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Dubai ruler’s wife Haya paid her ex-bodyguard boyfriend Rs 12 crore to keep mum

November 23, 2020November 23, 2020 433

New Delhi: Princess Haya, who was the sixth wife of Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed Al Maktoum, paid around Rs 12 crore to her British bodyguard lover to keep quiet about…

Data from NASA’s Curiosity rover hints at ancient megaflood on Mars

November 23, 2020November 23, 2020 22

New York: Giant flash floods once washed through Gale Crater on Mars’ equator around four billion years ago, according to a study which hints at the possibility that life may…

Biden push to restore US global role starts with Blinken

November 23, 2020November 23, 2020 33

Wilmington: President-elect Joe Biden is moving forward on his campaign pledge to restore America as a leader on the global stage and lean on experts, tapping veteran diplomats for key…

Kashmir born scientist receives ‘Heroes of Chemistry’ award in US for discovering new TB drug

November 22, 2020November 22, 2020 314

Srinagar: A Kashmir-born scientist has received the coveted American Chemical Society’s (ACS) ‘Heroes of Chemistry’ Award 2020 for discovery of Bedaquiline (BDQ), a path-breaking drug for treating Tuberculosis. Dr Anil…

Pompeo meets Taliban, Afghan negotiators in Doha

November 22, 2020November 22, 2020 58

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has met negotiators from the Afghan government and the Taliban in Doha, amidst signs of progress in their stalled talks and an uptick in…

Twitter, Facebook to transfer official POTUS accounts from Trump to Biden

November 22, 2020November 22, 2020 35

After Twitter, Facebook has now confirmed it will also transfer the official POTUS account on its platform to President-elect Joe Biden after he is inaugurated on January 20, regardless of…

Pfizer seeks emergency use of its Covid-19 vaccine in US

November 21, 2020November 21, 2020 40

Pfizer is asking US regulators to allow emergency use of its Covid-19 vaccine, starting the clock on a process that could bring limited first shots as early as next month…

‘Really good news’: COVID reinfection unlikely for 6 months, says Oxford study

November 21, 2020November 21, 2020 121

People who’ve had COVID-19 are highly unlikely to contract it again for at least six months after their first infection, according to a British study of healthcare workers on the…

Inside world’s first gold-plated hotel in Vietnam

November 20, 2020November 20, 2020 106

THIS is the world’s first gold-plated hotel – complete with gold bathtubs, toilets and even STEAKS.The Dolce Hanoi Golden Lake hotel in Hanoi, Vietnam took 11 years to build and…

JuD Chief Hafiz Saeed Sentenced To 10 Years In Jail

November 19, 2020November 19, 2020 174

Lahore : An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Lahore on Thursdays sentenced chief of Jama’at-ud-Da’wah, Hafiz Saeed to 10 years and six months imprisonment.According to the details, ATC judge Arshad Hussain…