World

New York: Jeff Bezos is stepping down as Amazon CEO. The 57-year American, who became the world’s first person to amass a $200 billion-plus fortune in August 2020, founded Amazon...

New Delhi: The COVID-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca give good immune responses in older people, even if there is a lack of data about its exact efficacy,...

New Delhi: The UK variant of deadly novel coronavirus has mutated again. Scientists have observed new genetic changes in the COVID-19 variant, already said to be more contagious and possibly...

Washington: Indian-American Bhavya Lal has been appointed as the acting Chief of Staff of NASA. Lal served as a member of the Biden Presidential Transition Agency Review Team for the...

Naypyidaw: Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other senior functionaries of the ruling party were detained in early morning raid, according to the ruling National League for Democracy (NLD)...

California: In an unprecedented case, an Indian-American student named Randeep Hothi has managed to win round one of his defamation suit against Tesla CEO and billionaire Elon Musk. A California...

China has executed top former assets banker, Lai Xiaomin. Chinese CCTV media said Xiaomin was executed just weeks after being sentenced to death for taking extremely large bribes as well...

Police and the administration have unearthed a fake coronavirus vaccination centre in Ecuador, where at least 70,000 people have been administered a dubious vaccine. The health clinic in the capital...

YouTube has suspended Donald Trump indefinitely from its platform. The Google-owned firm will also prevent the former US President’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani from monetizing his clips, AFP reported. YouTube had...

New Delhi:  China recently began using anal swabs to test those considered at high risk of contracting COVID-19. These tests have mainly been conducted on residents in China's northern regions...