Moscow [Russia], December 11 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia has confirmed 30,288 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the cumulative total to 9,986,967, the federal response center said on Saturday.
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 11 (ANI): The teaching and non-teaching staff of Pakistan's Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) announced to call off their strike and resume duty after sorting their differences with the Imran Khan government.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 11 (ANI): Advay Dhoot, a young chess player from Mumbai, participated in chess tournaments in the European circuit, in Germany and France and came out with strong performances, making him a top junior chess contender from India.
Panaji (Goa) [India], December 11 (ANI): The All Indian Football Federation (AIFF) Disciplinary Committee has decided to impose no further sanctions on ATK Mohun Bagan player Deepak Tangri for his red card incident involving Vikram Partap Singh in the Indian Super League Match 14 against Mum
Dubai [UAE], December 10 (ANI): Norwegian Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen on Friday won the 2021 FIDE World Chess Championship after beating GM Ian Nepomniachtchi with the black pieces in Dubai.
Madrid [Spain], December 10 (ANI): The three-time champion shuttler Carolina Marin's return to court got further delayed after the Spaniard on Friday decided to pull out of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Championships which gets underway from Sunday in Huelva.
Geneva [Switzerland], December 10 (ANI): Despite significant progress since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) 73 years ago, the COVID pandemic has "fed a frightening rise in inequalities", and laid bare "many of our failures to consolidate the advances made", s
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], December 9 (ANI): Avtar Singh joined as Chairman of Punjab State Cooperative Development Federation (Puncofed) in the presence of Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa on Thursday.
New Delhi [India], December 9 (ANI): Foreign Minister S Jaishankar congratulated Annalena Baerbock on Thursday on her appointment as Germany's Federal Foreign Minister.
New Delhi [India], December 9 (ANI): The Federation of Resident Doctors Association (FORDA) on Thursday has announced that it will hold its ongoing agitation for expediting NEET-PG 2021 Counselling for a week. It has also been announced that the resident doctors will be resuming all services
Bern [Switzerland], December 8 (ANI/Sputnik): The Swiss Federal Office of Public Health said on Wednesday that 12,598 new cases of coronavirus infection have been detected over the past day, marking a record daily increase in cases since the start of the pandemic.
Zurich [Switzerland] December 8 (ANI/Sputnik): The Swiss parliament voted on Wednesday to appoint foreign minister Ignazio Cassis as the confederation's new president for what is a largely symbolic 12-month tenure.