Beijing [China], July 3 (ANI): At least eight Russian and Chinese warships have been spotted in the seas near Japan this week, signalling the apparent pressure the two nations have been putting on Tokyo as the relations deteriorate over Ukraine and Taiwan respectively, as per media reports.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 3 (ANI): Maharashtra on Sunday reported 2,962 fresh COVID-19 cases, including one more patient of BA.4 sub-variant of Omicron who was found positive, the health department said in a bulletin.
Kathmandu [Nepal], July 3 (ANI): As COVID-19 cases have been increasing in Nepal, a sub-variant of Omicron "BA.5" has been detected after a genetic test conducted at Dhulikhel Hospital in the country.
Hong Kong, July 3 (ANI): Hong Kong on Sunday said that it will distribute around 290,000 sets of COVID-19 rapid antigen test (RAT) kits as part of a follow-up on the recent detection of the COVID-19 virus in sewage samples.
Washington [US], July 3 (ANI): Last year, pathologist Jeffrey SoRelle, M.D., and colleagues developed CoVarScan, a rapid COVID-19 test that detects eight hotspot signatures in the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Now that CoVarScan has been tested on more than 4,000 patient samples collected at UT Southwes
Beijing [China], July 2 (ANI): Two new cases of Covid-19 were recently found in Wuhan, where the virus first emerged, though Chinese President Xi Jinping emphasised on the zero-COVID policy during his visit to the city last week.
Tripoli [Libya], July 2 (ANI/Xinhua): Protests broke out Friday in several Libyan cities over the country's political deadlock, with demonstrators demanding all existing political bodies dissolve and presidential and parliamentary elections be held as soon as possible.
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 2 (ANI): Sri Lankan Custom officials along with the country's Excise department on Friday seized foreign alcohol worth Rs 60 million along with cosmetics, turmeric and cigarettes sent in several large UPBS (Unaccompanied Passenger Baggage) from Dubai, a local med
Noney (Manipur) [India], July 2 (ANI): Another landslide hit near the tragedy site in Manipur's Noney, the Manipur Mountaineering and Tracking Association informed on Saturday.
New Delhi [India], July 2 (ANI): A Jabalpur-bound SpiceJet flight returned to the Delhi airport on Saturday morning after passengers claimed smoke in the plane.
Brussels [Belgium], July 1 (ANI/Xinhua): Ukraine's bid to join the European Union (EU) is "within reach" but requires "hard work, determination and above all unity of purpose," European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Friday.