New Delhi [India], September 15 (ANI): Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed a bill that allows the central government to regulate the supply of some food items only under extraordinary circumstances which may include war, famine, extraordinary price rise and natural calamity of grave nature.
Jakarta [Indonesia], September 15 (ANI): Local authorities in East Java have come up with a unique punishment for people found violating norms to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Guntur (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Aug 13 (ANI): The body of a deceased COVID-19 patient was taken to the burial ground on a cycle rickshaw in Guntur district here, the third incident in as many months and after the Andhra Pradesh government suspending two officers in Srikakulam district for
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Aug 12 (ANI): Last rites of Urdu poet and lyricist Rahat Indori, who tested positive for COVID-19 and died of cardiac arrest, were performed at Chhoti Khajrani graveyard in Indore last night following coronavirus norms.
Tokyo [Japan], Aug 11 (ANI): A day after Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai was arrested for breaching the national security law, the Japanese government has said that it is keeping a close watch on the situation in Hong Kong.
Ottawa [Canada], Aug 11 (ANI/Sputnik): The Canadian government is gravely concerned over the actions of the Belarusian authorities amid mass protests that erupted following the country's presidential election, Francois-Philippe Champagne, the Canadian Foreign Minister, said on Monday.
Sonitpur (Assam) [India], Aug 6 (ANI): An indefinite curfew has been imposed from Wednesday in areas under the Thelamara and Dhekiajuli police stations of Assam by the Sonitpur District Magistrate who cited "grave law and order situation" with some groups attempting to indulge in violence
New Delhi [India], July 30 (ANI): A special court in Delhi, which on Thursday sentenced former Samata Party president Jaya Jaitley and two others to four years imprisonment in connection with a corruption case related to a 2001 defence deal, observed that the crimes committed by them had gr
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], July 25 (ANI): Fearing non-availability of a COVID-19 vaccine in near future, Telugu Desam Party (TDP) National President N Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday underscored the need for greater preventive measures, social digitalisation and yoga to avoid grave da
Hong Kong, July 25 (ANI): Hong Kong's COVID-19 situation remained grave as newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 reached a new high on Saturday, Xinhua news agency reported.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 5 (ANI): After the body of a COVID-19 patient was found partially burnt at a graveyard here, apparently due to rains which doused the fire in the pyre the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) swung into action and is in the process of constructi
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 1 (ANI): Bombay High Court has allowed a minor rape victim to abort a 25-week-old foetus observing that the continuance of pregnancy is causing a grave injury to her mental health and poses a risk to her life.