Bangkok [Thailand], January 6 (ANI): The Asian leg in Bangkok, due to start next week with the Thailand Open, received a boost with all 824 participants in the Green Zone quarantine bubble testing negative for COVID-19.
Christchurch [New Zealand], January 6 (ANI): After registering a win in the second Test of the two-match series against Pakistan, New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson on Wednesday labelled Kyle Jamieson a "special cricketer", as the all-rounder finished the match with 11 wickets.
Washington [US], January 6 (ANI/Sputnik): Republican incumbent David Perdue has taken the lead in the Georgia Senate race that will decide whether Republicans retain control of the upper chamber with more than 61 per cent of counties/precincts reporting, official results show.
New Delhi [India], January 6 (ANI): The Government of India, the Government of West Bengal and the World Bank on Tuesday signed a $105 million project to improve the inland water transport infrastructure in Kolkata, West Bengal, according to the Ministry of Finance.
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], January 6 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh police on Tuesday registered a case against five persons for creating a ruckus and vandalising a toll plaza in Indore.
Singapore, January 6 (ANI): S&P Global Ratings on Wednesday assigned BBB-minus long-term issue rating to a proposed issue of senior unsecured notes by State Bank of India (SBI) under the bank's 10 billion dollars medium-term note programme.
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], January 6 (ANI): Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday said that the commissioning of the GAIL liquid natural gas (LNG) pipeline was a fulfilment of the promise made by the state government to the people.
Medchal-Malkajgiri (Telangana) [India] January 6 (ANI): Telangana Police on Tuesday found an unidentified corpse of a 35-year-old woman near railway tracks under Ghatkesar police station limits.
New Delhi [India], January 6 (ANI): India has reported 18,088 new COVID-19 cases, 21,314 recoveries in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of cases to 1,03,74,932, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) on Wednesday.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 6 (ANI): Equity benchmark indices saw a flattish opening during early hours on Wednesday as global markets awaited the outcome of US Senate runoff elections in Georgia that will likely shape fiscal policy in the President-elect Joe Biden administration.
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], January 6 (ANI): With over 2,400 birds dead so far in Himachal Pradesh, the state has been put on high alert for avian influenza and officials are monitoring the situation according to state forest minister Rakesh Pathania.
Kathmandu [Nepal], January 6 (ANI): The Supreme Court (SC) of Nepal on Wednesday will hear the 13 writ petitions filed against the dissolution of the House of Representatives (HoR) by President Bidya Devi Bhandari on the recommendation of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli.