Search For "authorities"
Hong Kong health adviser warns of a fifth COVID-19 wave after discovery of
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Hong Kong, April 30 (ANI): A top Hong Kong public health adviser has warned of a potential fifth wave of COVID-19 infections emerging in the next couple of weeks after authorities identified the city's first untraceable case with a mutant strain and evacuated hundreds from a residential bloc
Read More
Asian Para Gold medallist Neeraj gets medical assistance, RTPCR report awa
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 28 (ANI): After getting to know about the current health condition of Asian Para Gold medallist Neeraj Yadav, javelin thrower Sandeep Chaudhary called on authorities in Delhi and urged them to provide immediate medical assistance to him.
Read More
HC issues notice to Delhi govt on plea seeking cooked meals for migrant wo
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 28 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice to the Delhi government on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking direction to authorities concerned to provide cooked and packed meals to all the workers and their families gathering in view of the ongoing l
Read More
Unsatisfied with action of Telangana authorities, NHRC recommends release,
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 28 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), contrary to the initial reports from the public authorities in Telangana, has found that a minor girl from Odisha was kept as a bonded labour at a brick kiln in Hyderabad as her mother was unable to repay the mon
Read More
176 arrested in Ecuador for violating COVID-19 curfew
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Quito [Ecuador], April 27 (ANI/Xinhua): Ecuadorian authorities arrested 176 people over the weekend for violating a newly-imposed night-time curfew aimed at curbing the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Government Minister Gabriel Martinez said on Monday.
Read More
Chinese authorities sentence Uyghur author to 20 years in prison
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 25 (ANI): Chinese authorities in the northwest region of Xinjiang have sentenced an Uyghur author, whose work was targeted in a book burning campaign, to 20 years in prison, according to officials.
Read More
COVID-19 fragments found in third Australia's New South Wales sewage plant
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], April 25 (ANI/Sputnik): Health Authorities in Australia's New South Wales (NSW) region are fearing that some new COVID-19 cases could be going undetected after fragments of the virus were found in a third sewage plant over the past two days.
Read More
China prosecutes dozens of people who posted leaked info of Xi's daughter
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 24 (ANI): Beijing has prosecuted dozens of people, for leaking personal information of Chinese President Xi Jinping's daughter, on charges of illegally collecting personal information, according to a report by Kyodo News.
Read More
Indonesian search teams identify area where missing submarine could be loc
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], April 24 (ANI): Indonesian search teams believe they have identified an area where a missing naval submarine with 53 people on board could be located, as authorities warn oxygen on the vessel will run out within hours, reported CNN.
Read More
China: 8 confirmed dead in Shanghai factory fire
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Shanghai [China], April 23 (ANI/Xinhua): Eight people, including two firefighters, have been confirmed dead in a fire that broke out at a factory in Shanghai Thursday afternoon, local authorities said Friday.
Read More
Despite imposing fine, Chinese authorities getting unsettled due to Alibab
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 23 (ANI): Despite Chinese regulators slapping a record fine of 18.2 billion yuan (2.8 billion dollars) on Alibaba Group, authorities in the country are getting unsettled due to the growing influence of the e-commerce giant over media assets.
Read More
Karachi: Families of missing Shias protest, Governor didn't even accept th
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], April 22 (ANI): As authorities in Pakistan continue the persecution of minority communities- especially of Shias, families and leaders of the Joint Action Committee for Shia Missing Persons protested at Sindh Governor House.
Read More