Setu app is used to issue advisories. Photo: G.R.N. Somashekar Department of Personnel and Training has told officials…
How a handful of Apple and Google employees came together to help health officials trace coronavirus
Singapore's new contact tracing app, TraceTogether, which is being used as a preventive measure against the Covid-19 coronavirus in the…
18 terrorists eliminated in J&K throughout lockdown: authorities
Fifty terrorists, including several top commanders of Jaish-e-Mohmmad (JeM) and Lashker-e-Tioba (LeT), were killed in counter terrorism operations by security…
As protesters decry U.S. coronavirus lockdown, authorities prompt care
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) - The U.S. debate over restrictions for fighting the coronavirus intensified on Monday, as protesters labeled mandatory…
U.S. senators press Saudi officials to put oil cut in motion
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. senators from oil states who recently introduced legislation to remove American troops from Saudi Arabia…
Ex-U.S. Navy secretary’s Guam trip to ridicule commander cost taxpayers $243,000: officials
FILE PHOTO: Former Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly, testifies to the Senate Armed Services Committee during a hearing…
Brazilians scorn Bolsonaro’s coronavirus efforts, back health officials: polls
BRASILIA/RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilians increasingly disapprove of President Jair Bolsonaro’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak, and overwhelmingly support…
Coronavirus outbreak: Breaking home quarantine may lead to jail, warn officials
NEW DELHI: Those flouting the law and ditching home quarantine can face up to six months in jail along with…
COVID-19 vaccine will take at least two years to develop: health authorities
Health crisis: A man seen buying a hand sanitizer in New Delhi on Thursday. The virus has affected 74 people…
NIA arrests father-daughter duo in connection with Pulwama attack that killed 40 CRPF guys: Officials
Tricolor draped coffins of the CRPF personnel, who lost their lives in Thursday's Pulwama terror attack, during wreath laying ceremony…