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When the coronavirus scare erupted, rumours spread that consumption of chicken may lead to contracting the virus. (Photo: AFP)

Japan to cull 7,000 chickens after new bird flu outbreak confirmed in...

According to the prefecture-'s authorities, a poultry farm confirmed finding several dead birds on Friday

12 Dec 2021 12:16 PM IST

Protesters hold portraits of deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi during an anti-coup demonstration in Mandalay, Myanmar. (Photo: AP)

Myanmar court sentences ousted leader Suu Kyi to 4 years

The sentencing was the first in a series of cases in which the 76-year-old Nobel laureate is being prosecuted

6 Dec 2021 11:57 AM IST

Passport Department will start soon in rest of the provinces. (Representational image: ANI)

Afghanistan to resume issuing passports in 17 provinces

Whenever the machines are provided, we will resume passport-issuing in the capital, said head of the Passport...

5 Dec 2021 12:54 PM IST

According to media reports, the Pakistani model, who was identified as Sauleha, had apologised on her Instagram account and deleted the pictures. (Photo: Twitter)

Pak model defiles Kartarpur Sahib

The Pakistani model said she did not intend to hurt anyone and the pictures were intended to be a memory of her trip to...

1 Dec 2021 2:02 AM IST

Oli vows to take back Indian territories if he returns to power

Oli vows to 'take back' Indian territories if he returns to power

'We have published a new map incorporating Lipulekh, Kalapani and Limpiyadhura ... but we need to take those land back,'...

27 Nov 2021 12:53 PM IST

Chinese paramilitary policemen wearing masks wait to cross a traffic light as a municipal worker riding a three-wheel bike moves past them, in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021. (AP/Ng Han Guan)

Flights cancelled, schools shut over three Covid-19 cases in Shanghai

The three positive cases are friends who travelled to the nearby city of Suzhou together last week, Shanghai health...

26 Nov 2021 11:57 AM IST

Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan. (AP)

Pakistan to allow India to send wheat to Afghan through its territory:...

Currently, Pakistan only allows Afghanistan to export goods to India but doesn't allow any other two-way trade through...

23 Nov 2021 1:20 PM IST

In this April 21, 2019, photo, Sri Lankans carry a dead body from the bomb-damaged St. Sebastians Church in Negombo. (Photo: AP)

Sri Lanka's former police chief indicted in 2019 Easter Sunday terror...

Nine suicide bombers carried out a series of devastating blasts on April 21, 2019, killing nearly 270 people, and...

22 Nov 2021 4:28 PM IST

Activists hold placards as they participate in a silent protest demanding the Centre to create a strong system of deterrence punishment to rapists in the country in New Delhi on Friday. (Photo: PTI)

Pakistan Parliament approves chemical castration of habitual rapists

The bill is a response to a public outcry against a recent spike in incidents of rape of women and children in the...

18 Nov 2021 3:41 PM IST

Workers carrying a bucket with fish at a seafood market in Wuhan in Chinas central Hubei province. (AFP)

China's wildlife is a pandemic waiting to happen,' study finds

A comprehensive survey of viral pathogens has found they harbor a range of diseases threatening humans and other animals

13 Nov 2021 2:00 PM IST

Chinese President Xi Jinping. (AFP)

China's Communist Party conclave passes 'landmark resolution'...

Xi is widely expected to continue for a third term unlike his predecessor, Hu Jintao, who retired after two terms

11 Nov 2021 5:20 PM IST

Residents wade through a flooded street after heavy monsoon rains at Biyagama, on the outskirts of Colombo. (Photo: AFP)

Heavy rains in Sri Lanka leave 16 dead, thousands displaced

Most deaths have occurred due to drowning and lightening strikes

10 Nov 2021 12:28 PM IST