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He urged party functionaries to cooperate with officials who were involved in relief work...

Exports are driving the gradual recovery of Thailands economy, says Krungsri Research, but it warns that foreign tourists will not return in the large numbers of previous years....

According to sources familiar with his itinerary, the ambassador will travel to Beijing in a vehicle so he doesn't come into contact with others in ......

Lucknow, Nov 25 (PTI) The Lucknow Police Commissionerate on Wednesday said that prohibitory orders in the state capital will now be extended till December 1 in view of upcoming festivals during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a statement issued here, Joint Comm...

All operations were suspended till 7 a.m. on Thursday...

Narayanasamy visits several coastal villages, interacts with officials...

More than 10,000 in Cuddalore have been shifted to 233 cyclone shelters...

CHENNAI The AIADMK on Wednesday called upon its members to take up relief work immediately for those affected by Cyclone Nivar. In a statement, party coordinator and Deputy Chief Minister O. Panneerse...

Senior officers, Collector, SSPs are overseeing situation: Bedi...

The Army has deployed eight teams from Bengaluru, two teams from Coimbatore and 12 teams from Chennai...

Qatar Meteorology Department (QMD) forecast chances of scattered rain from Thursday until the beginning of next week....

For the sixth consecutive day, no COVID-19 deaths in Puducherry...

Adyar river wide enough to carry 70,000 cusecs of flood water safely, says WRD...

DMK leader says several BJP leaders' sons are holding posts in government...

Anti-government protest organisers say the movement continues to evolve amid the coronavirus outbreak....

Aggregate deposits of banks rose 11 per cent year-on-year in the July-September period as compared to 10.1 per cent growth a year ago, according to the 'Quarterly Statistics on Deposits and Credit of Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs), September 2020&#...

Essential services to function as usual...

Shutters of reservoir opened after five years to release surplus water; over 1 lakh people moved to 1,000 relief camps...

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada's decision to send all active voters mail-in ballots ahead of the election put the swing state at the center of the nationwide debate over voting procedures.Nevada Republicans, the Trump campaign and candidates fo...

"Smart tunnels" are 3-layered structures that serve as spillways and could also be used as roads, says architect and urban planner Jun Palafox....

Here's what's happening Wednesday with the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S.:— Millions of Americans are traveling for the Thanksgiving holiday despite warnings from health officials that family gatherings could make a bad situation worse.&md...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 26 — Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin is set to put his maiden Budget to a vote today, in what could be his toughest political test since taking office in March. The Perikatan Nasional administration tabled a record RM355......

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Alex Smith and Andy Dalton have 25 years of experience as NFL quarterbacks combined but just one Thanksgiving start between them.The veterans whose teams didn't expect them to be in charge of the Washington and Dallas off...

COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Chargers have demoted special teams coordinator George Stewart.Assistant special teams coach Keith Burns and senior coaching assistant Chris Caminiti will take over, coach Anthony Lynn said Wednesday. The mo...

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — N'Dea Jones scored 25 points and pulled down 11 rebounds, Ciera Johnson also had a double-double and No. 13 Texas A&M beat Lamar 77-61 in a season opener on Wednesday.Jones notched her 27th career double-double and ...

UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Trey Murphy III scored 21 points a day after learning he was cleared to play and fellow transfer Sam Hauser added 19 points as No. 4 Virginia opened the season Wednesday with an 89-54 rout of Towson.Jay Huff added 14 points ...

The occupancy rate of hospital beds by coronavirus patients exceeded 25 percent in Hokkaido, Tokyo and seven other prefectures as of Nov. 18....

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina guard Zia Cooke said it was important for people not to forget the issues of social injustice and racial inequality that arose earlier this year.That's why she and nine of her teammates chose to sit in their ...

Future Retail Ltd's plea to be excluded from being a party to the Amazon-Future Coupons' arbitration proceedings has been turned down and the Court of Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) has ordered that the arbitration shall proceed...

As jewelry sales get a pre-Christmas boost, consumers were warned that major brands are still not doing enough to combat human rights and environmental abuses in their gold and diamond supply chains....

Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) today recorded 209 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) and 252 people recovered from the virus in the last 24 hours....

Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 25 (PTI) Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday expressed his grief over the death of Diego Maradona and said his fans around the world will miss the football legend. Maradona, considered the greatest footballer of all...

India News: NEW DELHI: The government has launched 'Mission Covid Suraksha' to help accelerate the development of approximately 5-6 vaccine candidates and ensure ....

Chief Executive of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Carrie Lam said on Wednesday that the HKSAR government will play the role of "facilitator"; and "promoter" well to bring continuous impetus into Hong Kong's ...

Public Works and Housing Ministry Construction Director General Trisasongko Widianto said on Tuesday that the ministry was already processing 1,900 infrastructure procurement packages out of 4,900 planned packages for 2021 through the electronic procureme...

Flynn had pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI during investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 US election....

Cempaka Surakusumah, the artist behind Suraa, sings in a dreamy, reverb-tinged voice with minimalist piano in the background, a subtle drone layer and muted bass lines....

Government securities boosted the Philippines' bond market amid the prolonged pandemic as the Bureau of the Treasury raised more debt to finance the fight against COVID-19, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Wednesday. The Manila-based multilate...

India was the fourth major host of greenfield foreign direct investment (FDI) projects and eight major host of cross-border M&A deals between 2004 to 2015, according to a research paper released on Wednesday....

The World Bank will extend a $220-million loan to the Philippines next year to enhance the country's marine resource management by controlling the harvest in some of its fishing grounds while also supporting livelihoods. Documents showed the World Ban...

Despite a replenishable P1-billion People's Survival Fund for climate adaptation projects, only less than a third of the financing made available five years ago had been tapped by local governments and community organizations, the Department of Financ...

BBMP proposes corporation for waste processing; it is keen to retain street sweeping, garbage collection tasks...

Germany's top administrative court has ruled the country's government can't be forced to ensure that US drone strikes controlled via an American military b...

The wife of Prince Harry and former actress wrote about the experience in detail in an opinion article published in the New York Times on Wednesday, saying that it took place one July morning when she was caring for Archie, the couples son....

Transboundary partnership between the Royal Manas National Park in Bhutan and Manas Tiger Reserve has been recognized with a tiger conservation excellence award....

SEATTLE (AP) — At one point this week, Washington coach Jimmy Lake had four different depth charts sitting on his desk, none of them belonging to the Huskies' originally scheduled opponent.The Huskies have been riding out a roller coaster week t...

The most heated wrangling over the title of soccer's greatest player could be found between Diego Maradona and Pel themselves.So often, their squabbling would descend into acrimonious barbs and taunts launched between the finest to play the game.It wa...

What are we to make of the Thanksgiving Day schedule? First off, we get a rare meeting of the Texans and Lions, which wouldn't draw any headlines had it been played on another day. Sorry, but 3-7 Houston facing 4-6 Detroit just doesn't whet the ap...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Activist Olimpia Coral went through an inferno in 2013, when an ex-boyfriend posted sexual images that made the rounds in her conservative town in Mexico. Things got so bad — the shaming, the internet bullying — that s...