Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], July 1 (ANI): Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday disbursed a COVID-19 package of Rs 386 crore for landless farmers under KALIA "Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation" Scheme.
Brasilia [Brazil], July 1 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Brazil has increased by 43,836 within the past 24 hours and the total number of cases reached 18,557,141.
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], July 1 (ANI): Former BJP MP from Sant Kabir Nagar, Sharad Tripathi passed away on Wednesday night at a hospital in Gurugram.
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 1 (ANI): Pakistan would never again partner with the United States in war, said Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday and added that as a Pakistani he had never felt more "insulted" than when his country decided to join the United States war on terror.
Washington DC [US], July 1 (ANI): More than 68 per cent of the US active duty service members have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, the Pentagon announced on Wednesday.
Washington DC [US], July 1 (ANI): The US House of Representatives has passed a resolution to create a select committee that will investigate the January 6 violence at the Capitol Hill building.
Kulgam (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], July 1 (ANI): Three terrorists affiliated with terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) were killed in an encounter in Kulgam on Wednesday.
Vancouver [Canada], July 1 (ANI/Xinhua) Another Canadian indigenous community announced Wednesday the discovery of the remains of 182 people in unmarked graves around a former indigenous residential school near Cranbrook in British Columbia province of Canada.
Washington DC [US], July 1 (ANI): Former US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, who oversaw the Iraq war and the US invasion of Afghanistan, died at the age of 88 on Wednesday.
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], July 1 (ANI): Tourists coming to Kerala will now be able to savour delicious local cuisine while sitting in the comfort of their cars as the state Tourism Department launched in-car dining to boost tourism and also to meet the challenges of COVID-19.
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 1 (ANI): The survival and unity of Afghanistan is in danger, said Abdullah Abdullah, chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation (HCNR) of Afghanistan.