Singapore, March 22 An Indian-origin lawyer has been suspended for five years in Singapore for making "baseless and grave" allegations against the Attorney-General, prosecutors and the Law Society. Ravi was handed down the sentence after he threatened to take legal action against fellow lawyers and the Law Society in his ...

Washington, March 21 US President Joe Biden has signed a bill to declassify intelligence information on the origins of the Covid pandemic, which has so far claimed more than seven million lives globally. "Today, I am pleased to sign into law, the 'Covid-19 Origin Act of 2023'," Biden said in ...

London, March 20 Individuals who are obese may be more susceptible to severe Covid-19 because of a poorer inflammatory immune response, which can affect the body's ability to fight infections, according to scientists. Scientists at the Cambridge Institute of Therapeutic Immunology and Infectious Disease (CITIID) and Wellcome Sanger Institute showed ...

Washington, March 19 Saying that he expects to be arrested next week on Tuesday, former US President Donald Trump on Saturday urged his supporters to launch mass protests, the media reported. In a post on Truth Social, the former US President wrote that "illegal leaks" from the Manhattan District Attorney's ...

Washington, March 19 About 400,000 gallons of radioactive water has leaked from a nuclear power plant in Monticello, the midwestern US state of Minnesota, regulators revealed recently. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) said this week that state agencies are monitoring Xcel Energy's efforts to clean up "a release of ...

United Nations, March 18 Malawi authorities assessing the rising devastation of cyclone Freddy report more than 500,000 people affected, including at least 326 people killed, UN Humanitarians said. The government reports 442 people were rescued during search and rescue operations on Thursday alone, the UN Office for the Coordination of ...

Singapore, March 17 Kumar Amrit, a 29 year-old Indian national formerly working with a yoga institute in Singapore, was fined $4,000 by a court here on Thursday after he pleaded guilty to molesting a female student last year. Deputy Public Prosecutor Tan Jing Min told the court that in April ...

New Delhi, March 14 Obesity is not a disease, but a lifestyle disorder that has emerged from the choices we make in terms of what we consume and how much we exercise. It is a challenge that has been evolving rapidly in recent years and is now ranked among one ...

Riyadh, March 13 Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has announced the launch of a new national airline, Riyadh Air, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. The airline, fully owned by the kingdom's Public Investment Fund (PIF), is expected to add $20 billion to non-oil ...

New York, March 12 The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) has had a ripping effect across the US tech industry as many start-ups scramble to minimize the impact of its seizure by the federal government, the media reported. SVB served a range of roles across the industry; it not ...