Seoul: North Korea warned the United States will face a very grave situation because President Joe Biden made a big blunder in his recent speech by calling the North a security threat and revealing his intent to maintain a hostile policy against it. Last week, Biden,
New Delhi: India on Monday reported more than 300,000 new coronavirus cases for a 12th straight day, taking its overall caseload to just shy of 20 million, while deaths from COVID-19 rose by 3,417. With 368,147 new cases over the past 24 hours, India s total
Manama: Bahrain has officially launched the wage protection system which will be completed in phases to protect the wages of private-sector employees and limit labour disputes. The first stage of the system went into effect as of May with a wide response from the targeted employers,
Kathmandu: The Nepal government has decided to close 22 border points with India amid a sharp surge in COVID-19 cases in the neighbouring country. The decision came after the COVID Crisis Management Coordination Committee (CCMC) recommended to the Council of Ministers to shut down 22 out
Bangkok: The road to peace in Thailand's restive southern provinces bordering Malaysia takes a crucial turn in May when negotiators from both sides of the ethnic conflict resume discussions, bringing "substantive issues" to the table. The lead peace negotiator of Barisan Revolusi Nasional, the largest rebel
New Delhi: Indian Muslim business tycoon Azim Premji donated 10 times more money than billionaires Mukesh Ambani and Shiv Nadar in 2020, as per a report. With an impressive donation of Rs7,904 crores, Wipro founder and chairman Premji and his family topped the EdelGive Hurun India
New Delhi: India on Monday reported its first foreign diplomat casualty due to coronavirus as the embassies in the capital are facing the virus onslaught, seeking emergency medical supplies for the critically ill patients. According to Indian media, Col Dr Moses Beatus Mlula, Defence Advisor of
Nandigram: Houses and vehicles of some Bharatiya Janata Party candidates were allegedly attacked and a party office at Arambagh was set on fire. The vehicle of Suvendu Adhikari, who defeated chief minister Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram, was also attacked. TMC leaders, however, said they had nothing
Kolkata: Thanking the people as the Trinamool Congress headed for a landslide victory in the assembly elections, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Sunday that West Bengal has “saved” India with its mandate. Banerjee said tackling the COVID-19 pandemic was her priority, asking party leaders not
Kolkata: The incumbent chief minister's party in India's West Bengal state has defeated Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party in a state election held as the coronavirus pandemic surged to crisis levels. Modi has been criticised for focusing on the elections instead of making the pandemic his