United Nations, Turkish diplomat Volkan Bozkir has been elected president of the 75th session of the UN General Assembly, which begins in September 2020.

Bozkir, who was running uncontested, won unanimous support of the 178 UN members that were present and voting on Wednesday, Xinhua reported.

He wi

Beijing,  Beijing reported 21 new confirmed domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases and three new asymptomatic cases on Wednesday, the municipal health commission said on Thursday.

By Wednesday, Beijing had reported 578 confirmed domestically transmitted cases, including 411 who had been discharged from

Washington, June 18 (IANS) US Senate Republicans have unveiled a bill on police reform. The proposal, spearheaded by Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina, seeks to ban the use of chokeholds and includes new accountability and reporting requirements.

"Too often we're having a discussion in this nation

Paris, The coronavirus killed 28 more people in the past 24 hours in hospitals in France, bringing the country's death toll to 29,575, according to data released on Wednesday by the Health Ministry.

Among them, 19,118 people died in hospital. Data for social or medico-social establishments will be updated

Jersusalem, The Israeli Ministry of Health reported 288 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, bringing the total to 19,783.

This is the highest number of daily cases since April 23, when 305 new cases were recorded.

The number of death cases increased from 302 to 303, while the number of patients in s

Mumbai, The Maharashtra Youth Congress has announced a 'Service Week' from Friday to mark senior party leader Rahul Gandhi's 50th birthday on June 19, a party leader said here on Thursday.

The 'Seva Saptah' will see office-bearers and workers carrying out various welfare activities to ease the

New Delhi, After the killing of 20 Indian soldiers, including an officer by the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) in Ladakh's Galwan valley, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday cancelled all of its political programmes for the coming two days as a mark of tribute to the fallen soldiers.

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New Delhi, Hours after India was elected to the UN Security Council with an overwhelming majority, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was grateful to the support shown by the global community and added that India will work to promote global peace, security, resilience and equity.

"Deeply grateful for the ov

Bhubaneswar, 0Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has requested Union Tourism and Culture Minister Prahlad Singh Patel for restoration and relocation of a submerged 500-year-old temple, which has re-emerged out of Mahanadi river in Odisha's Nayagarh district.

In a letter to the Tourism Minister, Pradha

Chennai, The mortal remains of 40-year-old K.Palani, an Indian soldier who was killed by the Chinese soldiers on Monday night clash in Ladakh's Galwan valley, was laid to rest at his native village in Ramanathapuram district on Thursday morning.

Palani's body was flown to Madurai on Wednesday night at about 11.30