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Washington, Feb 14: Donald Trump was acquitted Saturday on charges of inciting an insurrection at the US Capitol, after a majority of Senate Republicans closed ranks and refused to punish the former president in his historic second impeachment trial. The five-day trial saw Democratic prosecutors argue -- bolstered by dramatic video of the January 6 riot -- that Trump betrayed his oath by whipping

New Delhi, Feb 13: As many as 12,143 new COVID-19 cases and 11,395 discharges were reported in India in the last 24 hours, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed on Saturday. With this, the total number of cases in the country has reached 1,08,92,746 including 1,36,571 active cases and 1,06,00,625 discharges. The death toll has mounted to 1,55,550 with the loss of 103 lives due

Geneva, Feb 13: The World Health Organization's (WHO) team probing coronavirus origins, which is on a visit to China's Wuhan, the first Covid-19 hotspot, will publish a preliminary report next week, said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Friday. The WHO chief said the Wuhan visit has been an important scientific exercise, adding that they are open to all hypotheses and require

Virudhunagar, Feb 13: The death toll in the fire incident that took place at the firecracker factory in Virudhunagar on Friday, has mounted to 19, said R Kannan, Viruthunagar district collector on Saturday. As many as 30 people were critically injured at a massive fire. "At around 1 pm on Friday, a loud noise was heard from the firecracker factory in Achankulam village near Sattur. More than a

Washington, Feb 13: There is a complete lack of evidence on the article of impeachment against Donald Trump, his lawyers told the United States Senate on Friday as they asserted that he was a law-and-order president and his speech did not cause the January 6 riots at the Capitol. "We have a complete lack of evidence for the article of impeachment presented by the House managers," Trump's lawyer

Udupi, Feb 12: Rashmi Samant, an alumna of Manipal Institute of Technology, created history by winning the prestigious position of Oxford Student Union Presidency on Thursday. Samant is the first Indian woman to occupy the position of president of the Oxford Student Union. Samant bagged more than the combined votes of the other three contestants for the post. Samant is a student of MSc in energy

Mangaluru, Feb 12: A youth lost his life after falling off a building near Bejai in Mangaluru city this evening. According to reports, the victim was a cleaning staff working for a contracting company. It is learnt that after finishing his work on the balcony of the 7th floor of the building, he was about to get down when he slipped and fell to his death. Details are awaited.

New Delhi, Feb 12: Karnataka - which is expected to have a debt of over Rs 4 lakh crore at the end of this fiscal year - will become a revenue deficit state if the Centre does not extend the GST compensation period, Congress MP G C Chandrashekar said on Friday in the Rajya Sabha. 6Participating in a debate on Budget 2021, Chandrashekar pointed out that the GST compensation provided to Karnataka

Bengaluru, Feb 12: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Friday asked police officials to be polite and considerate to complainants approaching police stations. "I have a piece of advice to the senior officials that people visiting the police station should be treated with utmost respect and humility. Listen to their grievances and address them sincerely, Yediyurappa told reporters after

Jerusalem, Feb 12: The majority of the people can produce neutralising antibodies against the novel coronavirus in severe cases of Covid-19, according to a study that supports the use of combination antibody therapy to prevent and treat the disease. The researchers noted that neutralising antibodies that specifically target the receptor-binding domain (RBD) of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein -- which