World

New York: Indian-American Vivek Murthy, the former US Surgeon General, is tipped for a big role in Joe Biden’s health care team, as the President-elect readies to name consequential picks…

New York: After more than a year of intense political tangling, the US Senate has passed a bill that lifts the existing per-country cap on the number of permanent-residency permits…

Solapur: Ranjitsinh Disale, becomes the first teacher from India to win the Global Teacher Award this year. Disale won the award for his efforts to promote girls’ education and for…

New York: A US federal judge has struck down two rules introduced by President Donald Trump’s administration requiring higher wages for those getting H1-B employment visas, adding restrictions and tightening…

Los Angeles: Actress and former wrestler Nikki Bella has belatedly congratulated her former beau John Cena for his October wedding. Bella said on the “All Things Vanderpump” podcast: “I haven’t…

Deccanexpress : The UK becomes the first nation to approve Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE’s coronavirus vaccine, ahead of a long line of nations waiting for protection from the novel…

United Nations: Francesco Rocca, President of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), warned that efforts to roll out a potential Covid-19 vaccine could fail unless…

New York: Ajit Pai, one of the senior-most Indian-American officials appointed by US President Donald Trump, announced that he was quitting the Chairmanship of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on…

Washington: Hospitalisation of coronavirus infected patients in the US have reached an all-time high as the country is witnessing an ongoing resurgence of new confirmed cases, according to the the…

Islamabad: A Pakistani rights group has said that 52 per cent of cases of alleged forced conversions of women, especially of underage girls from the religious minority communities, had occurred…