Nay Pyi Taw,  Myanmar's military rulers said they have fired the country's ambassador to the UN, a day after he called for help to remove the army from power.

In an emotional speech, Kyaw Moe Tun said no-one should co-operate with the military until it handed back power to the de

Johannesburg,  South African Department of Health has said the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out is going well with a total of 63,648 people vaccinated in a week since the programme started.

"The Sisonke (Together) programme is outperforming original targets for number of vaccines delivered in its first wee

Lagos,  The United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) has welcomed the release of abducted hostages from a boarding school in north-central Nigeria.

"I am relieved to receive the long-awaited news of the release of 27 students of the Government Science College in Kagara abducted f

Dhaka,  Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called for greater emphasis on science and technology, and technical education to ensure employment opportunities for the people in keeping with the requirements of the modern age.

Hasina said this while speaking at the inaugural event for the distribut

Bengaluru, Batting for a stronger Lokayukta institution, Karnataka Lokayukta Justice P. Vishwanatha Shetty, on Saturday said that he is hopeful that the state's new dispute resolution policy should not be a step towards further weakening the Lokayukta institution.

Speaking after the launch of Karnataka di

Guwahati, Bihar's main opposition party Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Saturday said that his party would contest the upcoming Assam Assembly polls in alliance with "like-minded" parties.

Yadav, who is the leader of opposition in Bihar Assembly, arrived in Guwahati on Friday and

New Delhi,  BJP national president Jagat Prakash Nadda will be on a two-day visit to Varanasi from Sunday where he will participate in various programmes of the party and meet BJP MPs and MLAs also.

Sharing details about the schedule of the BJP chief, party national media in-charge Anil Baluni said that

Bengaluru, Hitting out at the critics of fundraising campaign for the proposed Ram temple in Ayodhya at Uttar Pradesh, Pejawar Math seer Vishwaprasanna Teertha, said on Saturday that the Trust had collected Rs 2,100 crore from across the country, but how could anyone give account of funds, even while the drive is on.

New Delhi, Ahead of class 10 and 12 board exams, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday advised the students to be happy about the examinations, saying "become a warrior not a worrier".

"Most of the young friends will have exams. All of you remember - You have to become a warrior not a worrier, go g

New Delhi, In December-January, it appeared coronavirus was tapering away in India. The three major aspects of the pandemic -- the curve of cases, deaths and hospitalisations -- which have been fluctuating, suddenly plummeted drastically. Many believed this may be the end of the pandemic, after it destroyed thousands of fam