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Beirut (AP) Lebanon's information minister has resigned, a move many hope could open the way for easing an unprecedented diplomatic row with Saudi Arabia and other Gulf Arab nations that has compounded the small country's multiple crises. George Kordah...

The government also informed Lok Sabha that a few Indians, who had contacted the special Afghanistan cell of the Ministry of External Affairs and desired to be evacuated, still remain stranded.

Raising the issue during the Zero Hour, he said these online games have now given way to gambling and betting.

In a letter addressed to Chief Secretary, and sent to ACS/Principal Secretaries/Secretaries (Health) of all the States/UTs, Bhushan writes that current evidence, which is still evolving, suggests increased transmissibility of this VOC (Variant of Concern)...

The latest study looked at safety, immune response and side-effects of seven vaccines when used as a third booster jab.

Priority would be given to those in the healthcare sector for trials of the booster shots, an official said.

Berlin (AP) Outgoing Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel called on Germans to stand up to hatred, at a military ceremony on Thursday bidding her farewell after 16 years in office. Merkel was honoured with a traditional military musical performance and mar...

President Joe Biden on Thursday laid out his strategy to fight the coronavirus as the highly contagious Omicron spread across the globe with winter coming and hours after the first known U.S. case of community transmission of the variant was reported.

No oxygen needs were experienced by the patients in South Africa so far, Dr. Angelique Coetzee said.

Schools in India are likely to see a 14 per cent drop in students attending in-person classes due to concerns sparked by 'Omicron', the new variant of coronavirus, according to a nationwide survey.

The incident occurred in the Sanjay Tiger Buffer Zone in the Barijharia village of the Tomsar Range.

Stressing that UP’s economy is the second largest in the country, after Maharashtra, Anurag Thakur said the BJP government has ensured that minorities are part of the development.

Initially, jawans will get alcohol online later all CAPF staff members will have access to buy liquor online from other canteens of the forces once the system is centralised.

Around 3,300 people have died of complications caused by Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in Mizoram since the deadly virus was first detected in the state in 1990, a senior health department official said on Wednesday. Speaking on the occasio...

The Centre said the samples were sent for genome sequencing to find out if they have been infected with the new Omicron variant.

IMD has briefed the National Crisis Management Committee about the current status of a low-pressure area in the Bay of Bengal, which is likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm by Dec 3.