This isn’t the first time that Trivendra Singh Rawat, who was abruptly replaced by TS Rawat as Uttarakhand chief minister in March this year, has been in the spotlight for his controversial comments.
There are a handful of instances where people will still need to wear masks — in a health-care setting, at a business that requires them or on public transportation.
Greyhound Canada is permanently cutting all bus routes across the country, shutting down the intercity bus carrier's operations in Canada after nearly a century of service.
Tesla Inc boss Elon Musk on Thursday denounced the "insane" amount of energy used to produce bitcoin, doubling down on his sudden rejection of the cryptocurrency as a means of payment over environmental concerns.
Liverpool's team arrived at Old Trafford 45 minutes behind schedule amid scenes of chaos as Manchester United supporters protest against the club's owners, the Glazer family, ahead of tonight's rescheduled Premier League clash.
Reports suggesting ventilators supplied by the union government financed from the PM CARES Fund to a state-run hospital in Punjab's Faridkot are lying unused because of technical glitches which have not been resolved are "unfounded", the centre said
A team bus belonging to Liverpool has been blocked down and reportedly had the tyres deflated as Manchester United fans again looked to disrupt the Premier League game with protests.
Seth Rogen, relatives of the victims of the Ballymurphy Massacre, and the future generation sharing their innovative inventions are all guests on The Late Late Show this Friday.
Tom Brady Sr. told a Boston radio station Thursday that he is "salivating" over the Buccaneers' Week 4 game against the Patriots and that he expects his son's team to emerge from the game 4-0.
World-first nanotechnology developed by the University of South Australia could change the lives of thousands of people living with cystic fibrosis (CF) as groundbreaking research shows it can improve the effectiveness of the CF antibiotic Tobramycin, increas…
The tech giant will serve more performance data about ads bought via Apple than those from third parties, giving it an advantage in drawing in advertisers.
In the pantheon of climate change concerns, more space junk isn’t high on my list. Yet apparently it should be! The shifts taking place could increase space junk and impact the functionality of GPS and other technology vital to modern life.
Purporting to be Ella Brookes, the man claimed he needed images for an art project. They ended up on fetish websites, a "huge violation of privacy" says victim.
OPINION: It's natural to feel unsure about the Covid vaccine. But you need to figure out what's making you nervous, and if it's really anything to worry about.
OPINION: If you’ve origami-ed a mooncup, inserted a tampon – or basically anything else – into your vagina, the spaghetti-thin swab is barely a tickle.
It’s nearly here. HBO Max has set Thursday, May 27 for the long-awaited Friends: The Reunion special on HBO Max. The date also happens to be the one-year anniversary of the WarnerMedia streaming platform’s launch. The show was originally set to be one of the …
When a piece of conducting material is heated up at one of its ends, a voltage difference can build up across the sample, which in turn can be converted into a current. This is the so-called Seebeck effect, the cornerstone of thermoelectric effects. In partic…
Amber Yang is creating a more sustainable space environment by founding, Seer Tracking, an organization which tracks the movement of space debris orbiting...
India has been reeling under a catastrophic second wave of the coronavirus pandemic.However, a plateauing in daily new Covid cases and a slight decline in positivity rate have been recorded in the country over the past three days
Heera Nawaz was a whopping 98 kilos at the beginning of the lockdown last year. It was only when she got hospitalized did she realize the damage her weight had done. With the help of her family, Heera adopted a home-cooked, low fat diet and worked out religio…
Former Minneapolis cops Thomas Lane, J. Kueng and Tou Thao were initially scheduled to face trial August 23 on charges they aided and abetted both murder and manslaughter in George Floyd's death.
Sir Jon Cunliffe, deputy governor of the Bank of England for stability, has said that it “looks probable” that the United Kingdom’s central bank will end up issuing a digital currency if public money is to survive the onslaught of private alternatives.
BJP national general secretary C T Ravi, meanwhile, claimed the government had made timely arrangements to avert a bigger disaster related to the pandemic
SINGAPORE: Visitors with recent travel history to Vietnam will have to serve a 21-day stay-home notice at dedicated facilities, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Thursday (May 13).
Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene confronted Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez outside the House chamber on Wednesday afternoon, the latest of several confrontations Greene has had with her Democratic colleagues.
The latest addition to the Assassin's Creed franchise allows players to track down the Book of Kells and explore the Hill of Tara among many other exhilarating quests.
Vaccinating adolescents aged 12 to 17 and acquiring Covid-19 booster shots for both adults and adolescents will cost the government an additional P75 billion, Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez said. Dominguez told reporters on Thursday that they are expec…
Britain’s biggest divorce battle is back on track after appeal judges backed the estranged wife of Vladimir Putin’s “hockey buddy” in her quest for a £5 billion settlement.Natalia Potanina wants her
November 15th, 2021 marks the 20th anniversary of Xbox, and to celebrate, Microsoft has launched a new range of Xbox commemorative merchandise in the Xbox Gear Shop, is giving out some free anniversary-themed wallpapers, and more.
The final 16 teams are locked in for Round 1 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. But who are the top contenders now that the dust has settled on the abbreviated regular season?
Canada's Denis Shapovalov fell just short of a major upset against nine-time champion Rafael Nadal at the Italian Open on Thursday. The Spanish star rallied from a break down in both the second and third sets to beat Shapovalov 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (3) in a third-ro…
Dhankhar, who visited several households across the district, said "homes have been looted and even ornaments kept for marriage, utensils and other items for 'shradh' were taken away".
A member of the United Conservative caucus is openly challenging Alberta Premier Jason Kenney’s leadership to save the party from an election loss to the NDP…
Former Free State agriculture MEC Mosebenzi Zwane has conceded that Estina "badly managed" the controversial Vrede dairy farm project. He was appearing at the Zondo commission on Thursday.
The couple killed in a house fire in Roscommon overnight have been named. Nuala Kenny and Joe Tumulty were killed in the blaze at Rooty Cross, Drumalya, Co Roscommon, a townland close to the Galway border, overnight.
A superb performance on the final climb saw Dan Martin finish third in stage six of the Giro d'Italia and propel himself right back into contention for the maglia rosa.
A leading South Australian immunologist has been awarded $3 million from the Federal Government to accelerate work on a locally developed Covid-19 vaccine, in what's anticipated to be the second line of defence against the virus.
While casualties mounted this week in the most severe outbreak of violence between Israel and the Gaza Strip since a 2014 war, al-Rayyes and other Palestinians in the line of fire faced an all-too-familiar question: Where should we go?
Israel's Defense Minister has warned that Israel has "many, many more targets" and no time limit on its military operations, as Israeli military and Palestinian militants in Gaza continue to exchange deadly airstrikes and rocket bombardments.
India News: Amid the reports of coronavirus vaccine shortage from various states, the Central government and Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech are willing to invite
Nigerian Army has refuted online media reports that Boko Haram, the Islamic State West Africa Province had distributed Ramadan welfare packages to some residents of Borno and Yobe States. Army spokesman Mohammed Yerima in a statement said the article did not …
MANILA (UPDATED) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday approved the shift of Metro Manila and nearby Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna and Rizal provinces back under general community quarantine "with heightened restrictions" starting this weekend
Shadow Treasurer Jim Chalmers accuses the government of using slush funds in the budget as independent senator Jacqui Lambie calls out the government for leaving future generations with a trillion dollars worth of debt.
The TV presenter, 30, recalled how she decided to wear a revealing dress to go on the spin-off show and the social media abuse afterwards led to 'one of the worst months of [her] life'.
Suspended ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule is expected to relent and apologise for single-handedly attempting to "suspend" President Cyril Ramaphosa.
The long-delayed “Friends” reunion special at HBO Max will finally be there for you, with the streamer announcing the official premiere date. “Friends: The Reunion” will debut on HBO Max on May 27. In addition, HBO Max debuted the first teaser trailer for the…
Ontario says it’s keeping its stay-at-home order in place until at least June 2 and Quebec has become the latest province to stop giving Oxford-AstraZ...