United Nations, December 6 (PTI): An additional 207 million people could be pushed into extreme poverty by 2030 due to the severe long-term impact of the coronavirus pandemic, bringing the total number of the w
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HOUSTON, DECEMBER 6 (IANS): A post office in the US city Houston will be named after Sandeep Singh Dhaliwal, the first Sikh Deputy in Texas's Harris County who was shot dead while on duty in September
Jakarta, December 6 (AP): Indonesia's social affairs minister turned himself in to anti-corruption authorities Sunday to face charges of taking bribes related to the government's COVID-19 aid distributi
London, December 6 (PTI): The first 50 National Health Service (NHS) hospitals are gearing up for what the UK government has described as the biggest immunisation programme in history as the first doses of the
Washington, December 6 (AP): President Donald Trump kicked off his Saturday night rally in Georgia for Republican Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue by recycling the falsehood that he won the state. You k
NEW YORK, DECEMBER 6 (IANS): In a first, a team of scientists has developed a new Covid-19 global surveillance system which can dynamically track not just where the virus is now, but where it is going, how fast
BEIJING, DECEMBER 6 (IANS): China on Sunday successfully launched a new Earth observation satellite from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in Sichuan province. The launch took place at 11.58 a.m., Xinhua n
KABUL, DECEMBER 6 (IANS): At least 18 militants were killed in Afghanistan's Kandahar province, the former stronghold of the Taliban militant group, the Defence Ministry said in a statement here Sunday.
Taipei, December 6 (AP): Provincial governments across China are placing orders for experimental, domestically made coronavirus vaccines, though health officials have yet to say how well they work or how they m
Washington, December 6 (IANS): The overall number of global coronavirus cases has crossed the 66 million mark, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.52 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.-
Washngton, December 5 (AP): The departing Trump administration has ended five cultural-exchange programmes with China that it says were being used for Chinese propaganda and had no benefit to the United States.
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Kabul, December 5 (IANS): A judge of the Afghan Supreme Court has been assassinated in the country's capital, a local media report said Saturday. Abdul Jamil was shot dead after Friday prayers outside a
KUWAIT CITY, DECEMBER 5 (IANS): Voting was underway on Saturday for the parliamentary elections in Kuwait with 326 candidates running for 50 seats. The voting process started at 8 a.m. and will proceed conti
ISLAMABAD, DECEMBER 5 (IANS): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that his government was introducing a new system of 'reward and punishment under which civil servants would not be transferred but s
SAN FRANCISCO, DECEMBER 5 (IANS): About 25,000 residents have been evacuated due to a wind-driven wildfire occurring near Irvine City in southern California, according to local firefighting authorities. Howe
SEOUL, DECEMBER 5 (IANS): North Korea's Supreme People's Assembly (SPA) has passed a number of new laws on foreign culture, tech and telecom, state media reported on Saturday. In a report, the Korean
GENEVA, DECEMBER 5 (IANS): The Covid-19 pandemic has not settled down into a predictable pattern, as the situation of transmission and cases in different countries varies a lot, said an expert from World Health
KABUL, DECEMBER 5 (IANS): At least 25 Taliban militants, including two commanders, were killed and eight others injured during a raid in Afghanistan's Helmand province, the Army said on Saturday. "T
Washington, December 5 (PTI): US President-elect Joe Biden has said the presidential inauguration on January 20 will not be a "gigantic" event, but something closer to what the Democratic convent
Beijing, December 5 (PTI): Eighteen of the 23 workers were killed in a coal mine in China due to an excessive level of carbon monoxide, local officials said on Saturday. The accident happened at around 5 pm
