Bangkok [Thailand], August 6 (ANI/Xinhua): Thailand reported a record number of 21,379 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, including 4,700 in the capital Bangkok, taking the national tally since the pandemic began to 714,684.
New Delhi [India], August 6 (ANI): Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Thakur stated that it's befitting that India's highest sporting honour, Khel Ratna, is being renamed after hockey legend Dhyan Chand.
Nottingham [UK], August 5 (ANI): England fast bowler James Anderson on Thursday became the joint third-highest wicket-taker in the longest format of the game.
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 5 (ANI): Sri Lanka has the world's second-highest number of enforced disappearances, as tens of thousands of people have "forcibly disappeared" over many decades, according to Amnesty International.
New Delhi [India], August 4 (ANI): With India accounting for the highest number of deaths due to road accidents, the Indian Orthopedic Association has said that many lives can be saved by the victims get proper first-aid immediately.
Kathmandu [Nepal], August 4 (ANI): Nepal on Wednesday recorded a total of 4,107 new cases of coronavirus infection, the highest single-day rise in cases since June, thereby taking the national tally to 7,69,922.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 4 (ANI): Government-owned State Bank of India (SBI) on Wednesday reported its highest quarterly net profit of Rs 6,504 crore in the April to June quarter, marking an increase of 55 per cent in the year-ago period.
New Delhi [India], August 3 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded the efforts of Indian sportspersons who are participating in the ongoing Tokyo Olympics and highlighted that this time, the highest number of players had qualified for the games.
Washington [US], August 3 (ANI/Sputnik): The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday issued an advisory placing Greece, Ireland, Iran, Kazakhstan and the US Virgin Islands placing them in the category of highest risk for COVID-19 and advising Americans not to travel the
New Delhi [India], August 2 (ANI): Indian Railways has registered the highest ever incremental freight loading of 17.54 million tonnes in July 2021, an increase of 18.43 per cent from July 2020.
New Delhi [India], August 2 (ANI): The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on Monday through an affidavit filed in Delhi High Court submitted that the allocation of 100 per cent PhD seats to Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) category candidates for the academic year 2021-22 in selected centres
Islamabad [Pakistan] July 31 (ANI): As Pakistan has been facing an energy crisis, the Imran Khan government has procured liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes for September at the rates of 15.19-15.49 dollars per mm Btu which are the highest since 2015.