<p>South Asia has been severely impacted by COVID-19 – with more than 20,000 deaths, around one million confirmed cases, and many millions of workers unemployed. The pandemic and the need for social
Alanis Morissette, Beastie Boy Mike D and producer Rick Rubin have joined environmental groups in an effort to oust the federal government's national parks czar. In a letter posted on Alanis's web
Thousand-wallahs and atom bombs have been banned in Tamil Nadu, thus rendering the coming Diwali the
In what can be described as a set back for Assam Government, Central Government has sanctioned Rs 70.72 crore as flood assistance for the State against its demand for sanction of at least Rs 100
Intermittent rain turned torrential Friday morning submerging low-lying areas and causing landslides in and around Shillong leading to the death of a girl and damage to property worth crores. The
Lashing out at the Centre for not allocating sufficient funds and foodgrain for drought relief works in Karnataka State, Chief Minister S M Krishna called upon the Centre to develop a comprehensive
Nine US Congressmen, including Mr Frank Pallone, co-founder of the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans, have filed an amicus brief on behalf of over 20000 victims of the 1984 Union
The Met Office here has confirmed that the "fearsome spectacle" of a column of seawater rising into the evening sky, reportedly with a glowing crown buffeted in smoke, and spotted 2 km off the
The general council meeting of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) will begin in Geneva, more than a month after the fifth ministerial meet held in Cancun, Mexico, ended in a failure. A number of
Brazilian minister of external relations Celso Amorim and Indian commerce minister Arun Jaitley discussed a "common strategy' for the on-going World Trade Organisation (WTO) discussions at a meeting.
India would soon finalise a preferential trade agreement (PTA) with Mercosur as per the recent framework agreement, minister of state for commerce & industry C Vidyasagar Rao said. Recognising the
