New Delhi [India], January 29 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will table the Economic Survey 2020-21 in Parliament on Friday, two days before the Union Budget is presented during the budget session of Parliament.
Brasilia [Brazil], January 29 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Brazil has increased by 61,811 within the past 24 hours and reached 9,058,687, the Ministry of Health said.
Washington DC [US], January 29 (ANI): Expressing concern over the acquittal in the Daniel Pearl murder cases, the US Justice Department on Thursday said Ahmad Omar Saeed Sheikh must not be permitted to evade justice for his role in the abduction and murder of the American citizen.
Washington [US], January 29 (ANI): A senior Pentagon official on Thursday dismissed China's war threat against Taiwan and reaffirmed Washington's commitment to supporting Taipei's defense capability under the Taiwan Relations Act (TRA).
Jind (Haryana) [India], January 29 (ANI): Villagers here blocked the Jind-Chandigarh highway on the intervening night of January 29 for two hours in support of the farmers' protest.
Maryland [US], January 29 (ANI/Sputnik): The coronavirus vaccine developed by the US company Novavax has demonstrated 89.3 per cent efficacy during the phase 3 trials conducted in the United Kingdom, the company said in a statement.
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], January 29 (ANI): COVID-19 vaccination drive was conducted at a centre in Jammu on Thursday where the Financial Commissioner of Health and Medical Education Department said that around 15,000 people have been vaccinated in the Union Territory till yesterday
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 29 (ANI): Pakistan's Lashkar-e-Islam terrorist group head Mangal Bagh was killed in a bomb blast in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province on Thursday.
New Delhi [India], January 29 (ANI): The Government of India on Thursday extended the ban on international scheduled commercial flights to and from India till February 28 amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], January 29 (ANI): The Kerala State Planning Board (KSPB) is organizing an extensive international conference on the virtual mode with the theme 'Kerala Looks Ahead' from February 1 to 3 to propose programs to be implemented in nine key areas.
Washington DC [US], January 29 (ANI): Slamming the Pakistani court's decision to acquit journalist Daniel Pearl's killer Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, State Secretary Antony Blinken said that Washington is ready to prosecute Sheikh in the United States for his horrific crimes against an American