Washington [US], January 21 (ANI): An LA judge recently ruled that actor-filmmaker Bill Paxton's family can seek punitive damages against Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in connection with their claim that it failed to perform an autopsy as promised in an effort to cover up his cause of death.
Washington [US], January 20 (ANI): Comedian, talk show host and political influencer Jon Stewart has been named the 23rd recipient of the Kennedy Center's Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, awarded for lifetime achievement in comedy.
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], January 20 (ANI): Himachal Pradesh is expected to experience bad weather till 24 January as several parts of the state are under intense cold-wave, informed the Meteorological Center Shimla on Thursday.
Fayzabad, [Afghanistan], January 20 (ANI): An earthquake of magnitude 4.5 occurred in Afghanistan's Fayzabad on Thursday as per the National Center for Seismology.
New Delhi [India], January 19 (ANI): The International Financial Services Centers Authority (IFSCA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Insurance Institute of India for capacity building in insurance sector, according to an official statement released on Wednesday.
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 19 (ANI): As Pakistan faces the fifth wave of the deadly pandemic, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) imposed further restrictions on schools, weddings and gyms especially in cities with a Covid-19 positivity ratio of over 10 per cent on Wednesday.
Moscow [Russia], January 19 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia has confirmed 33,899 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, which brings the cumulative total to 10,899,411, the federal response center said on Wednesday.
Yamuna Nagar (Haryana) [India], January 19 (ANI/PNN): With obesity in India reaching epidemic proportions in the 21st century and morbid obesity affecting about 5% of the country's population, experts have called for accommodating obesity as the public health priority.
Washington [US], January 18 (ANI): In honour of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry showed their support by providing meals for volunteers and staff organising Monday's events at The King Center in Atlanta.
Washington [US], January 18 (ANI): Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani neuroscientist serving more than 80-years sentence in the US, has once again come to the limelight after her release was sought by the British hostage-taker at a Texas synagogue last week.
Moscow [Russia], January 18 (ANI/Sputnik): The effectiveness of the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine against the Omicron coronavirus variant is 75 per cent, Alexander Gintsburg, the head of Russia's Gamaleya Research Center, said on Tuesday.
Ngopa (Mizoram) [India], January 18 (ANI): An earthquake of magnitude 4.3 on the richer scale struck in Mozoram's Ngopa, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) said on Tuesday.