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A contentious sex education bill that was vetoed by Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey last month is being revived, with the sponsor keeping what she called the heart of the proposal, increased parental notifications, but stripping out provisions that specifically t...

Authorities in Brazil's most populous state on Wednesday said they have mobilized to try to convince the Chinese government to authorize the export of raw material to make millions of COVID19 vaccines needed amid a sudden shortage.

Prosecutors dropped a misconduct charge against a Des Moines police officer accused of interfering with an investigation involving his girlfriend, saying Wednesday that the evidence showed he didn't commit a crime.

Jim Klobuchar, longtime Minnesota newspaper reporter and columnist and father of U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, has died after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease.

President Donald Trump wanted National Guard troops in Washington to protect his supporters at a Jan. 6 rally that ended with them attacking the U.S. Capitol, leaving five dead, Trump's former Pentagon chief testified on Wednesday.

Defense officials had few solid answers Wednesday as frustrated lawmakers sought details on how the United States will keep the terrorist threat from reemerging in Afghanistan after American and coalition troops leave later this year.

The 28-member national shooting contingent, which reached Croatia in the early hours of Wednesday, will undergo 7 days of quarantine before stepping out for practice.

Chennai accounted for 7,564 new infections, totalling 4,12,505 till date. The metropolis leads in the number of fatalities also with 5,458 deaths.

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan urged states to ensure that healthcare and frontline workers are fully vaccinated as they form the vulnerable categories.

Foreign currency assets (FCA), a major component of the overall reserves, increased to USD 536.693 billion as at March end 2021 from USD 502.162 billion, the report noted.

The BMC's Central Purchase Authority is procuring antifungal drug Amphotericin B which is used to treat mucormycosis.

The 3,693 monuments and 50 museums under ASI will remain closed till May 31 due to a surge in COVID-19 cases.

The Chief of Defence Staff, General Bipin Rawat, visited the Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel Hospital and the Base Hospital of the Army in Delhi Cantonment.

Singapore Open was cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic making it almost impossible for Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics.

There are 82,725 active cases in Delhi, down from 83,809 the previous day and 49,974 of them are in home isolation, the health department said.

The Union govt accuses Punjab of not installing 251 ventilators out of 809 ventilators supplied by the Centre, but Punjab says most of them are faulty.