Global COVID-19 cases top 21.8mn: Johns Hopkins
Washington, Aug 18 (IANS) The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 21.8 million, while the deaths have increased to over 772,000, according...
Kamala Harris will be Biden’s boss if elected: Trump
BY ARUL LOUIS
New York, Aug 18 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has asserted that California Senator Kamala Harris would be former Vice President Joe...
Scientists decode how Covid-19 begins to appear in humans
New York, Aug 17 (IANS) Researchers have found the likely order in which Covid-19 symptoms first appear -- fever, followed by cough, muscle pain,...
Trump signals banning other Chinese firms like Alibaba
San Francisco, Aug 17 (IANS) After issuing an executive order last week that gives China-based ByteDance an option to divest its TikTok business in...
World’s largest creditor China has never published data on lending pattern
BY MAHUA VENKATESH
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) China, the largest global creditor today, has extended loans to more than 150 countries in the last...
Biden to prioritise India ties to fight terror, stop China threats
BY ARUL LOUIS
New York, Aug 17 (IANS) Joe Biden, who will be the Democratic Party's presidential candidate, will give "high priority to" strengthening India-US...
US Death Valley records highest temperature since 1913
Los Angeles, Aug 17 (IANS) Temperature in the Death Valley, located in Eastern California, reached 54.4 degrees Celsius, a record high in the country...
Warming climate leads to ‘unreplenishable’ glacier shrink
BY SIDDHI JAIN
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) In a shocking study published recently, nearly 40 years of satellite data from Greenland shows that glaciers...
Unconventional conventions for US presidential nominations
BY ARUL LOUIS
New York, Aug 16 (IANS) Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the US will witness unconventional conventions this weekm with the Democrats...
Russia’s top doctor quits over Covid vaccine registration
Moscow, Aug 14 (IANS) A top respiratory doctor quit the Russian health ministry's ethics council after the country decided to go ahead with the...