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Veteran actress Surekha Sikri, who had recently suffered a brain stroke, was discharged from the hospital.

As much as $380 billion from the U.S. Congress' last big coronavirus aid package is unused and could help households and businesses if lawmakers approve, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Thursday.

Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives are working on a $2.2 trillion coronavirus stimulus package that could be voted on next week, a key lawmaker said on Thursday, as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reiterated that she is ready to negotiate with the...

Farmers in various parts of the country raised slogans, took out processions and caused road and rail blockades as part of the Bharat bandh call given by several unions to voice dissent against the Bills being perceived as 'anti-farmer'.

G7 finance ministers are expected on Friday to signal their support for extending a debt relief programme aimed at helping the poorest countries weather the coronavirus pandemic, three sources briefed on the issue said.

The president's remarks in this regard come days after senior Indian and Chinese military commanders held talks aimed at resolving the months-long standoff along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh. The two countries agreed to stop sending more tro...

The U.S. House of Representatives intelligence committee has postponed until next week a deposition scheduled for Friday with a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) whistleblower after the department moved slowly to help the official and his lawyers prep...

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A day after the state power sector regulator approved tariff hike from October 1, the opposition BJP and the Congress in Odisha on Thursday demanded rollback of the move. Both the parties criticised the state government for increasing the power tariff a...

A Manhattan judge has tossed out a defamation lawsuit against Fox News brought by the former Playboy model who took a $150,000 payoff to squelch her story of an affair with a prepresidency Donald Trump.

With a significant increase in COVID-19 testing, a large number of containment zones have mushroomed across the city, covering new localities and crossing the 2,000 mark, official data showed. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal earlier on Thursday said the...

Health inspectors found safety shortcomings at 77 New York nursing homes during the coronavirus pandemic, including basic infectioncontrol violations like failing to have staff wear masks or wash their hands, according to records and state officials.

Iowa regulators have issued their first citation to a meatpacking plant with a large coronavirus outbreak that sickened its workforce a $957 fine for a minor recordkeeping violation.

A video, showing several passengers with face masks dangerously hanging on the doors of a crowded suburban train, has surfaced on social media. The Western Railway (WR) on Thursday said the video, which appeared on social media platforms on Wednesday, w...

Police resorted to baton charge after candidates of a teachers' recruitment examination laid siege on a national highway in Rajasthan, pelted stones and torched vehicles on Thursday to press for their demand to fill vacancies in the general category with...

Pfizer's German development partner BioNTech on Thursday joined other leading COVID19 vaccine developers in ruling out participation in British plans to test experimental inoculations by deliberately infecting trial volunteers.