Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 29 (ANI): West Bengal registered a total of 12,193 fresh COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the state government informed.
Beijing [China], May 28 (ANI): Former Chinese diplomat and Australian writer Yang Hengjun on Thursday pleaded not guilty to espionage charges in an over six-hour trial in Beijing, according to one of his lawyers.
Sindh [Pakistan], May 28 (ANI): After last week's major power outage in Karachi, the coastline city of Pakistan's Sindh province remained without power for several hours on Thursday night, making life tough for the citizens amid the rising heat.
Moscow [Russia], May 28 (ANI/Xinhua): Russia confirmed 9,252 new COVID-19 infections over the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 5,044,459, the official monitoring and response center said Friday.
Male [Maldives], May 28 (ANI): Maldives on Thursday reported three COVID deaths over the past 24 hours, taking the total death toll to 151 in the country.
New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) on Friday informed that as many as 1,86,364 fresh COVID-19 cases have been reported in India in the last 24 hours, which is the lowest daily new cases reported in the last 44 days.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 28 (ANI): Equity indices gained over half a per cent during early hours on Friday as industry leaders hoped for another economic stimulus by the government.
Bogota [Colombia], May 28 (ANI/Xinhua): Colombia reported 513 more deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, raising the nationwide death toll to 86,693, the health ministry said Thursday.
Quito [Ecuador], May 28 (ANI/Xinhua): Ecuador reported on Thursday 1,098 new COVID-19 infections and 43 more deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the caseload to 422,329 and death toll to 14,909, the Ministry of Public Health said.
Washington DC [US], May 28 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday (local time) met with US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan wherein they held an hour long meeting discussing wide-ranging issues including the Indo-Pacific and Afghanistan in Washington.
New Delhi [India], May 27 (ANI): With 1,072 fresh positive cases being recorded in the last 24 hours, Delhi's positivity rate dropped to 1.53 per cent, which is the lowest since March 24.