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Governments across Europe are trying to navigate between avoiding spreading the coronavirus over the Christmas holiday season and allowing people to celebrate with family and friends.

Entire North India is affected and thousands of trucks carrying food, vegetables and other perishable and non-perishable items coming from Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Jammu and Kashmir are impacted, it said.

During his visit, Gen Wei, also a State Councillor, lauded Nepal's leadership for resolutely pursuing the "one-China" policy and offered firm support to the Himalayan country in safeguarding its sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity, the def...

Residents and politicians wept and hugged as they lay flowers and candles in the western city of Trier on Wednesday to commemorate five people, including a baby, killed by a drunk man who ploughed a speeding car into a pedestrian area.

Thailand's constitutional court unanimously ruled in favour of Prime Minister Prayuth Chanocha on Wednesday in a conflictofinterest case brought by opposition politicians.

In November, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Narendra Modi participated in the SCO Council of Heads of State (SCO-CHS), the highest forum of SCO, meeting hosted by Russia in a virtual format.

Afghan government and Taliban representatives said on Wednesday they had reached a preliminary deal to press on with peace talks, their first written agreement in 19 years of war welcomed by the United Nations and Washington.

The Navy has said the IAC project is a true example of Atmanirbhar Bharat with close to 75 per cent of the material and equipment onboard being indigenous.

It will take until 2022 to vaccinate the whole population of Germany against COVID19 due to capacity limits, according to the head of an expert panel that will help decide in which order people should receive the vaccine.

They found 77 per cent of the samples adulterated with the addition of sugar syrup. Out of the 22 samples checked, only five passed all the tests.

The oil marketing companies such as Indian Oil, Hindustan Petroleum and Bharat Petroleum have revised domestic fuel prices on nine occasions since November 20, following a two-week interval.

A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel said its direction to restrict the use of firecrackers in cities/towns where air quality is 'moderate' or below to green crackers and for the duration of not more than two hours will continue.

European Union member states urged the bloc's chief Brexit negotiator on Wednesday not to be rushed into agreeing an unsatisfactory trade deal with Britain just because a Dec. 31 deadline is looming, a senior EU diplomat said.

World stocks hovered near record highs on Wednesday on hopes for a coronavirus vaccine and additional U.S. economic stimulus, though enthusiasm for riskier assets left the dollar stuck at a 21/2 year low.

France will make random borders checks to stop people getting infected with COVID19 by crossing into countries where ski resorts remain open, Prime Minister Jean Castex said on Wednesday.

Actor Rahul Roy suffered from a brain stroke while shooting in Kargil for his forthcoming film. He is currently under observation at Nanavati Hospital.