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On Wednesday, the UNSC threw out a Pakistani attempt to get two Indians designated as terrorists under Resolution 1267. This was the third such attempt by Pak this year. Who are the four Indians it

Cambridge University researchers have now developed a point-of-care test that combines the two kinds. They describe it in Cell Reports Medicine.

While it lifts East Bengal, the intervention could potentially also bring the Chief Minister political rewards in the 2021 Assembly elections.

Agatha Christie’s beloved detective Hercule Poirot returns to screen next month. How true is Kenneth Branagh’s screen version to Poirot’s image from the books, and how have other actors portrayed him over the years?

LIGO and Virgo detect signals from gravitational waves released in the merger. One of the two parent black holes was of an unusual “intermediate mass”, which challenges traditional scientific knowledge. What is generally understood, and

The Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok is back in the news. This time it is reported to been used to poison Russian opposition leader and anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny.

Several gender identifiers are in use – Facebook offers over 60 to choose from. Why do we need so many terms? Is the profusion actually muddling up the message they seek to convey?

Ahead of the Assembly elections, the Shiv Sena had sided with those opposing the construction of a Metro car shed at Aarey. The party would like to retain that constituency, even as it braces for

India coronavirus numbers explained: Large number of deaths are being reported from Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and increasingly now from Punjab.

During the pandemic, there have been fears about how these drugs would impact patients with Covid-19.

Covid-19 economic pain will pass but we need to create enduring change for firms and citizens with reforms, writes Manish Sabharwal.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine tracker September 3 Update: Dr Anthony Fauci also seems to be getting around the view that an early introduction of vaccine was possible, and in the interests of the people.

For years, Malinga has been the lynchpin of Mumbai's bowling -- but even without him, the team has options with the ball. It is his experience, and the vital inputs that he provides to his

In view of the pandemic and a truncated Monsoon Session, Parliament has said no to Question Hour and curtailed Zero Hour. The Opposition has strongly criticised this. Why these two periods are important.

The argument for sub-categorisation — or creating categories within OBCs for reservation — is that it would ensure “equitable distribution” of representation among all OBC communities.

Delhi Metro resumes: Passenger behaviour will be constantly monitored from control rooms and anyone found violating norms can possibly be "named and shamed" through public announcement systems.

Emmanuel Macron arrived on a two-day visit Monday, hours after Mustapha Adib, a little-known diplomat, was designated as Lebanon’s new Prime Minister under pressure from France.

NASA says asteroid 465824 2010 FR, which is twice as big as the Pyramid of Giza, has been classified as a potentially hazardous asteroid (PHA).

Charlie Hebdo: As the trial of accomplices of the terrorists in 2015 attack begins, French satirical magazine says drawings belong to history that cannot be erased.

The discrimination that Taiwan says its citizens faced due to coronavirus is just one reason that may have finally pushed the government into implementing a proposal that has long been on the discussion table.

India coronavirus numbers explained: On 23 days in August, Tamil Nadu reported between 5,800 and 6,000 cases every day, leading to an almost flat-line curve for daily numbers in the month of August.

The study had already started before the pandemic: 198 elderly people were given either a placebo or a BCG vaccine upon discharge from Raboud University Medical Center, the Netherlands.

India needs to broaden its consumer base beyond the top 10- 20 per cent of the population to improve long-term growth prospects, write economists Suvodeep Rakshit and Avijit Puri.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine tracker September 2 Update: The Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine is already undergoing phase-3 testing in several countries, including India, Brazil, England and South Africa.

The 19th century Yanka Kupala National Academic Theatre, the oldest theatre in Minsk, is covered with red-and-white opposition flags and turned into one of the hotbeds of the protest.