Washington,  There is less evidence now to show that the novel coronavirus developed naturally -- jumping from an animal to humans, strengthening the argument for Covid-19 originating in a lab, according to the former head of the US Food and Drug Administration, media reports said.

"The side of the

Seoul,  South Korea's science minister said on Monday that the country will expand investment and focus on the development of its space programme after the United States lifted all restrictions on the country's missiles.

During a bilateral summit on May 21, South Korea and the U.S. agreed to scra

New Delhi,  Even as a court in Dominica is scheduled to hear the matter of fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi on Wednesday after he was caught from the Caribbean island nation on May 26, the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Gaston Browne, has claimed that Choksi may have taken his girlfriend to Dominica on a roman

Srinagar,  The J&K police along with the security forces have recovered huge quantity of explosive materials and ammunition in three separate operations, officials said on Monday.

After receiving a tip-off regarding an IED planted by the terrorists alongside a link road leading from Railway-Dogripora

Hyderabad,  The Telangana government on Monday barred six more hospitals from treating Covid-19 cases, following complaints of excess billing and violation of other norms.

Director of Public Health and Family welfare Dr G. Srinivasa Rao announced that three hospitals in Medchal district, two in Warangal

Panaji,  The Goa government on Monday notified the formation of Goa Institution for Future Transformation (GIFT), a state planning body modelled on the lines of the Centre's NITI Aayog to ready the state for challenges ahead.

The new planning body was announced by Chief Minister Pramod Sawant in his

Bengaluru,  Karnataka Revenue Minister R. Ashoka said on Monday that tough measures like a lockdown should continue as long as a city like Bengaluru registers more than 500 Covid cases daily while the state has over 2,500 cases.

After the second Covid wave hit hard in April, the state government enforced

Bengaluru, Bengaluru civic body to give priority to inoculate frontline workers falling in age group of 18 years to 44 years, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike, chief commissioner, Gaurav Gupta said here on Monday.

After chairing a virtual meeting with the BBMP regional and zonal officers here, Gupta sai

New Delhi,  The Delhi Police on Monday took two-time Olympic medal winner Sushil Kumar to Uttarakhand to find out where he had sheltered while he was on the run before being arrested in connection with the wrestler Sagar Dhankar murder case.

According to Crime Branch officials, he was ta

Shillong,  At least six miners from Assam and Tripura are feared trapped inside a flooded coal mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district, police said on Monday.

According to the local people, the chances of the trapped workers' survival are extremely remote.

Police officials