Dubai,  Teenaged high jumpers Praveen Kumar and Nishad Kumar produced personal best jumps to take a gold medal each and set new Asian records as curtains came down on the 12th Fazza World Para Athletics Grand Prix here.

Praveen's and Nishad's gold medal winning efforts were the high points in the

Chennai, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday afternoon caught a fleeting view of the "interesting" second Test between India and England being played at the MA Chidambaram Stadium here.

"Caught a fleeting view of an interesting test match in Chennai," Modi posted on his official Twitter

Chennai, England on Sunday were bowled out for 134 in their first innings on the final session on Day Two of the second Test, thereby conceding a 195-run lead against India here at the MA Chidambaram Stadium.

Wicketkeeper-batsman Ben Foakes was the lone England batsman who could tackle the Indian bowlers on a

Tehran,  Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has called for stricter Covid-19 border controls, noting that another wave of the pandemic may be on the way in the country.

"More attention must be paid to foreign entries, especially from countries infected with new variants of the virus," he said in

New Delhi,  With China's burgeoning ambition to meddle a finger into the tiniest of geopolitical crevices, one can never be sure what will be found washed-up in one's backyard with the ominous 'Made in China' tag. Last month, an Indonesian fisherman mistakenly netted an innocuous object off Masalembu. T

New York, Former US President Donald Trump has been acquitted for a second time by the Senate after Republicans overwhelmingly voted against convicting him on the charge of inciting the January 6 riot at the Capitol, but senior party leader Mitch McConnel blasted him soon afterwards for provoking it.

Houston,  Texas is deploying thousands of Department of Public Safety (DPS) workers for welfare checks as a severe winter storm is fast approaching the US state, Governor Greg Abbott announced.

In a news briefing on Saturday, Abbott asked people to help conserve energy during the storm as the power deman

New York,  An additional 500 police officers will be deployed immediately to patrol New York City's transit system both on ground and underground following four stabbing incidents within 24 hours, a top official said here.

Addressing a briefing on Saturday, New York Police Department (NYPD) Commissio

Hong Kong,  The Hong Kong government will invest over HK$100 billion ($12.9 billion) annually in infrastructure projects during the next several years, Financial Secretary Paul Chan said on Sunday.

The government will continue to push forward a series of projects concerning people's livelihood, inclu

Addis Ababa,  The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has said that it only received 7 per cent of the $323.1 million it requires to meet the needs of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and refugees in the East African country.

The UNHCR is working to meet the needs of refugees and IDPs despite the funding gap an