South Korean authorities on Sunday confirmed the first case of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus since the outbreak that affected the country in 2015 leaving 187 infected and 38 dead.

Leading by example, Kulpi block in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district has achieved 99 per cent institutional child delivery by providing state-of-the-art facilities, according to an official.

South Korean defender Lee Yong said on Thursday his teammates are eager to display their talent to the new head coach and that will lead to good performances in the upcoming friendly match against Costa Rica.

Costa Rica's football team's interim coach Ronald Gonzalez said on Thursday he expects a tough match with South Korea even though the opponents are playing their first match under a new head coach.

India will have only pride to play for after going down in the fourth Test and losing the five-match series 1-3 against England who will see former captain Alastair Cook don the white flannels for the last time, in the fifth and final Test at The Oval here on Friday.

One more body was recovered from the bridge collapse site in south Kolkata's Majherhat on Wednesday, taking the death toll to two in the accident so far, police said.

Two students from Delhi University are still waiting for their revaluation results for which they filed in January this year, but the varsity is neither ready with the results - more than seven months later, or even responding to the students' query.

South Korean men's national basketball team head coach Hur Jae resigned on Wednesday following a third-place finish at the 18th Asian Games in Indonesia.

Goalkeeper Jo Hyeon-woo was removed on Wednesday from the South Korean football squad for a pair of friendlies in September with a knee injury sustained during the Asian Games.

A group of South Korean envoys travelled to Pyongyang on Wednesday to prepare for an upcoming inter-Korean summit and help re-start stalled talks between the US and North Korea.