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Its eyebrow-raising pick of US rock legend Bob Dylan in 2016 was followed by a rape scandal close to its members that erupted in 2017 and tore the Academy apart, forcing it to postpone the 2018 prize -- a first in 70 years.

Energy companies on Monday began evacuating offshore oil platforms as the 25th named storm of the year formed in the Caribbean and was forecast to become a major hurricane before it entered the Gulf of Mexico and threatens the U.S. mainland.

Mali announced a new government on Monday, with some of the top posts going to military officials following a coup on Aug. 18 that deposed President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita.

The Australian government Tuesday will reveal a big spending financial blueprint for the next few years that will drive business investment and job creation while repairing pandemic damage to the economy, the treasurer said.

The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID19, the illness caused by the virus.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved a request from Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitts administration to allow the state, not tribal nations, to regulate environmental issues in Indian Country, even those lands that may be inside historical triba...

Upon regulatory approval in India, RDIF shall supply to drug maker Dr Reddy’s 100 million doses of the vaccine, the firm had said last month.

These norms were to be applicable from October. "The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has notified amendment to CMVR 1989… deferring the applicability date for implementing the next stage of emission norms for tractors (TREM Stage-IV) from...

Two former officials of Connecticut's largest city pleaded guilty Monday to federal charges stemming from what prosecutors called a corrupt process that led to the police chief's appointment in 2018.

The CEOs of technology giants Facebook, Google and Twitter are expected to testify for an Oct. 28 Senate hearing on tech companies control over hate speech and misinformation on their platforms.

Panneerselvam's remarks assume significance seen against the backdrop of AIADMK's statement days ago that it would announce the Chief Ministerial nominee on October 7.

: The Telangana government has rejected the premature retirement request of senior IPS officer andAdditional DGP rank officer Vinoy Kumar Singh, citing disciplinary proceedings pending against him. A 1987 batch IPS officer, Singh wrote to Union Hom...

The COVID-19 death toll in Chandigarh rose to 177 on Monday with three more fatalities, while 133 new cases pushed the infection tally to 12,578, a medical bulletin here said. There are 1,604 active cases in the city presently, it said.

Jagan's meeting with Modi has led rising of political temperature in the state as speculation is rife that the YSR Congress may join the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), an assumption vehemently rejected by Srikanth Reddy.

The LJP president also appealed to people against voting for Kumar's JD(U) and claimed that an alliance of his party and the BJP will come to power in the state after the Assembly polls.

The apex court was hearing a plea which has raised grievance over Bindas Bol' programme whose promo had claimed that channel would show the 'big expose on conspiracy to infiltrate Muslims in government service'.