USA
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad-based Aurobindo pharma faces suit in US over epilepsy drug
Hyderabad: Major pharma companies from Japan and Switzerland have taken city-based Aurobindo pharma to a US court over patent infringement of their anti-epilepsy drug Banzel. The Banzel drug was developed by Novartis,…
- Automobile
Inquiry into Tesla Autopilot being expanded by US safety officials
San Francisco: After discovering fresh incidences of Tesla’s Autopilot advanced driver assistance system colliding with parked first-responder vehicles, US federal safety officials have “upgraded” their probe. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration…
- World
Monkeypox only spreads through air during face-to-face contact: CDC
New York: Amid the rising cases of monkeypox, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has revealed that it can spread through the air but only through ‘sustained’ face-to-face contact with…
- World
UK to send first long-range missiles to Ukraine
London: British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace announced that the UK will send its first long-range missiles to Ukraine despite a threat by Russian President Vladimir Putin to the West against the delivery of…
- World
US: Record late season snowfall helps abate drought conditions
Washington: Rain and snow in the central and northern mountains of the US and across the eastern half of Colorado state improved drought condition. Blue Valley, Colorado, recorded an astounding 16.1 inches of…
- World
United States: Three killed in Philadelphia shooting
Washington: At least three people were killed and 11 others injured during a shooting spree in the US city of Philadelphia, authorities said on Sunday. The incident took place in 200 block of…
- World
US Defense Secretary set to meet Chinese counterpart next week
Washington: US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is set to meet his Chinese counterpart for the first time during a trip to Singapore for a defence summit next week, CNN reported citing a…
- Technology
Blue Origin successfully launches 6 people on 5th space tourism flight
San Francisco: Jeff Bezos’ space venture Blue Origin successfully launched its fifth tourist flight to space on Saturday. Six people were carried to space above the Karman line — an internationally recognised…
- World
China to launch three-person mission to build space station
Beijing: China will launch three astronauts on a spacecraft on Sunday on a six-month mission to complete the construction of the country’s space station currently orbiting the earth, China Manned Space Agency…
- World
NY lawmakers pass legislation raising age bar for semi-automatic rifle
New York: New York lawmakers have passed a legislation package to increase the minimum age for buying and possessing a semi-automatic rifle from 18 to 21, in an effort to strengthen gun laws…
- World
US: Biden urges Congress to act on gun violence amid tensions
Washington: US President Joe Biden has urged Congress to take action on gun violence in a prime-time address from the White House. In his address on Thursday night, he urged Congress to ban…
- World
Biden may visit Saudi Arabia in late June: Reports
Washington: US President Joe Biden is expected to visit Saudi Arabia this month, NBC reported citing sources. He is also widely expected to travel to Israel. The is will be a symbolically…
- Offbeat
US: Mountain lion cub found in a classroom; rescued
Students of Pescadero High School in Northern California in the United States were surprised to find a mountain lion cub sitting inside one of their classrooms on Tuesday. Nobody was harmed. According…
- World
US: Azaan is changing Minneapolis city’s soundscape
The Muslim call to prayer, known as Azaan is now changing the soundscape of Minneapolis city in the state of Minnesota in the United States of America (USA). The steadily increasing Muslim…
- Bangalore
Bengaluru: US IT firm Pure Storage opens new India R&D centre
Bengaluru: US-based IT firm Pure Storage on Thursday inaugurated its new Research and Development Centre in Bengaluru that will focus on innovations that transform storage and data management. State Minister of IT…
