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US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and several other politicians have wished President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania a quick recovery from the novel coronavirus. Trump, 74, and Melania, 50, were tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday.

Paris (AP) French wild card Hugo Gaston has eliminated former champion Stan Wawrinka from the French Open, winning 2-6, 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 6-0 as spectators chanted his name and cried Bravo! Gaston's win, which was interrupted by rain with the players at...

The study also said not all infected individuals transmitted the disease as a prospective follow-up testing of exposed contacts revealed that 70 per cent of infected individuals did not infect any of their contacts.

US President Donald Trump arrived at the Walter Reed military hospital from where he will work for the next few days, his spokesperson said. Out of an abundance of caution, and at the recommendation of his physician and medical experts, the president will...

The "indefinite economic blockade" called by five unions of truckers and drivers at the inter-state entry points of Dimapur, the commercial hub of Nagaland, was lifted after four days on Friday evening, after the administration assured the protestors th...

Washington, Oct 2 (AP) The vice presidential debate between Mike Pence and Kamala Harris next week will go on as scheduled after President Donald Trump tested positive for the coronavirus on Friday. An official with the Commission on Presidential Debate...

A 20-bed tribal unit of the National Institute of Naturopathy was inaugurated in Pune's Ambegaon tehsil on Friday. Inaugurating the facility in Gohe Budruk, Union AYUSH minister Shripad Naik said it would provide free clinical services to the tribal pop...

Mahatma Gandhi spent his life promoting the message of preventive healthcare, and following measures like social distancing and wearing masks conscientiously will be a prominent way to foster ease of living in COVID-19 times, ICMR Director General Balram...

Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddh Nagar recorded 157 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, pushing the district's caseload to 13,421, official data showed. The number of active cases rose to 1,504 from 1,494 on Thursday and 1,492 on Wednesday, according to the dat...

There is lack of awareness about tribal heritage and products, Union Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda said on Friday and called on industry leaders to join efforts to develop the potential of Scheduled Tribes. The minister made the remarks while inau...

Five more deaths due to COVID-19 were recorded in Chandigarh, raising the toll to 169 while 155 new cases pushed the infection tally to 12,212 in the Union Territory on Friday, according to a medical bulletin. There are 1,881 active COVID-19 cases in t...

It is time the country starts fighting the "rape epidemic", Bollywood actor Swara Bhaskar said on Friday as she joined a protest here at Jantar Mantar to demand justice for the Hathras gang-rape and murder victim. "People from different groups are here,...

Security has been beefed up at the Jantar Mantar here where hundreds of civil society activists, students, Aam Aadmi Party and Left leaders gathered to protest against the Hathras gang-rape-and-murder case Besides ground force, senior police officers...

After a row broke out in Kerala over an i-phone gift, senior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala denied claims that he was offered the largesse by Swapna Suresh, a key accused in Gold smuggling case, after he attended a function at the UAE consulate here...

An acute loss of smell or taste is a "highly reliable" coronavirus indicator and should now be considered globally as a criterion for self-isolation, testing, and contact tracing, according to a research by UK scientists. The cohort study, which assessed...

Accused Sunilkumar Rajan, 46, a resident of Sanquelim in North Goa, has been arrested.