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    Medical staff attending to patients with COVID-19 wear protective equipment in a unit dedicated to treatment of the coronavirus at UW Health in Madison, Wis. Conditions inside the nations hospitals are deteriorating by the day as the coronavirus rages through the country at an unrelenting pace. (AP)World
    US hospitals overwhelmed as COVID-19 deaths top 250,000 in the country

    The number of people in the hospital with COVID-19 in the U.S. has doubled in the past month and set new records every...

    19 Nov 2020 2:55 PM IST

    An illustration picture shows vials with Covid-19 Vaccine stickers attached and syringes, with the logo of the University of Oxford and its partner British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca. (AFP)Science
    Oxford University COVID-19 vaccine 'encouraging' for older age groups

    Older individuals are at disproportionate risk of severe COVID-19 and so any vaccine adopted for use must be effective...

    19 Nov 2020 2:38 PM IST

    Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) President and former Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi arrives at the assembly to take oath as the Protem Speaker in the new Legislative Assembly, in Patna. (PTI)India
    Jitan Ram Manjhi sworn in as pro-tem Speaker of Bihar assembly

    Manjhi, a multiple-term MLA and founding president of the Hindustani Awam Morcha, was administered oath of office by...

    19 Nov 2020 1:57 PM IST

    Chief of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) General Angus Campbell delivers the findings from the Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force Afghanistan Inquiry, in Canberra on November 19, 2020. (AFP)World
    Australian special forces unlawfully killed 39 people in Afghanistan:...

    Australia launched the inquiry in 2016, amid reports from whistle-blowers and in the local media of the alleged killing...

    19 Nov 2020 1:38 PM IST

    Without practicing social distancing, people queue for social grant payments at a post office in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, Friday, Nov. 13, 2020. The African continent has surpassed 2 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 as health officials warn of infections starting to creep up again into a second surge. (AP)World
    African continent hits 2 million confirmed coronavirus cases

    African health officials also worry that the continent will suffer as richer countries buy up supplies

    19 Nov 2020 1:25 PM IST

    MJ Akbar is a past president and continues to be a member of the Editors Guild of India. (Photo: File | PTI)India
    Judge hearing M J Akbar's defamation case against Prima Ramani...

    Recently, the District and Sessions Judge, Rouse Avenue, had refused to transfer Akbar's defamation case from the...

    19 Nov 2020 1:20 PM IST

    Police officers stop motorcyclists from entering a restricted area that is sealed off to control the spread of the coronavirus, in Lahore, Pakistan. (AP)World
    UAE suspends issuance of visiting visas to Pakistan, 11 other...

    Infections has been rising in Pakistan and authorities have declared that the country was witnessing the second wave of...

    19 Nov 2020 1:09 PM IST

    The present year has been considered quite a special as it comes to the LGBT pride with a full circle of completing 50 years.India
    Delhi HC asks Centre to respond to plea to recognise same sex...

    The petition has contended that marriages between same sex couples are not possible despite SC decriminalising...

    19 Nov 2020 12:22 PM IST

    Army personnel stand guard at 16 Corps headquarters during the search operations following Nagrota Army camp attack, in Jammu. (Photo: PTI)India
    4 terrorists killed, 1 policeman injured at Jammu's Nagrota toll plaza

    Encounter broke out after a vehicle, in which terrorists were travelling, was intercepted by security forces personnel

    19 Nov 2020 11:34 AM IST

    This picture taken on November 18, 2020 shows a syringe and a bottle reading \Vaccine Covid-19\ next to the Moderna biotech company logo. - The CEO of Moderna warned European countries on November 17 that dragging out negotiations to purchase its promising new Covid-19 vaccine will slow down deliveries, as other nations that have signed deals will get priority. The biotech company Pfizer said the day after that a completed study of its experimental Covid-19 vaccine showed it is 95 percent effective, after Moderna said its own vaccine was 94.5 percent effective, according to a preliminary analysis. (Photo by JOEL SAGET / AFP)Science
    Explained |Here's how coronavirus vaccine trials work

    To find out whether experimental Covid-19 vaccines are effective, researchers design clinical trials involving thousands...

    19 Nov 2020 6:28 AM IST

    The Telangana State Assembly was dissolved prematurely in September on the recommendation of the ruling KCR-led Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) government. (Photo: File)India
    KCR to take on BJP-led Centre, convene Opposition conclave to mount...

    Rao said he would speak to various opposition parties across the country

    19 Nov 2020 6:04 AM IST

    Indian army soldiers are seen near the site of a gunbattle between suspected militants and government security forces at Moachwah in Chadoora area of Budgam district on the outskirts of Srinagar on October 28, 2020. (AFP)India
    12 civilians injured as militants' attempt to target CRPF with grenade...

    All the injured were evacuated to a nearby hospital

    19 Nov 2020 5:36 AM IST

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