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Cuba coronavirus update: 1,079 fresh Covid-19 cases, 7 deaths reported

Cuba registered 1,079 new cases and seven more deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of infections to 141,166 and the death toll to 950, the Ministry of Public Health reported

Chile's Covid cases increase 21% in last 2 weeks despite vaccination

Chile reported a 21% increase in Covid-19 cases in the last 14 days, and the government has urged Chileans to get vaccinated

Mann ki Baat: PM Modi hails Karnataka woman for piloting Oxygen Express

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday hailed woman loco pilot Sireesha Gajini of the South Western Railway (SWR) for also steering the Oxygen Express

New Zealand does not have an advantage over India in WTC final: Gavaskar

New Zealand will play two Test matches against England ahead of ICC World Test Championship (WTC) final against India

Tokyo 2020: Olympic bound Indian wrestlers' camp in Warsaw from next week

A month-long training-cum-exposure camp for the Olympic Games bound freestyle wrestlers is scheduled to commence in Warsaw, Poland, next week, says Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) official

State Bank of India raises cash withdrawal limits at non-home branches

State Bank of India has increased the cash withdrawal limits through cheques and withdrawal forms for its customers at non-home branches

Uttar Pradesh records only 1,908 new coronavirus cases on May 30

Uttar Pradesh has recorded only 1,908 cases in the past 24 hours, thereby, registering a decline of 95 per cent from its peak

Olympics 2021 qualification: Indians fancy chances at Qosanov athletics

Elite Indian athletes, including the national women's 4x100 metres relay team, aiming to make the cut for the Olympics 2021 are looking ahead to compete in next month's Qosanov Memorial meet in Almaty

Covid-19: MP govt issues fresh guidelines for unlocking from June 1

Amid declining coronavirus cases, the Madhya Pradesh government has issued new guidelines for unlocking the state in a phased manner and intensified its efforts to bring life back to normal

Gusty winds, lightning likely in Delhi, Haryana, Chandigarh today

Thunderstorm with lightning and gusty winds reaching 40-50 kmph is very likely at isolated places in Delhi, Haryana and Chandigarh on Sunday

Vietnam reports new virus variant, a hybrid of strains found in India, UK

Vietnam has detected a new coronavirus hybrid variant that possesses characteristics of of the B.1.17 variant, first identified in the UK, and the B.1.6172 strain, the media reported.

Panesar picks Jadeja, Ashwin in his India playing 11 for WTC final

Former England left-arm spinner Monty Panesar has picked two spinners and three fast bowlers in his India playing XI for World Test Championship (WTC) final vs New Zealand that begins in Southampton

Williamson watching me bat was pretty intimidating: NZ player Conway

New Zealand cricketer Devon Conway, who is awaiting his Test debut, said that skipper Kane Williamson watching him bat during a warm-up game at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton was "pretty intimidating".

Coronavirus: US on track for July 4 vaccination target, says CDC

US is on track to reach a target calling for 70 per cent of adults to have received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine by July 4, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

47% Indians not happy with government's handling of Covid-19 crisis

Almost half of Indians showed their dissatisfaction with the Indian government's way of handling the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic that began its second wave in March 2021

Covid-19: Haryana extends lockdown till June 7, allows malls to operate

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar announced the extension of the statewide lockdown till June 7, with major relaxations given for the opening of shopping malls from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

LIC's holding slips to an all-time low of 3.66 pc on profit-booking

LIC's holding across 296 companies where its holding is more than 1 per cent, slipped to an all-time low of 3.66 per cent as on March 31, 2021, down from 3.70 per cent as on December 31, 2020

New Nepal budget highlights Covid-19 control, economic recovery

Nepal Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Paudel has presented a budget of $14 billion for the 2021-22 fiscal year that starts in mid-July

Smartphone shipments to reach 1.38 bn in 2021, highest since 2015

The shipments of smartphones are forecast to reach 1.38 billion units globally in 2021, an increase of 7.7 per cent over 2020 and its highest-ever level since 2015, a new report has showed

Sagar Dhankar murder: Police looking for 3 associates of Sushil Kumar

The Delhi Police Crime Branch is still looking for three more persons in connection with its probe into the Sagar Dhankar murder case