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Russia on Tuesday, Aug. 11 became the first country to approve a coronavirus vaccine for use in tens of thousands of its citizens despite international skepticism about injections that have not completed clinical trials and were studied in only dozens of people for less than two months. (AP)

Russia publishes virus vaccine results, weeks after approval

Developers said the vaccine appeared to be safe and to prompt an antibody response in all 40 people tested in the second...

5 Sept 2020 1:00 PM IST

The bullet train is Prime Minister Narendra Modis dream project. (Photo: File pic)

Coronavirus impact: Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project may fail to...

Last year, nine civil work tenders were floated which could not be opened because of the coronavirus pandemic

5 Sept 2020 12:52 PM IST

$A man holds a poster with a portrait of Alexei Navalny reading \Navalny was poisoned, we know who is to blame, Alexei you must live\ during an unsanctioned protest in Russia. Russian authorities have appeared reluctant to investigate what caused Navalnys condition, saying there had so far been no grounds for a criminal investigation. (AP)$ World

NATO agrees Russia's Navalny was poisoned using nerve agent

German authorities have said that tests showed that he had been poisoned with a chemical nerve agent from the Novichok...

5 Sept 2020 12:20 PM IST

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, visits a western coastal area in South Hwanghae province, North Korea. (AP)

'Severe' punishment for North Korea officials after typhoon casualties

Natural disasters tend to have a greater impact in North Korea due to its creaking infrastructure

5 Sept 2020 11:58 AM IST

Doctors treat a burn Muslim worshipper in a hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, September 5, 2020. Dozens of Muslim worshipers suffered burn injuries critically during evening prayers after explosions of a gas pipeline installed underground near a mosque outside Bangladesh capital, officials said Saturday. (AP)

Gas pipeline blast kills 11 praying at Bangladesh mosque

At least 37 people with up to 90% of burns on their bodies admitted to burn unit of a state-run hospital

5 Sept 2020 11:21 AM IST

Jessica Krug. The post caused an immediate furore on social media, with Black academics, writers and activists recalling their interactions with Krug. (Image: Duke University Press).

White US history professor's racial hoax claim stokes anger

In a blog post that has gained international attention Jessica Krug wrote that she is in fact a white Jewish woman from...

5 Sept 2020 10:36 AM IST

Indian coast guard ship (R) battling to extinguish the fire from the Panamanian-registered crude oil tanker New Diamond, some 60 km off Sri Lankas eastern coast.(AFP)

Fire-stricken oil tanker pushed away from Sri Lankan coast

The vessel is larger than the Japanese ship which crashed into a reef in Mauritius, leaking more than 1,000 tonnes of...

5 Sept 2020 10:02 AM IST

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh during a meeting with the Chinese Defence Minister General Fenghe, in Moscow. (PTI)

Rajnath Singh meets his Chinese counterpart in Moscow amid border...

This is the first highest level face-to-face meeting between the two sides after the border row escalated in eastern...

5 Sept 2020 9:46 AM IST

US President Donald Trump. (AP)

Indian people would be voting for me: Trump

The Trump campaign believes that Indian Americans can play an important role in the election, especially in the...

5 Sept 2020 9:01 AM IST

Satellite images published of North Koreas Sinpo shipyard showed several vessels within a secure boat basin, one of which resembled vessels previously used to tow a submersible test stand barge out to sea. (Representational Image: AFP)

North Korea preparing for launch of submarine missile: US think tank

North Korea said last October it had successfully test-fired a Pukguksong-3, a new submarine-launched ballistic missile...

5 Sept 2020 8:41 AM IST

Vishwas Sarang (ANI)

Conduct doping tests on filmstars, television actors too: MP...

The doping tests for film stars and celebrities are necessary since their lifestyle influences the society, he told...

5 Sept 2020 6:06 AM IST

Chirag Paswan (PTI)

Rift emerges between LJP and HAM after latter's re-entry into NDA in...

Sources said that Manjhi's entry in the NDA fold and his announcement for unconditional support to Bihar CM has irked...

5 Sept 2020 5:17 AM IST