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Queen Elizabeth II To Trim Costs As COVID-19 Hits Income
Britains Queen Elizabeth II and her family are facing a 35 million pound ($45 million) hit from the coronavirus pandemic, partly due to a shortage of tourists, the monarchs moneymanager said Friday.
Guj Court Rejects Hardik's Plea For Relief In Bail Condition
A local court on Friday rejected the application moved by Congress leader Hardik Patel seeking temporary suspension of a bail condition that restricts him from leaving Gujarat. The court of additional sessions judge B J Ganatra rejected the plea of stat...
School, Teen Agree To End Lawsuit Over Sexual Assault Note
The Cape Elizabeth School Department has agreed to remove any record of discipline against a student who posted a note about sexual assault in a bathroom last year, ending an almost yearlong lawsuit.
Q&A: Underwood On Holiday Album And Her Little Drummer Boy
The Grammy Award for cutest collaboration of the year goes to Carrie Underwood and her 5yearold son Isaiah.
Japanese Researchers Trial Early Warning Test For Acute COVID-19 Cases
Japanese researchers have developed a blood test they say appears to serve as an early warning system for serious cases of COVID19, and deployed 500 prototype machines to trial its effectiveness nationwide.
North Korean Leader Offers Rare Apology For Killing Of South Korean
North Korea expressed regret on Friday for having shot dead a South Korean man to prevent the spread of coronavirus, the South's national security adviser said, amid growing public and political outrage.
Congress Tears into Modi Govt as Farmers in Rajasthan Hit the Streets Against 'Draconian' Farm Laws
Surjewala said the anti-farmer agenda of the Modi government started in 2006 from Bihar where farmers lost their earnings. Now this draconian law has been brought in, he said.
The Latest: Pope Tells UN Pandemic Is Opportunity For Change
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CISF Takes Over Security of Hydro Power Plant in Uttarakhand
A contingent of 51 armed CISF personnel were inducted at the facility on Friday and they will provide a counter-terrorist cover to it, a senior officer said.
Investors Richer by Rs 3.52 Lakh Crore as Markets Make Strong Comeback
Following the broad-based recovery, the market capitalisation of BSE-listed firms zoomed Rs 3,52,020.53 crore to Rs 1,52,28,237.75 crore on Friday.
Top Bollywood Actors Receive Summons In Indian Drug Probe
Some of Bollywood's biggest actors are being questioned in a widening drug probe by federal agencies that has sent shockwaves through India's beleaguered film industry and dominated prime time news headlines.
UP's First Conservation Centre For Vultures To Come Up In Gorakhpur Forest Division
Uttar Pradesh's first vulture conservation and breeding centre is set to be established at Bhari Baisi village in Farenda range of Gorakhpur forest division, an official said on Friday. According to DFO, Gorakhpur division, Avinash Kumar, the proposal o...
Two ISIS Terrorists Held In Pakistan's Punjab Province
Two Islamic State (ISIS) terrorists, who were planning an attack on vital installations in Pakistan's Punjab province, have been arrested, police said on Friday. The Daesh militants were picked up from Dera Ghazi Khan district, nearly 400 km from provinc...
Highly Effective Coronavirus Antibodies Identified, May Lead to Passive Covid-19 Vaccine
However, the effect of a passive vaccination is almost immediate, whereas with an active vaccination it has to build up first, the researchers said.
Japan's Newly Minted Prime Minister Steps Into UN Limelight
Considered something of a lightweight on foreign policy issues, Japans new prime minister has spent much of his career in the shadows, supporting previous leader Shinzo Abe with backroom bureaucratic maneuvers and in largely scripted, sometimes prickly de...
Mom's Remains Go Missing After Being Mailed To Wrong Address
A Kentucky woman is sending out what she calls an urgent plea after a box containing her mother's cremated remains went missing after she mailed it to her sister in Florida.