Bhubaneswar, Controlling the spread of Covid-19 in India may become a greater challenge with the progression of the season towards monsoon, post-monsoon, and thereafter, winter, with a continuous fall in temperature, claims a study conducted jointly by researchers at IIT-Bhubaneswar and AIIMS-Bhubaneswar.

Every de

Patna,  Dubbing the coronavirus situation in Bihar as "explosive", a state Congress leader on Sunday demanded speeding up of the testing process and taking up this exercise at the doorsteps of people.

Senior Congress leader and former state Youth Congress President Lallan Kumar said that increase in

New Delhi,  Strong winds, heavy rains and thunder. While this may sound just the ideal Sunday morning for many Delhiites, there were scores in Delhi who wouldn't agree.

No doubt, the sudden drop of temperature to 29 degrees centigrade has brought a huge respite to many struggling with the heat, but it has

New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke with the Chief Ministers of seven states over phone, here on Sunday, about "situation" in their states.

These Chief Ministers are Nitish Kumar (Bihar), Sarbananda Sonowal (Assam), Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy (Andhra Pradesh), K. Chandrasekhar Rao (Telangana), O. P

Islamabad, In an unprecedented move, the Pakistan government went public with the assets and nationalities of all 15 Special Assistants to the Prime Minister (SAPM), bringing to light that seven of them were either dual nationals or held another countrys permanent residency.

The details of their assets and nationa

Hong Kong, Most of Hong Kong's 180,000 civil servants will work from home next week and the compulsory wearing of masks is being extended to cover public indoor areas, with the city facing a daily high of more than 100 confirmed coronavirus cases, sources said on Sunday.

Chief Executive Carrie Lam is expected

Dubai, A Dubai-based Indian girl has smashed a world record for doing a hundred yoga poses in a small box within three minutes, the media reported.

This is Samridhi Kalia's third yoga title, and the second in less than a month, the Khaleej Times reported on Saturday.

The 11-year-old entered the

Damascus, Voting was underway on Sunday for Syria's parliamentary elections, the third since the start of the civil war in 2011 and also as President Bashar al-Assad marks 20 years in power.

A total of 7,277 polling stations opened across the government-controlled areas on Sunday morning, reports Xinhua news a

New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has condoled the death of veteran US Congressman John Lewis, saying his legacy will continue to endure and inspire.

In a tweet, the Prime Minister said, "We mourn the loss of US Congressman John Lewis, a champion of civil rights, non-violence and Gandhian values. His le

Washington, The Attorney General for the US state of Oregon has filed a lawsuit against the federal government, accusing it of "unlawfully detaining" protesters, the media reported on Sunday.

The lawsuit filed by Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum on Saturday came after the deployment of federal age