The Bharatiya Janata Party yesterday released its manifesto for West Bengal assembly poll beginning later this month that promises, among other

China and the United States will set up a joint working group on climate change, China’s official Xinhua news agency said, in a potentially positive takeaway from what was an unusually rancorous high-level meeting.

The resignation of one of India’s most prominent intellectuals and a fierce government critic from a top university has sparked student protests and worries about freedom of speech in the world’s biggest democracy.

India’s health ministry yesterday warned that a huge gathering of devotees for a Hindu festival could send coronavirus cases surging, as the country recorded the most new infections in nearly four months.

The largest asteroid to pass by Earth this year will swing closest yesterday, giving astronomers a rare chance for a good look at a space rock that

A European Union summit due to take place on March 25-26 in Brussels will now be held via video conference due to the increase in coronavirus

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US and Chinese officials concluded on Friday what Washington called “tough and direct” talks in Alaska, which laid bare the depth of tensions between the world’s two largest economies at the outset of the Biden administration.

The United States is expelling migrants to Mexico far from where they are caught crossing the border, according to Reuters witnesses, in a move that circumvents the refusal of authorities in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas who stopped accepting the return of migrant families with younger children.

Japan’s meteorological agency lifted a tsunami advisory around an hour after a strong 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck off the country’s

US President Joe Biden is doing fine after stumbling on the steps as he climbed aboard Air Force One on Friday, White House spokeswoman Karine

Australia’s east coast was smashed by heavy rains yesterday, sparking dangerous flash flooding that forced the evacuation of multiple regions as the fast moving waters unmoored houses, engulfed roads,

President Tayyip Erdogan pulled Turkey out of an international accord designed to protect women, ministers and an official notice said yesterday, prompting criticism from those who said it was necessary to address rising domestic violence.

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan tested positive for Covid-19 yesterday, officials said, just two days after he received his first vaccination against the disease.

Scientists are exploring several possibilities that might explain at least 18 reports of extremely rare blood clots in the brain that occurred in individuals in the days and weeks after receiving the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine.

“We discussed opportunities to elevate the US-India major defence partnership, which is a priority of the Biden-Harris administration. And we’ll do that through regional security cooperation and military to military interactions and defence trade.”

Scientists are exploring several possibilities that might explain at least 18 reports of extremely rare blood clots in the brain that occurred in individuals in the days and weeks after receiving the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine.

Opponents of Myanmar’s coup planned more protests as international pressure on the military junta to halt its repression of pro-democracy supporters increased, with Asian neighbours joining Western countries in condemning lethal force.

Nepal gave emergency authorisation to India’s Covid-19 vaccine COVAXIN, becoming only the third country to approve the shot, developed by Bharat Biotech and a state research institute.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said she would take AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 shot.