The US has detected the first cases of a new and highly contagious coronavirus variant which was first discovered in South Africa, according to authorities. The two cases was detected in the state of South Carolina, Xinhua news agency reported....
The total number of global coronavirus cases has topped 101 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.18 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Friday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and...
Expressing outrage at the Pakistan Supreme Court's decision to affirm the acquittal of Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, the key accused in the 2002 kidnap and murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl, Washington has said it was prepared to prosecute him in the US. ...
Advay Misra, 8, an Indian student in New York, has been named among 1,400 of the "brightest students in the world" by the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth (CTY) in Baltimore which counts among its alumni the founders of Facebook and Google, Rhodes Scholars and MacArthur Fellows....
In the last several months, coronavirus has devastated humanity everywhere. But increasing warming of the Planet Earth is becoming a much greater threat to the world....
As NASA plans to land the first woman and next man on the Moon by 2024 with the Artemis programme, scientists and engineers are helping NASA determine the precise location of the Artemis Base Camp concept as several factors are needed to be considered to pick the right site....
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a domestic terrorism alert, warning that the country may face heightened threats from domestic violent extremists in the wake of the deadly January 6 Capitol riot....
Women, take note. Contracting Covid-19 while expecting a baby can have deadly consequences, a new study suggests....
An Indian-origin paediatrician suffering from terminal cancer took another doctor as hostage and after several hours of a stand-off with the police, killed his victim and then committed suicide, according to authorities....
Indian National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval and his American counterpart Jake Sullivan discussed continuing close co-operation in the Indo-Pacific region and promoting regional security, according to the White House. During their phone conversation on Wednesday,Sullivan "reaffirmed President (Joe)...
