There is increased discrimination at home when it comes to them and their brothers. They are increasingly losing their confidence, an NGO official said. The girls will have to complete household chor...

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Warning signs flashed on Saturday that the pandemic has entered a dangerous phase across Europe, with several countries shattering daily infection records and uncertainty mounting about how the contin...

A day after the nation hit a new high for coronavirus cases, President Trump returned to the campaign trail for a series of rallies and again sought to minimise the surging pandemic, mocking his rival...

Dr Anthony S. Fauci, the US’s top infectious disease expert, said on Friday that the country should consider implementing a first-ever national mandate requiring masks, to help control a surge i...

As the 2020 presidential election enters its final week, a majority of Americans appear ready to accept the result of an exhausting campaign even if their preferred candidate loses, a Reuters/Ipsos po...

The Mizoram government has decided to shut down all schools for two weeks from Monday following detection of several Covid-19 cases among a section of Class X and XII students. This development might ...

“But we are trying to get together online through social media, at least during the special rituals such as Sandhipuja (offered at the confluence of Ashtami and Navami), so that we get a glimpse...

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Durga Puja may be a low-key affair this year because of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, but there is still a silver lining.  Thousands of professionals, who mostly work in the IT industry in citi...