Thiruvananthapuram, June 6 (IANS) After opposing computers and digitization of the party tooth and nail for years, the CPI-M in Kerala on Saturday decided to embrace information technology and finally go online.

CPI-M state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan told the media in a Facebook interaction that on June

New Delhi, While the world is still battling with the coronavirus pandemic which originated in Wuhan, China is expeditiously taking over international institutions.

Last week, the US terminated its relationship with the World Health Organization (WHO). Justifying its action, US President Donald Trump argued that t

United Nations, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has asked the entire world to change course on the environment.

"We are harming the natural world -- to our own detriment," he said on Friday in a message on World Environment Day, which falls on June 5, Xinhua reported.

"We need o

Brasilia, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has threatened to withdraw his country from the World Health Organization (WHO), accusing the body of being "partisan" and "political".

Addressing the media on Friday, Bolsonaro said Brazil will consider leaving the WHO unless it stops being a "

Beijing, Chinese health authority said on Saturday that no new domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases were reported on the mainland on Friday.

Three imported cases were reported in Guangdong Province, the National Health Commission said in its daily report, Xinhua reported.

No deaths related to the

Washington, The total number of global coronavirus has increased to over 6.7 million, while the death toll has topped 394,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

As of Saturday morning, the overall number of cases stood at 6,731,824, while the death toll increased to 394,787, the University's Center fo

Bengaluru, The South Western Railway (SWR) zone has chugged out 3.02 lakh migrant workers back home to 17 Indian states in 209 Shramik special trains, an official said on Friday.

"Starting with the first Shramik special train being rolled out from the zone on May 3, the SWR has run 209 trains transporting 3.0

Guwahati, A doctor here took out a mobile charger cord from the urinary bladder of a 30-year-old man despite the man "misleading" the surgeon into operating on his stomach.

Walliul Islam, a consultant surgeon at a private hospital here, said on Friday that the man came to him a few days back and informed

New Delhi, The India Meteorological Department on Friday forecast that another low-pressure system could form in the Bay of Bengal by June 10, over three weeks after Cyclone 'Amphan' wreaked havoc in West Bengal.

The development comes on the heels of Cyclone 'Amphan' and 'Nisarga' whic