ISLAMABAD: India and Pakistan exchanged list of Nuclear Installations
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ISLAMABAD: India and Pakistan exchanged list of Nuclear Installations

ISLAMABAD: India and Pakistan today exchanged, through diplomatic channels simultaneously at New Delhi and Islamabad, the list of nuclear installations and facilities, covered under the Agreement on the Prohibition of Attack against Nuclear Installations and…

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BERLIN: From the lab to the jab: How BioNTech-Pfizer won vaccine race
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BERLIN: From the lab to the jab: How BioNTech-Pfizer won vaccine race

BERLIN: It was over breakfast on the wintry morning of January 24 that Ozlem Tureci and her husband Ugur Sahin decided, “we need to fire the starting gun on this”. Sahin “had concluded from a…

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LONDON: Indian Embassy UK Suspends All Consular Services Till January 8
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LONDON: Indian Embassy UK Suspends All Consular Services Till January 8

LONDON: Amid the coronavirus restrictions in the United Kingdom, all consular services have been suspended till January 8, 2021, Indian Embassy in UK said today. “Due to COVID-19 restrictions extended by Govt of the UK,…

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TORONTO: Top 10 richest people in world in 2020
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TORONTO: Top 10 richest people in world in 2020

TORONTO: Despite the Covid-19 pandemic and widespread layoffs across sectors, the world’s richest people have collectively gained 23 per cent or $1.3 trillion since the year began, the Bloomberg Billionaires Index showed. Here are some…

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MUMBAI: Taapsee Pannu says her entire films can sometimes cost as much as a male star’s salary
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MUMBAI: Taapsee Pannu says her entire films can sometimes cost as much as a male star’s salary

MUMBAI: Actor Taapsee Pannu has said that the challenge to get Rashmi Rocket right is greater than anticipated, because the filmmakers do not have the luxury of a large budget. The actor, who will play…

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WALES: The student who became a Welsh bard at 19
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WALES: The student who became a Welsh bard at 19

WALES: An Indian student won acclaim in Wales as a bard and became the first woman to get a law degree from University College London. And although racial prejudice brought a heartbreaking end to a…

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LONDON: Indian-Origin Frontline Workers, Artists In UK New Year’s Honours List
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LONDON: Indian-Origin Frontline Workers, Artists In UK New Year’s Honours List

LONDON: Indian-origin frontline workers, academics, actors and musicians are among 1,239 people recognised for their extraordinary contributions in the UK’s annual New Year’s Honours List released on Thursday. Among the year’s highest honours, Formula 1…

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BOSTON: Study sheds light on critical windows in pregnancy for Covid-19 vaccination
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BOSTON: Study sheds light on critical windows in pregnancy for Covid-19 vaccination

BOSTON: Scientists have found evidence of lower than expected transfer of protective antibodies against the novel coronavirus via the placenta from mothers who are infected in the third trimester, findings that shed light on critical…

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KATHMANDU: Chinese delegation resumes talks with Nepali leaders; meets NC leader Deuba
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KATHMANDU: Chinese delegation resumes talks with Nepali leaders; meets NC leader Deuba

KATHMANDU: Guo Yezhou, a vice-minister of the Communist Party of China, on Tuesday met the main opposition Nepali Congress chief Sher Bahadur Deuba and discussed the latest political developments in the country following the dissolution…

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PHNOM PENH: INS Kiltan delivers 15 tons of flood relief material to Cambodia
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PHNOM PENH: INS Kiltan delivers 15 tons of flood relief material to Cambodia

PHNOM PENH: Another glorious chapter was written today in the age-old civilizational and friendly relations between INDIA and Cambodia when Indian Naval Ship “INS Kiltan” delivered 15 tons of flood relief material containing 3,000 flood…

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