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Global deaths from COVID-19 surged past 600,000. (AP Photo)

6,00,000 people succumb to COVID-19 globally

While the U.S. leads global infections, South Africa now ranks as the fifth worst-hit country in the pandemic with...

19 July 2020 12:39 PM IST

Sex workers wait for clients in the red light district of Harare, Zimbabwe. (AP)

There is no food to take these HIV meds with, say sex workers

Studies have shown that food insecurity is a barrier to taking the drugs daily and can decrease their efficacy

4 July 2020 4:27 PM IST

According to forex experts, the rupee would continue to remain weak on global and domestic concerns.

AA Edit | Rupee dances to dollar tunes

Rupee has performed better than the currencies of other emerging economies as RBI spent nearly $100 bn to prevent the...

18 Oct 2022 12:05 AM IST

Big royal statues of the Kingdom of Dahomey dating back to 1890-1892 are pictured on June 18, 2018 at the Quai Branly Museum-Jacques Chirac in Paris. (Photo: AFP)

France weighs how to return Africa's plundered art

From London to Berlin, Europe's museums are packed with hundreds of thousands of colonial-era items.

27 May 2018 1:47 PM IST

When boys were depicted in the abuse, it was more likely to be severe. (Photo: Pixabay)

More boys suffer online sex abuse than thought: study

The report added that the younger the child, whether a boy or a girl, the "abuse was more likely to be severe".

7 March 2018 12:10 PM IST

Another case was confirmed in a district of the city of Jixi in the northeastern province of Heilongjiang where 24 pigs died on a farm of 84 pigs. (Photo: AP)

China reports outbreak of African swine fever virus

Protein powder made from pork blood detected with swine fever virus.

25 Dec 2018 5:39 PM IST

All three asteroids were discovered through the Catalina Sky Survey near Tucson, Arizona. (Photo: Youtube)

Boulder-size asteroid disintegrated harmlessly over Africa

All three asteroids were discovered through the Catalina Sky Survey near Tucson, Arizona.

5 Jun 2018 2:45 PM IST

Antonio Guterress statement came ahead of the UN General Assembly session where Pakistan has said that it would raise the issue of Kashmir. The country is rattled by the Indian governments move to abrogate Article 370 of the constitution that accorded special status to Jammu and Kashmir. (Photo: ANI)

UN chief urges Africa to take urgent steps to stem coronavirus growth

Guterres said the UN and African countries are working together in fight against the pandemic.

16 April 2020 12:02 PM IST

Youth fest flirts with stage’s new directors

Youth fest flirts with stage’s new directors

After several years the Sahitya Kala Parishad took on the onus of staging a youth festival for the young theatre...

22 Feb 2013 10:12 AM IST

The year 2015 saw an estimated 760,000 deaths due to HIV/AIDS, which has dropped from a million in 2010. (Photo: AP)

HIV/AIDS no longer the leading cause of death in Africa

Data released by WHO says HIV deaths decreased, while there is increase in deaths of patients with lower respiratory...

24 Aug 2017 11:10 AM IST

Focus on education

Focus on education

Indian policymaker Sam Pitroda’s concern over the bad quality of education in India barring five per cent...

23 Aug 2013 9:41 PM IST

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Humans arrived in Southeast Asia 20,000 years earlier: study

A barrage of dating techniques were applied to the sediment around the fossils in a cave in Indonesia.

10 Aug 2017 1:44 PM IST