Brasilia, Confirmed cases of coronavirus in Brazil have passed five million, with deaths in the country approaching 150,000, officials said.

Brazil's health ministry reported 31,553 new cases on Tuesday, bringing the total infections to 5,000,694, the BBC reported on Wednesday.

The country is th

Sydney, Australia's New South Wales (NSW) on Thursday reported eight new locally transmitted coronavirus cases, taking the state's overall tally to 4,249, according to health officials.

According to health officials, the new cases form two separate clusters -- five tied to a known cluster, and the remainin

New Delhi, The Maharashtra government informed the Supreme Court on Wednesday that it has taken action against the erring policemen connected with the alleged lynching of two seers and another person in Palghar district in April.

The state government counsel contended before a bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhush

New Delhi, The Congress on Wednesday released a list of 21 candidates for the first phase of the Assembly polls in Bihar. It is contesting the polls in alliance with the RJD and the Left parties including the CPI ML and the CPI.

The candidates in the first list include Subhanand Mukesh from Kahalgaon, Lalan Yadav

Bengaluru, Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa on Wednesday assured the Union government that the state government would make the best possible preparations and also take precautions to conduct the 13th edition of Aero India show in February 2021.

Participating in the Ambassador's Round Table virtual sum

New Delhi, Aam Aadmi Party leader Raghav Chadha on Wednesday said that Punjab and Haryana are guilty of criminal negligence on the matter of air pollution and have not taken any serious comprehensive steps to stop stubble burning.

Chadha spoke about the Centre's launch of the ambitious National Clean Air

New Delhi, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday convened a meeting with a delegation of the National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI), several ministers and top officials of various departments and directed them to remove the hassles for ease of doing business for the restaurant industry in the national capita

Shimla,  Former CBI chief and Nagaland Governor Ashwani Kumar on Wednesday allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself at his residence here.

It is learnt that the former state Director General of Police was under depression for sometime now. Shimla Superintendent of Police Mohit Chawla confirmed the

Chennai, A pharmaceutical exporter in Tamil Nadu's Madurai has been arrested for sending psychotropic drugs abroad via parcel, Chennai Air Customs said on Wednesday.

In a statement issued here, the Commissioner of Customs, Chennai International Airport, said the officials had intercepted two postal parcels bou

New Delhi,  A day after holding a press conference with the Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister by his side, Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi has been detected with COVID-19.

In a short tweet, Joshi informed, "I have tested positive for Covid-19. I am asymptomatic. As per doctor's advic