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Monsoon progress slow but IMD hopeful that it will reach Kerala on June 3

The onset of monsoon over Kerala is likely to take place around June 3, India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Monday, adding that monsoon presently was crossing Sri Lanka and had been there for two days. As per the latest...

UK PM Boris marries partner in secret ceremony

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has married his fiancée, Carrie Symonds, in a small private ceremony that came at the end of a tumultuous week during which a former top aide said he was unfit for office. The couple wed...

‘Shameful double-dealing’: North Korea slams end to US guidelines limiting S Korea missile rangeSouth Korean President Moon Jae-in announced the abolishment of the joint...

North Korea's state media on Monday criticised the recent termination of a pact between the United States and South Korea that capped the development of South Korea's ballistic missiles, calling it a sign of Washington's "shameful double-dealing." South Korean President...

Denmark helped US spy on European politicians, claims report; Snowden says Biden was ‘deeply involved’

The National Security Agency (NSA) of the United States used a partnership with Denmark's foreign intelligence unit to spy on senior officials of many countries, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Danish state broadcaster DR said. The report cited an investigation...

Biden asks US intel officials to investigate Covid-19 origin amid Wuhan lab controversy

President Joe Biden on Wednesday asked U.S. intelligence officials to “redouble” their efforts to investigate the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic, including the unlikely possibility that the origins of the virus trace to Chinese lab. fter months of minimizing the...

US trusts Japan to prioritise public health safety at Olympics, says White House

The United States government has extended its trust over Japan's "commitment" to prioritise public health ahead of Tokyo Olympics this summer on July 23 amid the Covid-19 pandemic. According to Kyodo News, White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre on Wednesday (local...

Police, FBI seek motive in California shooting rampage

Police and federal investigators sought on Thursday to determine why a Northern California transit employee opened fire on his co-workers, killing nine people in the latest mass shooting to haunt the United States. The accused gunman shot himself as police...

UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet says Israeli strikes on Gaza may be war crimes

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said on Thursday that Israel's deadly strikes on Gaza may constitute war crimes, and that the Hamas Islamist group had also violated international humanitarian law by firing rockets into Israel. Bachelet said...

Obesity may protect patients, with severe bacterial infection, against death

Though overweight and obesity are risk factors for many diseases, a new study suggests that a higher BMI may be linked to higher survival rates in patients hospitalised for severe bacterial infections. Scientists at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, and...

‘No argument, nothing was said, just wanted to provoke Prasad’: Sohail says 1996 WC quarters incident ‘misconstrued’

Former Pakistan batsman Aamer Sohail opened up on his infamous interaction with India fast bowler Venkatesh Prasad during the World Cup 1996 encounter in Bengaluru and insisted that there was no verbal exchange from his side to the Indian...

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Kanpur crash: Driver Mohan claims he was behind wheel

The probe into Kanpur’s high-profile Lamborghini crash took a fresh turn on Wednesday after one Mohan, the alleged designated...