Seoul,   South Korea's Unification Ministry on Thursday filed a criminal complaint against two North Korean defector groups for sending anti-Pyongyang leaflets across the border, officials said.

The move came days after the North defined the South as an "enemy" and vowed to cut all int

London, Our kidney function deteriorates with age, even if people do not have any other diseases, say researchers.

Loss of kidney function is something that happens to all humans and is, thus, a way to determine ageing in general.

For the findings, published in the Journal of the American Society of

San Francisco,  Facebook on Thursday responded to Joe Biden, former Vice President and Democratic Party candidate to run against Donald Trump, who circulated a petition and an open letter to Mark Zuckerberg to change the company's approach to political speech.

The Biden campaign demanded that Facebook str

New Delhi, The Supreme Court on Friday will pronounce an order on a clutch of pleas by several companies including MSMEs challenging the MHA notification on full payment of wages to employees during the 54-day nationwide lockdown to contain the outbreak of Covid-19.

A bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan, Sanja

New Delhi, The Delhi High Court on Thursday took suo motu cognizance of the non-payment of salaries to MCD employees, after observing various media reports claiming that the doctors at hospitals managed by the civic body are not getting salaries.

The matter will be taken up on Friday by a bench of Chief Justice D.

Mumbai, For the second consecutive day, Maharashtra recorded new highs on the Covid-19 dashboard -- 152 deaths and 3,607 cases -- with the highest 97 fatalities for the second day running in Mumbai, health officials said here on Thursday.

The state's death toll of 152 marks an increase of 3 over the previous h

Chandigarh, The solar eclipse fair in Kurukshetra, Haryana, on June 21 will be a limited affair due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the state government said here on Thursday.

A small religious ceremony will be organised on the bank of Brahma sarovar on that day.

The government advised the people not to v

New Delhi, The Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) said, here on Thursday, around 100,000 jobs could be created in the agarbatti (incense stick) industry in the next 8-10 months after the Centre decided to increase import duty on bamboo sticks to 25 per cent from 10 per cent.

It would strengthen the inc

New Delhi,  One can notice mobile clinics in the bordering areas of Himachal Pradesh whose primary job is to screen those coming in from other states. These mobile clinics have doctors at hand to help and are equipped to conduct 40 types of tests.

These clinics also carry photographs of Anurag Thakur, MP

Mumbai, The large number of Covid-19 victims' bodies - at least 10 times more than pre-Covid 19 times - is fast turning into a crisis for the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation health authorities as it battles the pandemic.

This has led to numerous other problems like dead bodies clogging up Covid-19 wards and