Moscow, July 11 Russian gas delivery through the Nord Stream pipeline, the country's main export route to Europe, has been temporarily suspended starting from Monday for scheduled annual maintenance, local media said. According to a TASS report, the maintenance will last from July 11 to 21, Xinhua news agency reported. ...

New Delhi, July 10 China employed its devious 'Debt Trap Diplomacy' to gain a strategic edge over Sri Lanka, an independent foreign policy think tank said on Saturday after Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe resigned making way for an all-party cabinet to assume control of the country. "In response to ...

New York, July 10 US President Joe Biden signed off on an executive order to protect abortion rights throughout the United States to safeguard access to reproductive healthcare services, which targets states that have banned or severely restricted abortion in the wake of the recent Supreme Court decision that overturned ...

Patna, July 9 A day after Chief Minister Nitish Kumar cancelled the transfer and posting of 149 officers of the Land Record and Revenue Departments, the RJD slammed the "double engine" NDA government as transfer-posting industry is flourishing in Bihar. "Massive corruption is taking place during the months of June ...

Colombo, July 9 Anti-government protesters on Saturday set fire to Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's private residence in the heart of Colombo after his security attacked them. The protesters, who marched to Colombo on Saturday morning demanding resignation of President Gotobaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Wickremesinghe, stormed the President's official residence, ...

Canberra, July 9 The Covid-19 reinfection period or Australians has been advised to be reduced to 28 days, according to a statement from a medical expert committee. The Australian Health Protection Principal Committee (AHPPC), which is made up of federal, state and territory chief health officers, made the recommendation, reports ...

London, July 9 Nearly half a million more adults in England are now taking antidepressants compared with the previous year, says a new report. According to the National Health Service (NHS), the number of prescriptions for children and teenagers has also risen, reports the BBC. From 2021-22, there was a ...

Kiev, July 9 Due to the ongoing Russian blockade, about 30 chiefs of European railways plan to sign the "Ukrainian Declaration" in Vienna on Saturday help Kiev export grain. Among other things, the document stipulates that new terminals and trans-shipment points would have to be built to better export the ...

London, July 8 Indian-origin former Chancellor of the Exchequer in the British government Rishi Sunak on Friday formally launched his bid to become leader of the Conservative Party. If he succeeds, he will automatically become Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He tweeted: "I'm standing to be the next leader ...

Srinagar, July 8 At least 13 yatris were killed, five others injured and around three dozen missing after a cloudburst near the Amarnath cave shrine on Friday evening caused flash floods, officials said. J&K DGP Dilbag Singh said 13 pilgrims were killed in the cloudburst that hit the area around ...