Dispur (Assam) [India], July 27 (ANI): A team of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) on Sunday evacuated villagers and livestock to safer places from flood-affected areas of Dighirpam Bazar in Assam's Barpeta district.
Chandigarh [India], July 27 (ANI): The Punjab government on Sunday decided to provide plasma to private hospitals from its plasma bank at a cost of Rs 20,000 per unit.
Washington DC [USA], July 27 (Sputnik/ANI): Russia and the United States will start expert-level talks in Vienna on Monday to discuss space security, nuclear doctrine and potential, as well as transparency and verification.
New Delhi [India], July 27 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Monday launch 'high-throughput' COVID-19 testing facilities in three cities -- Noida, Mumbai and Kolkata -- via video conferencing.
Rabat [Morocco], July 27 (Sputnik/ANI): Moroccan authorities announced a ban on entry and exit from eight cities of the kingdom due to an increase in COVID-19 cases.
Brasilia [Brazil], July 27 (Sputnik/ANI): More than 24,000 new coronavirus cases were confirmed in Brazil in the past 24 hours, while the death toll increased by over 500 in that period, according to the latest data from the country's health ministry.
Guntur (Andhra Pradesh) [India], July 27 (ANI): Former YSRCP president of Andhra Pradesh's Narasaraopet mandal, Sankar Yadav, on Sunday alleged that party MLA Gopireddy Srinivas Reddy and his aides have destroyed 2.5 acres of subabul (fast-growing tree), causing Rs 5 lakh loss to him.
Anuppur (Madhya Pradesh) [India], July 27 (ANI): A Muslim man has begun 800-km long walk from Chhattisgarh's Chandkhuri, the village where Kaushalya, mother of Lord Rama was born, to Ayodhya, the venue for the ground-breaking ceremony of Ram temple that will be conducted on August 5.
Kochi (Kerala) [India], July 27 (ANI): Caught between COVID-19 and sea erosion, Edgar Sebastian, a Class 10 student hailing from Chellanam, a coastal village in Kochi wrote to President Ram Nath Kovind urging help for his village and family.
Moscow [Russia], July 27 (Sputnik/ANI): Thirteen people have died from coronavirus in Moscow within the last 24 hours, while the death toll is at 4,411, the response centre said.
Panipat (Haryana) [India], July 27 (ANI): Even after four months of struggle due to COVID-19 induced lockdown, Panipat's handloom industry seems to be struggling to survive as it depends on a large number of migrant weavers from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, who have no plans to retu