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President Joe Biden (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

US to evacuate Ukraine embassy amid Russian invasion fears

State Department plans to announce that all American staff at the Kyiv embassy will be required to leave the country

12 Feb 2022 10:53 AM IST

A health worker collects a swab sample from a man to test for COVID-19 during a weekend lockdown imposed to curb the spread of the coronavirus in Jammu. (AP/Channi Anand)

COVID-19: India logs 50,407 new cases, 804 deaths

The daily COVID-19 cases are being recorded at less than one lakh for the last six consecutive days

12 Feb 2022 10:34 AM IST

Students participate in a procession to protest against barring Muslim girls wearing hijab from attending classes at some schools in Karnataka, in Kolkata, Feb. 9, 2022. (AP /Bikas Das)

As hijab row spreads, senior classes to remain shut in Karnataka till...

BRIMS students, however, were reportedly allowed to take the examination after the intervention of student groups

12 Feb 2022 6:56 AM IST

Zika virus (Photo: ANI)

Active surveillance of Zika virus needed to prevent future outbreaks:...

The first report of the Zika virus spread in Kerala was released by ICMR NIV Pune

11 Feb 2022 3:20 PM IST

Shabana Azmi and Kangana Ranaut. (Twitter via ANI)

Shabana Azmi calls out Kangana Ranaut for her Hijab row comment

Sharing Kangana's post on her official Twitter handle, Shabana questioned her comments on the hijab row in Karnataka

11 Feb 2022 1:36 PM IST

Once the suspension orders are lifted, our services will be fully up and running, an Airtel customer care executive said. (Photo: PTI)

Airtel internet services briefly disrupted due to technical glitch;...

Several Airtel users on Twitter complained that both their mobile data and broadband connection stopped working

11 Feb 2022 1:12 PM IST

This 2020 electron microscope image provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Rocky Mountain Laboratories shows SARS-CoV-2 virus particles which cause COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells cultured in a lab. (AP)

New low-cost coating for fabrics can kill Covid virus: Study

The coating may be used in future to develop an antiviral spray for fabrics

11 Feb 2022 12:49 PM IST

$The book is titled \Friends, Lovers and The Big Terrible Thing.\ (Photo: Instagram/mattyperry4)$ Entertainment

'Friends' actor Matthew Perry unveils cover page, title of his memoir

The actor took to his Instagram and wrote, 'thought it was time people heard from me'

11 Feb 2022 12:41 PM IST

Actor Mukesh Khanna as Shaktimaan (Twitter)

Desi Superhero 'Shaktimaan' to be made into a film

According to the makers, the film will be headlined by 'one of India's superstars'

11 Feb 2022 12:06 PM IST

So far around 150 pregnant women with corona infection have been reported worldwide, and 60 cases of pregnant-infected mothers have been studied mainly from China and the UK. (AFP)

Coronavirus can destroy the placenta and lead to stillbirths

It's an uncommon outcome for any pregnancy but authorities believe vaccination can help prevent these cases

11 Feb 2022 11:53 AM IST