Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 13 (ANI): Sri Lanka has made cremations compulsory for coronavirus victims, ignoring protests from the country's Muslim population which says the rule goes against Islamic tradition.
New Delhi [India], April 11 (ANI): Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal on Saturday said that the central government cannot shake off its responsibility towards the Indians living in foreign countries, especially in the Gulf, in the midst of coronavirus pandemic.
Davanagere (Karnataka) [India], April 8 (ANI): BJP MLA from Honnali constituency, MP Renukacharya, said that the government should not ignore those who attended Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi and are escaping detection, and it is not wrong if the person is shot.
New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI): In view of lockdown to combat COVID-19, Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) on Monday said it will facilitate assignment submission by learners through email.
Washington [US], Apr 06 (ANI): The coronavirus, which originated in China, could have been stopped from turning into a pandemic if the World Health Organisation paid heed to Taiwan's early warnings regarding the human to human transmission of the virus.
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Mar 22 (ANI): Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday said that bans and prohibition orders will be strictly implemented if COVID-19 preventive measures put out by the government are not followed.
New Delhi [India], Mar 20 (ANI): With celebrities, politicians and public officials raising awareness about the right way to wash hands as a precautionary measure against coronavirus, Google on Friday dedicated its doodle to scientist Ignaz Semmelweis and handwashing.
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar 19 (ANI): Pakistan's northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa reported two deaths from the novel coronavirus on Wednesday, while the provinces of Sindh and Balochistan have registered 208 and 23 cases of the infection respectively, prompting fears of an exponenti
Tehran [Iran], Mar 15 (ANI): Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has appealed to heads of other countries facing the sanctions imposed by the United States, to stop observing the stringent measures and informed how efforts to fight the coronavirus pandemic in his country have been severely hamp
Guna (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Mar 6 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Labour Department Minister Mahendra Singh Sisodia said that the state government will face a crisis if it "ignores or disrespects" party leader Jyotiraditya Scindia.
New Delhi [India], Feb 23 (ANI): CPI-M general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Sunday slammed the central government after Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's name was dropped from the list of dignitaries to be present during US First Lady Melania Trump's visit to a Delhi government school.
Washington D.C [US], Feb 17 (ANI): Even as the Trump administration prepares for peace deal with Taliban, a scholar with a Washington based think-tank has said that the insurgency in the landlocked country would not have survived without Islamabad's support and by ignoring the "Pakistan prob