New Delhi, A plea has been moved by the People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) in the Supreme Court seeking direction to set up special investigation team, having officers who have not served in Uttar Pradesh, to probe into the encounter deaths of gangster Vikas Dubey and his aides.

The petitioners hav

Ottawa, Canada's opposition Conservative Party has called for a criminal investigation into Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's decision to hand almost a billion-dollar program to a charity, which reportedly paid his family a large amount of money to speak at the group's events.

"Not only did Justin T

Washington, Mask-wearing will be key to ensuring a faster US economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, a senior Federal Reserve official said.

"While monetary and fiscal policy have a key role to play, the primary economic policy from here is broad mask-wearing and good execution of these health care prot

Washington, The US has planned to impose 25 per cent additional tariffs on about $1.3 billion worth of French products in response to the country's digital services tax that impacts major American technology companies, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) announced.

"In determining the level o

Seoul, South Korea and the US appear increasingly likely to scale back or even call off a major combined exercise due to the COVID-19 pandemic, after indefinitely postponing their annual springtime drill earlier this year, sources said on Saturday.

"Both sides share the need to stage the summertime exerc

Islamabad, Pakistan has rolled out guidelines for the upcoming Eid al-Adha festival to curb the spread of COVID-19, an official said.

Muhammad Salman, a public health official at the National Institute of Health, told Xinhua news agency that the objective is to provide health guidelines to the general public, buye

New Delhi,  WhatsApp has so far been a great experience for billions of users globally where there are no ads in-between chats, no distractions like promoted posts and in-app pop ups, but an integration with the rest of Facebook family of apps may mar the beauty of this end-to-end-encrypted mobile messaging platform.

Washington, US President Donald Trump commuted the jail sentence of long-time aide Roger Stone after the former campaign adviser was sentenced to three years and four months in prison in connection with former special counsel Robert Muellers Russia probe, the media reported.

Friday's decision came roughly an h

Washington, US President Donald Trump has downplayed chances of a new China trade deal as he slammed the Asian giants handling of the coronavirus pandemic, the media reported.

Addressing reporters aboard Air Force One on Friday, the President said that the US' relationship with China has been "severely da

London, Consuming protein at night increases the blood sugar level in the morning for healthy people, leading to health problems such as diabetes, heart disease and obesity, say researchers.

Previous research has shown that a snack a few hours before a meal can help control blood sugar levels, which may partl