A New York City doctor has been fired after posting “Long Live Hamas & Hezbollah” online and making statements denying atrocities by the militant groups. Lila Abassi, an assistant professor of medicine at Mount Sinai’s Upper East Side hospital, was let go earlier this month after a probe into her controversial …

New Delhi: The World Health Organization said the Myanmar earthquake was a top-level emergency as it urgently sought $8 million to save lives and prevent disease outbreaks over the next 30 days. Rescuers braved aftershocks to scour the devastated city of Mandalay for survivors on Monday, after a massive earthquake. …

Bangkok: Police in Thailand detained four Chinese nationals on Sunday for unlawfully entering the site of an under-construction building that collapsed after a powerful earthquake in Chatuchak District last week. The police said these men were trying to retrieve documents from the building site.  A Chinese-backed construction firm is being …

The truck immediately caught fire, and black kerosene spilled on the road. Traffic movement was regular on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Highway in Maharashtra’s Palghar. But at 4:55 pm, a tanker filled with kerosene (a flammable oil) fell off the flyover and caught fire. The dramatic incident, which occurred today, was caught …

New Delhi: Former election strategist and Jan Suraj Party chief Prashant Kishor today backed stand-up comic Kumal Kamra amid the huge controversy over his comments on Eknath Shinde, saying he does not play politics or have “ulterior motives”.  “Kunal Kamra is my friend,” Prashant Kishor said, also admitting that he …

Bilaspur: The Chhattisgarh High Court has said that a woman cannot be forced to undergo a virginity test which violates Article 21 of the Constitution that guarantees her fundamental right to protection of life and liberty, including the right to dignity. The high court said granting permission for a virginity …

Hyderabad: Telugu inscriptions dating back to 1517 CE have been found in parts of Telangana by the Archaeological Survey of India.  The find comes months after a treasure trove of inscriptions and rock art was found in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh.  The ASI team found the inscriptions at Narasimhulagutta, Anantagiri, Rajanna …

An armed resistance movement against Myanmar’s military-run government criticised the junta on Sunday for conducting airstrikes on villages even as the country reels from an earthquake that has killed around 1,700 people. The Karen National Union, one of Myanmar’s oldest ethnic armies, said in a statement that the junta “continues …

New Delhi: Vodafone’s spectrum auction dues worth Rs 36,950 crore will be converted into equity by the government, which will increase its holding in Vodafone Idea to 48.99 per cent – up from 22.6 per cent. The government has been the single-largest shareholder in the debt-ridden Vodafone Idea. Now it will …

Prayagraj: A first-year student of the Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Allahabad, allegedly died by suicide at the hostel campus on Saturday night, police said on Sunday. The incident in Jhalwa area of Prayagraj took place just a day before the specially-abled student from Telangana, Rahul Madala Chaitanya, was …