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The most widely used COVID-19 vaccines may offer a surprise benefit for some cancer patients revving up their immune systems to help fight tumours.

A massive fire broke out in a multi-storey building in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad on Wednesday night, the police said. No resident was injured in the incident, they said.

A 28-year-old nurse at a private hospital allegedly jumped from the seventh floor of a residential society with her 3-year-old son tied to her waist, resulting in their deaths, police…

In a setback to the opposition Mahagathbandhan in the Bihar polls, the Election Commission on Wednesday cancelled the nomination of RJD’s Shweta Suman in the Mohania assembly seat after finding…

President Donald Trump said Wednesday Xi Jinping could have a “big influence” on Russia’s Vladimir Putin over efforts to end the war in Ukraine, days ahead of a meeting scheduled…

Donald Trump and the president of Colombia engaged in a war of words on Wednesday, trading threats of “very serious action” and lawsuits as relations between the once-allied nations hit…

The US military launched its eighth strike against an alleged drug-carrying vessel, killing two people in the waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday.

In an incident that has sparked outrage among devotees and seers alike, a heated argument inside the sanctum sanctorum of Ujjain’s Shri Mahakaleshwar Temple escalated into a physical fight between…

Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority has set the wheels in motion for a massive infrastructure upgrade to tackle long-pending issues of drinking water, drainage, and waterlogging.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced new sanctions Wednesday against Russia’s two biggest oil companies and blasted Moscow’s refusal to end its “senseless war.”

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Wednesday the Trump administration is getting ready to announce increased sanctions on Russia as US-led efforts to end the war flounder and Ukraine’s…

The EU on Wednesday agreed to impose new sanctions on Russia over the war in Ukraine aimed at crimping Moscow’s oil and gas revenues, said Denmark, which holds the EU’s…

North Korean hackers have pilfered billions of dollars by breaking into cryptocurrency exchanges and creating fake identities to get remote tech jobs at foreign companies, according to an international report…

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a letter of intent on Wednesday to export up to 150 of Saab’s Gripen fighter jets to Ukraine after…

A new United Nations Secretary-General will be elected next year for a five-year term starting on January 1, 2027.

European Union leaders want a revision clause in the bloc’s new climate change target, potentially allowing them to weaken it in future, draft conclusions for a summit on Thursday showed.

A bill applying Israeli law to the occupied West Bank, a move tantamount to annexation of land which Palestinians want for a state, won preliminary approval from Israel’s parliament on…

The Trump administration is considering a plan to curb a dizzying array of software-powered exports to China, from laptops to jet engines, to retaliate against Beijing’s latest round of rare…

The International Court of Justice said on Wednesday that Israel must allow the UN aid agency in Gaza, known as UNRWA, to provide humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian territory.

An Indigo flight from Kolkata to Srinagar made an emergency landing at Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, following a fuel leak.

Upset over the non-payment of pending wages during the festive season, sanitation workers dumped garbage in front of a Nagar Panchayat office in Bihar’s Nawada district on Wednesday.

Lok Janshakti Party Ram Vilas (LJPRV) chief Chirag Paswan on Wednesday hit out at RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, mocking his poll promises of regularising contractual employees and Jivika Didis as…

A 30-year-old woman suffered severe burn injuries after she allegedly set herself on fire following a domestic dispute with her husband in Uttar Pradesh’s Lalitpur district, police said on Wednesday.

Delhi’s much-awaited artificial rain experiment, initially postponed in July continues to be on hold, with no green light yet for the trial that was expected to take place after Diwali.

India on Wednesday called on developing and least developed nations to collectively work to address global trade challenges such as tariff barriers, unilateral environmental restrictions, and hurdles in the services…

A large-scale Russian drone and missile attack across Ukraine killed at least six people, including a woman and her two young daughters, officials said Wednesday.

Amazon may soon replace more than half a million jobs with robots, the New York Times reported, based on internal documents it accessed.

Iran ratified a law joining a United Nations convention against terror financing, local media reported Wednesday, in hopes it will lead to access to global banking, an easing of trade…

With Russia continuing its attacks on Ukraine, Kyiv put its Storm Shadow missiles to use for a counterattack. It also unveiled upgraded ‘Sea Baby’ drones.

A woman from West Bengal was allegedly gang-raped and robbed at a house in Bengaluru Rural’s Gangondanahalli, the police said. The incident happened between 9.15 pm and midnight on Tuesday.

Israel returned the bodies of 30 Palestinians to Gaza on Wednesday, bringing the total number handed over under the ceasefire deal to 195, the health ministry in the Hamas-run territory…

Britain’s competition watchdog said Wednesday that Apple and Google would face tougher regulation of services on their mobile platforms under new measures focused on technology giants.

Russia said on Wednesday that it was still preparing for a potential summit between President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump, though no date had been set and that…

A couple was found dead inside their home in Jaipur’s Jamdoli area, with police suspecting it to be a case of murder-suicide triggered by marital discord.

The streets of Nalbari turned into a sea of emotion on Wednesday as thousands joined the “Moiu Zubeen, Amiu Zubeen” (I am Zubeen, We are Zubeen) rally, organised by the…

To curb user harm from AI-generated deepfakes and synthetically produced content, the IT Ministry has proposed draft amendments to IT rules that mandate labelling and prominent markers to ensure users…

Three men, including two cousins, were killed after their motorcycle rammed into an unmarked jersey barrier on the Libaspur flyover on the GT Road while they were returning from Haryana’s…

Thuingaleng Muivah, the 91-year-old chief of the northeast’s largest insurgent group NSCN(IM), returned to his village today in Manipur’s Ukhrul district – where he has not set foot for 50…

State-owned NHAI on Wednesday said it will deploy Network Survey Vehicles (NSV) in 23 states covering 20,933 km for the collection, processing and analysis of road inventory and pavement condition…

A newborn baby’s hand will need to be amputated after alleged negligence by a nursing home in Uttar Pradesh’s Greater Noida, where she was administered the wrong injection.

The Delhi High Court recorded a settlement between Mars Incorporated and Cadbury (India) Ltd over the use of the mark CELEBRATIONS’, bringing an end to a nearly 25-year-old trademark dispute…

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday said he will continue in the present post till 2029, and the composition of the ruling coalition will remain unchanged.

A massive political storm is brewing in Bengal over alleged vandalism of a Kali idol at Kakdwip near Sundarbans.

A school student and son of a former Rajasthan minister who drove an Audi despite being underage ended up ramming two other cars in Jaipur, the police said.

A 45-year-old man allegedly killed his 35-year-old wife and their two sons, aged 14 and 11, before ending his life by slitting his throat at their home here, police said…

Kerala nun Sister Sabina stunned audiences when she dashed ahead and jumped over hurdles effortlessly at an athletics meet.

Seven persons were injured after a portion of an old residential building collapsed in central Mumbai on Wednesday afternoon, civic officials said.

The three-week annual Pushkar Fair, one of Rajasthan’s biggest draws on the tourism calendar, kicked off in Ajmer on Wednesday.

Senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot met RJD president Lalu Prasad, apparently with the mandate to defuse tensions with the ally, which has plunged the INDIA bloc into turmoil in poll-bound…

Israel has completed the identification of the bodies of two more hostages, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said Wednesday, as US Vice President JD Vance held high-level meetings in Israel…

Two journalists, one imprisoned in Belarus and the other in Georgia, have won the European Union’s top human rights honour, the Sakharov Prize, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola announced on…

US Vice President JD Vance warned Wednesday of the tough task ahead in disarming Hamas and building a peaceful future for Gaza, as Washington sought to reassure its ally Israel…

The glittering sapphires, emeralds, and diamonds that once adorned France’s royals could well be gone forever, experts said after the Louvre heist.

King Charles III leaves for a state visit to the Vatican on Wednesday, where he will meet Pope Leo XIV and make history as the first head of the Church…

A Russian drone attack struck a kindergarten in Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv, on Wednesday, killing one person and injuring seven others, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

The August hack of Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), owned by India’s Tata Motors, cost the British economy 1.9 billion pounds ($2.55 billion) and affected over 5,000 organisations in the country,…

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday directed drills of the country’s strategic nuclear forces that featured practice missile launches, an exercise that came as his planned summit on Ukraine with…