Manila [Philippines], May 17 (ANI/Xinhua): The Philippine Department of Health (DOH) reported 5,979 new COVID-19 infections on Monday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 1,149,925.
New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Monday said that the political leaders have no business to use the pandemic time for their personal benefits and expressed hope that medicines used for the treatment of COVID-19 are not hoarded for "political gains".
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 17 (ANI): Ace actor Vidya Balan's highly-anticipated film 'Sherni' will premiere globally on Amazon Prime Video in June.
Auckland [New Zealand], May 17 (ANI): New Zealand pacer Neil Wagner on Monday said that the upcoming two Test matches against England would not be a warm-up for the World Test Championship (WTC) final against India.
Melbourne [Australia], May 17 (ANI): Cricket Australia's interim CEO Nick Hockley on Monday said that he is grateful to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for ensuring Australian players reach their homes safely and quickly from the Maldives.
Michigan [US], May 17 (ANI): The COVID-19 pandemic phase observed children attending virtual school, holidays over Zoom, which became norms, however, the results of a national poll have highlighted another trend of children seeing doctors virtually.
Tokyo [Japan], May 17 (ANI): A new survey has shown that more than 80 per cent of Japanese people oppose hosting the Olympics this year, for which about 10 weeks are left. The Tokyo Games were postponed last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 17 (ANI): The Tamil Nadu Government on Sunday said that it had formed a thirteen-member Legislators' Advisory Committee which is headed by Chief Minister MK Stalin and comprises legislative assembly members to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic.
Auckland [New Zealand], May 17 (ANI): New Zealand Cricket (NZC) on Monday informed that the majority of the Kiwi Test contingent touched down in London on Sunday afternoon (UK time) after flying from Auckland via Singapore.
Bristol [UK], May 17 (ANI): Regular gamblers were more than six times more likely to gamble online compared to before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new research.
Washington [US] May 17,(ANI):Dr Anthony Fauci, the Biden administration's top medical adviser said that the COVID-19 pandemic had exposed racial disparities in living conditions and access to healthcare across the US that required serious action to fix.
New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): Former India batsman Sachin Tendulkar on Sunday that winning the 2011 World Cup is the best cricketing day of his life as his biggest dream came true.