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Washington, Aug 18: Former First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama slammed President Donald Trump at the Democratic National Convention here on Monday (local time) by calling him a "wrong president" and said that the people "are living with the consequences" of the 2016 presidential elections. "So, let me be as honest and clear as I possibly can. Donald Trump is the wrong president for our

A new strain of the novel coronavirus called 'D614G', deemed ten times more infectious, has been detected in Malaysia, said Director General of Health Noor Hisham Abdullah in a Facebook post on Saturday. The mutation has been spotted in three cases from a cluster which started when a restaurant owner and permanent resident returned to the country from India. It has also been detected in another

Washington, Aug 17: Senator Kamala Harris has roped in Indian-American Sabrina Singh, who previously was the spokeswoman of two Democratic presidential candidates, as press secretary for her Democratic vice presidential campaign. Sabrina Singh, 32, previously headed the press shop of two Democratic presidential candidates -- New Jersey Senator Cory Booker and former New York mayor Mike Bloomberg

To the immune system, not all germs are equally memorable. But our body’s cells seem to be seriously studying up on the coronavirus. Scientists who have been monitoring immune responses to the virus are now starting to see encouraging signs of strong, lasting immunity, even in people who developed only mild symptoms of Covid-19, a flurry of new studies suggests. Disease-fighting antibodies, as

Washington, Aug 17: US President Donald Trump has indicated that he was looking to ban other Chinese-owned companies, including e-commerce giant Alibaba in the United States, days after signing an executive order targetting TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, Fox News reported. The development came after Trump issued an executive order on August 14, requiring ByteDance to divest its interests in

Beijing, Aug 15: Chinese Ambassador to India Sun Weidong on Saturday extended greetings to India on 74th Independence Day and said both countries must strive to prosper together in peace and develop a close partnership. "Congratulations to the Indian government & people on Independence Day 2020. Wish China & India, two great nations with ancient civilization prosper together in peace and develop

Washington, Aug 15: US President Donald Trump has said he has not been blunt with Democratic vice-presidential candidate Senator Kamala Harris and did not see her as a threat in this presidential election. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, 77, scripted history by selecting 55-year-old Harris, an Indian-American and an African-American, as his running mate in the election on November 3

Moscow, Aug 14: Russia has registered 5,065 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours (5,057 yesterday), bringing the cumulative total to 912,823, the country's coronavirus response centre said on Friday. "Over the past 24 hours, Russia has confirmed 5,065 COVID-19 cases in 83 regions, of which 1,313 (25.9 per cent) have been detected actively, with people showing no clinical symptoms," the response

Kamala Harris’ first act as a political candidate was knocking out a former boxer: the progressive San Francisco district attorney who had been her boss. Her freshman Senate term has been defined by committee performances so lacerating that Trump administration officials have complained of her lawyerly velocity. “I’m not able to be rushed this fast,” a flustered Jeff Sessions once said to her. “It

Canberra, Aug 14: Ahead of India's 74th Independence Day, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Friday used Hindi words to describe the friendship with India as he mentioned that it is founded upon 'bharosa' (trust) and 'samman' (respect) and marked by democracy, defence cooperation, diaspora and 'dosti' (mateship). "The deep friendship between Australia and India is about more than trade