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Chinese children still top the list of adoptions with 819 in 2019. China is followed by Ukraine (298), Colombia (244), India (241) and South Korea (166).

Protestors pelted stones at the security forces when they were withdrawing from the encounter site at Beighpora in Awantipora area of Pulwama district.

Satna District Collector Ajay Katseria said local migrant labourers have been entering the district from Gujarat's Surat over the last few days. They are brought in mini-trucks, with these vehicles carrying up to 70 persons.

According to the statement, Das said Bangladesh was the first country to receive these test kits from India on priority, 'which reflects the importance of Dhaka to New Delhi'.

Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla held a video-conference with chief secretaries of a number of states as part of efforts to ensure proper coordination in the operation christened 'Vande Bharat Mission'.

So far, 109 of the 192 patients have been discharged from hospitals after their treatment, leaving 83 active cases in the district, officials added.

Bhalla said stricter enforcement of lockdown was necessary and the problems have arisen due to ostracism of healthcare professionals and lack of quarantine facilities in the state.

The US Commission on International Religious Freedom had on April 14, 2020, raised concerns about 'attacks on Muslims' and marked India as a 'country of particular concern'.

The swab reports of two constables, attached to the Kurla police station, came out positive on Tuesday and the duo has been quarantined, an official said.

From his teenaged years to his death in a shootout on Wednesday, Naikoo rose to be the best known face of the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen in Kashmir, appearing in hundreds of Facebook posts or through WhatsApp messages, broadcasting retribution against informers,...

The revision was being effected following a 15 percent increase in excise duty on Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL), an official release said.

While the two Sri Lankan nationals have been sent to jail, the other 11 Jamaat members were released on bail, police said. The Sir Lanka embassy in Delhi has been informed about the arrest of its two citizens, they added.

The petition, filed by Nagpur Daily Newspaper Hawkers and Sub-Agents Welfare Association on Tuesday, said their members are required to go door-to-door to deliver newspapers and would come in contact with several persons. Thus, they would be at the risk...

The service, which is available only to those who are in 'green zones', has been launched to ensure the wine shops aren’t flooded with buyers amid lockdown.

Twenty-five copies of the fake forms were recovered from his shop and the accused disclosed that he had sold 20 copies so far at Rs 20 each.

On Tuesday the government without giving any reasons said the liquor outlets in Chennai will continue to remain closed till a fresh date for their reopening is announced.