Magnitude 6.9 earthquake strikes Kermadec Islands in New Zealand: USGS
An earthquake of magnitude 6.9 struck Kermadec Islands region in New Zealand on Saturday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said.The quake was at a…
Top scientist behind Russia’s Sputnik V Covid vaccine strangled
MOSCOW: Andrey Botikov, one of the scientists who helped to create the Russian Covid-19 vaccine Sputnik V, was strangled to death with a belt at…
Australian PM Anthony Albanese to visit India from March 8-11
Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese will pay a four-day visit to India from March 8 to build a stronger partnership between the two countries.It will…
Haiti: UN report: Modern weapons being smuggled to Haiti from US
UNITED NATIONS: Increasingly sophisticated weapons are being trafficked into Haiti mainly from the United States and especially from Florida amid worsening lawlessness in the impoverished…
EPFO clause makes opting for higher pension nearly impossible
(This story originally appeared in on Mar 04, 2023) NEW DELHI: Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has activated its unified portal for subscribers to sign…
China is strongest and most disciplined ‘enemy’ US ever faced, warns Nikki Haley
WASHINGTON: China is the strongest and the most disciplined “enemy” that the US has ever faced, Republican presidential aspirant Nikki Haley has warned.In an impressive…
China is strongest and most disciplined ‘enemy’ US ever faced, warns Nikki Haley
WASHINGTON: China is the strongest and the most disciplined “enemy” that the US has ever faced, Republican presidential aspirant Nikki Haley has warned.In an impressive…
Japan PM under fire for linking loans to having babies
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has come under fire for his party’s proposal to reduce student debt for those who have children, as the…
Gold jewellery with four-digit unique hallmark ID can’t be sold from April
Any gold jewellery and artifacts having only a four-digit HUID (Hallmark Unique Identification) number as a hallmark will not be sold from April 1, the…
Omicron: Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 accounts for nearly 90% new Covid cases in US
WASHINGTON: The highly transmissible Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 now accounts for nearly 90 per cent of all Covid-19 cases reported in the US, according to the…