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Pak envoy meets Taliban's acting FM, discusses bilateral cooperation
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 5 (ANI): Pakistan's envoy to Afghanistan Mansoor Ahmad Khan met Taliban acting foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi and discussed bilateral cooperation between both countries.
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Omicron: Mumbai prepares action plan for people returning from 'at risk' c
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 5 (ANI): Hours after India's fourth Omicron case was detected in Mumbai's Dombivli, Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar said that the authorities are alert about people returning from 'at risk' countries and have prepared an action plan for it.
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Sri Lankan Prez urges world to support vaccination drive of less wealthy n
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Abu Dhabi [UAE], December 4 (ANI): Underlining the threat posed by the new COVID-19 variant Omicron, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Saturday called upon nations that have the wherewithal to support the vaccination drive of less wealthy countries more effectively.
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Centre's policies under PM Modi helped Indian economy bounce back faster t
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 4 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said that the economic policy measures taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government during the past two years helped India's economy to bounce back faster than other countries after the COVID-19 pandemi
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Putin's visit much more important than ever for India-Russia ties, say exp
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 4 (ANI): As India gears up to host Vladimir Putin on Monday, experts highlight the significance of the visit of the Russian President for the annual summit between the leaders of both countries, which was postponed last year due to the COVID pandemic, and amid inc
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China accuses MI6 chief of pushing 'fake news' after comments that it targ
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], December 3 (ANI): The Chinese embassy in the UK has targetted the head of Britain's secret intelligence service, accusing Richard Moore of "peddling fake news" after the MI6 chief claimed Beijing targets poor countries with "debt" and "data" traps, a media report said.
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Omicron detected in 38 countries but Delta remains dominant COVID-19 varia
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 3 (ANI): Maria Van Kerkhove, the technical lead of COVID-19 response at WHO's Emergency Diseases Unit, said on Friday that the Omicron strain of coronavirus has been identified in 38 countries, but Delta remains the dominant variant of COVID-19, reported Sputni
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South-East Asia Region should strengthen COVID-19 response measures to cur
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] December 3 (ANI): As India confirmed two cases of Omicron, the World Health Organization on Friday said that countries in South-East Asia Region should further strengthen COVID-19 response measures to curtail the spread of the virus and its variants.
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18 fliers from at-risk countries tested positive for COVID-19, samples sen
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): Union Health Minister Manuskh Mandaviya said on Friday that RT-PCR tests have been done of 16,000 passengers from 'at risk' countries and 18 samples have been sent for genome sequencing to determine if they have Omicron variant of the virus or not.
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Omicron scare keeps Pakistan and others away from parliament event: Adhir
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] December 3, (ANI): Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, who is also chairperson of the Parliament Public Accounts Committee (PAC), said that a total of 52 foreign dignitaries were invited including Pakistan for the celebrations of the 100 years of PAC but several coun
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India invited 52 nations to attend 100 years of Public Account's Committee
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): Parliament's Public Account's Committee's (PAC) Chairperson and Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said that a total of 52 countries including Pakistan were invited to the celebrations of 100 years of the PAC but Islamabad did not resp
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Russia will co-operate with its 'all-weather friend' India in Indo-Pacific
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): Ahead of Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to India, experts believe that both the countries will co-operate in the Indo-Pacific region as Moscow understands New Delhi's strategic autonomy and considers India as "an all-weather friend."
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