New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Sunday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to provide Rs 6,000 per month to the poor and needy in various states under lockdown.
Taipei [Taiwan], May 16 (ANI): One person died while three went missing after a Chinese sand dredger capsized around 60 nautical miles southwest of Qimei Island in Taiwan on Saturday.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], May 16 (ANI): The second consignment of the SputnikV vaccine that arrive in India on Sunday contained 60,000 doses, Dr Reddy's Laboratory informed.
New Delhi [India], May 16 (AN): With the commissioning of Wi-Fi at Hazaribagh Town railway station falling under Hazaribagh district of Jharkhand in Dhanbad Division of East Central Railway on Saturday, the Indian Railways commissioned Wi-Fi at 6,000 railway stations, it informed on Sunday.
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): Amid the unprecedented rise in COVID-19 cases, Congress Leader Shaktisinh Gohil urged the Centre to vaccinate 60 percent of the population, through a "universal vaccination" programme, to stop a "third wave" of Covid-19 from occurring.
Tokyo [Japan], May 15 (ANI): More than 600 supporters of the Palestinian cause gathered outside the Turkish mosque in Tokyo on May 14 after Friday prayers, and took a march to protest against the Israeli attacks on the Palestinians in Gaza.
Gadchiroli (Maharashtra) [India], May 13 (ANI): Two Naxalites were killed on Thursday in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli after an encounter with the C-60 unit of the State Police.
Beijing [China], May 12 (ANI): China has blamed the abrupt withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan for a surge of attacks in the country, days after a series of explosions in Kabul killed over 60 people, mostly girl students.
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 11 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday directed the Finance Department to immediately release the sanctioned amount of Rs 60 crore for the first phase construction of the Maharaja Bhupinder Singh Punjab Sports University (MBSPSU), Patiala
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 10 (ANI): The death toll from recent explosions near a school in Kabul has climbed to at least 63, with over 150 others wounded, said the Afghan Government.
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 10 (ANI): Two days after a deadly bombing outside a school in Kabul claimed the lives of over 60 students, the Taliban on Monday announced that they would observe a three-day ceasefire for the festival of Eid.
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 10 (ANI): After a bombing near a school in Kabul that claimed over 60 lives, a roadside bomb exploded on a passenger bus in Afghanistan's Zabul province, killing over a dozen people, according to a local source.