Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 30 (ANI): The ongoing COVID-induced lockdown in Uttar Pradesh, which is currently in force till May 31, will continue for one more week in districts that have more than 600 active cases, announced Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday.
Karachi [Pakistan], May 30 (ANI): The chief engineer of Guddu Barrage in Pakistan's Sindh province has advised growers not to go for paddy sowing in May and June as the barrage as well as the province are experiencing 'worst water shortage in 60 years'.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 29 (ANI): With less than 60 days remaining for the Tokyo Olympics, the Indian women's hockey team is trying to stay in the present moment.
Mogadishu [Somalia], May 27 (ANI): Somalia's federal government and leaders of most of its entities announced an agreement on Thursday to hold the long-delayed national elections, heading off a crisis that had threatened widespread political violence.
Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 27 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Health Basix, a data-driven digital kids healthcare platform, announced the launch of its partnership with several schools in the Coimbatore district, to provide free remote health services to 60,000 students and their familie
New Delhi [India], May 26 (ANI): Medanta Hospitals chairman Dr Naresh Trehan has said that many new coronavirus vaccines are coming to India and the shortage of the doses are likely to be over by July-August.
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 25 (ANI): Pakistan's literacy rate for 10 years and above remained stagnant at 60 per cent in 2019-20 compared to the finding of the calendar year 2014-15, according to a countrywide survey.
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 23 (ANI): A survey by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reveals that literacy rate among children aged 10 and above in Pakistan has stagnated at 60 per cent.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], May 23 (ANI): A Hyderabad-based NGO has stepped forward to help Covid-19 patients by giving them two home-cooked meals daily.
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], May 22 (ANI): The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Friday said that 60 per cent of the population above 45 years has been vaccinated in the Union Territory, which is above the national average of 32 per cent.
New Delhi [India], May 21 (ANI): At least 188, including two from the anchor boat Varaprada have been rescued so far from the barge P305, which sank after Cyclone Tauktae hit the Arabian Sea off the coast of Mumbai on May 17, the Defence Public Relations Officer (PRO) said on Friday.