Presidentelect Joe Biden will nominate retired General Lloyd Austin, who oversaw U.S. forces in the Middle East under President Barack Obama, to be his defense secretary, Biden's transition team said in a statement on Tuesday.
IATA's report states that deep losses will continue into 2021, even though performance is expected to improve over the period of the forecast.
Baijal, who is also the chairman of the Delhi Development Authority, gave the directions while chairing a meeting of the DDA to review the progress of work for restoration and rejuvenation of the Yamuna riverfront.
With a win in nine seats and leads in three others, the CPI(ML) on Tuesday is all set for an impressive performance in the Bihar Assembly elections. The Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist), often working in the margins of mainstream politics, fie...
When the coronavirus outbreak caused rice and instant noodles to disappear from supermarket shelves in Tokyo this year, Kaoru Okada, 36, decided to leave the capital because he was worried about food security.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-LATIN AMERICA CASES Chart. As coronavirus cases spread around the world, this digital embed tracks the overall number of reported cases in the Latin America region over time. This chart will update daily.. Source: Johns Hopkins University.
Some isolated places in Mumbai received heavy downpourin the range of 70 mm to 100 mm during the 24-hour period ending at 8.30 am on Thursday, a senior India Meteorological Department (IMD) official said.
US crude oil, gasoline and distillate inventories fell last week as refiners ramped up production and demand improved, a government report showed.
Afghan security forces laid siege to a prison seized by Islamic State fighters in the eastern city of Jalalabad on Monday, with at least 24 people killed after the militants' overnight assault led to a mass jailbreak.
Earlier studies had cautioned that this class of drugs could possibly increase the risk for the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, infection and elevate COVID-19 severity.
At least seven other police personnel deployed in Noida and Greater Noida have been shunted out or suspended since May 10 on charges of assaulting or manhandling common people.
Several workers at KEM Hospital whom CNN-News18 spoke to said their concerns were genuine even as they continued to serve in these trying conditions.
The Department of Industries and Commerce, J-K has so far manufactured as many as 11.66 lakh masks by engaging various artisans, the official said.
Local villagers have been asked to make noise by beating 'thalis' and bursting crackers to drive away a locust swarm. These measures will help in controlling or eliminating locusts at their resting place.
The number of coronavirus cases in the state touched 1,621 on Friday, with the death toll rising to 25.
