Haridwar (Uttarakhand) [India], April 16 (ANI): As the COVID-19 cases are increasing across the country, Panchayati Niranjani Akhada, one of the 13 akhadas, on Thursday announced the conclusion of the Kumbh on April 17.
London [UK], April 16 (ANI): Buckingham Palace has revealed the names of 30 people who will make up at the congregation at the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip's funeral service on Saturday.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], April 16 (ANI): Telangana Secondary School Certificate (TS SSC) exams have been canceled due to the present COVID-19 pandemic situation in the state, informed special chief secretary of Telangana government Chitra Ramchandran on Thursday.
Kangra (Himachal Pradesh) [India], April 16 (ANI): An earthquake of magnitude 3.5 on the richter scale struck Himachal Pradesh's Kangara at 3 am on Friday, according to the National Centre for Seismology.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 16 (ANI): The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagar (BBMP) Palike on Thursday introduced a helpline number 1912 that offers direct Covid19-related assistance. The helpline number was launched by the BBMP Commissioner Gaurav Gupta here.
New Delhi [India], April 16 (ANI): Amid the sudden surge in COVID-19 cases across the country, several states have witnessed shortage of the anti-viral drug Remdesivir and medical oxygen.
Brasilia [Brazil], April 16 (ANI/Sputnik): The Brazilian Supreme Court has upheld the earlier court's decision to overturn the sentence for former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, thus recognizing the guilty verdict of a court of the Parana state void.
Washington DC [US], April 16 (ANI): US President Joe Biden said his recent conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin concerning bilateral relations was "candid and respectful."
Washington DC [US], April 16 (ANI): Amid rising tensions with China on multiple fronts, US lawmakers are seeking tighter restrictions on sales of chip-making tools to Chinese companies which can be used for military hardware such as hypersonic weapons.
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], April 16 (ANI): Indore's Special Task Force (STF) has arrested three people in connection with black marketing of anti-viral drug Remdesivir used in the treatement COVID-19 patients. The police have recovered twelve 'export printed' Remdesivir injections from
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 16 (ANI): Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for allowing Maharashtra-government owned Haffkine Institute to manufacture Bharat Biotech's Covaxin, on the basis of transfer of technology.
New York [US], April 16 (ANI): At least 71 journalists have been arrested by Myanmar authorities since the military coup in February, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said in a press briefing on Thursday.