Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 20 (ANI): Congress leader Sajjan Singh Verma on Saturday demanded that Madhya Pradesh's cities Gwalior and Indore should be renamed after freedom fighter Rani Laxmi Bai and Goddess Ahilyabai.
Brasilia [Brazil], June 20 (ANI): Over 500,000 people in Brazil have died from COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, informed Brazilian Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga on Saturday.
Moscow [Russia], June 20 (ANI/Sputnik): Russian President Vladimir Putin has congratulated medical workers and veterans of the Russian healthcare system on Medical Worker Day, thanking them for their efforts in the fight against COVID-19 and calling for more active vaccination.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 20 (ANI): A food delivery executive from Hyderabad received a motorbike after a customer started online fundraising for him on a social media platform.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 20 (ANI): With the lifting of COVID-1 restrictions in Telangana, the Hyderabad Metro Rail will operate from 7 am to 9 pm from June 21 onwards.
New York [US], June 20 (ANI/Xinhua): A 5.4-magnitude earthquake jolted 10 km ENE of Rizo de Oro, Mexico at 18.57 GMT on Saturday (local time), the US Geological Survey said.
Arizona [US], June 20 (ANI): A student in Arizona was arrested after threatening to kill some of their classmates and bomb the school campus, a Police statement said.
Washington [US], June 20 (ANI): The United States on Saturday (local time) informed that an additional 2.5 million Moderna COVID-19 vaccine doses will reach Taiwan amid growing tensions between the island and China.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 20 (ANI): West Bengal Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said that the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) 'polarisation politics' damaged the Congress massively but helped Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in the recently held Assembly elections.
Washington [US], June 20 (ANI): US President Joe Biden plans to host Israel's president, Reuven Rivlin at the White House on June 28, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said on Saturday (local time).
Bastar (Chhattisgarh) [India], June 20 (ANI): The body of a woman Naxal cadre has been recovered on Saturday from the Chhattisgarh's Bastar district, along with an AK 47, in the Chandameta-Pyarbhat, the site where the encounter took place on Friday.
Kathmandu [Nepal], June 20 (ANI): China is unhappy with Nepal after some media publications disclosed the procurement price of Sinopharm vaccine amounting to around $10 per dose which Kathmandu is planning to buy from Beijing to tackle the second wave of COVID-19.