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US dispatches third set of Coronavirus aid to India
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 1 (ANI): The United States on Friday (local time) dispatched the third set of its several emergency COVID-19 relief shipments to India. Arriving in New Delhi with COVID-19 relief supplies from the Dulles International Airport in the national capital region, the carrie
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WHO gives Emergency Use Authorisation to Moderna's COVID jab
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 1 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday listed the Moderna coronavirus vaccine for emergency use, adding another shot to its arsenal in the fight against the coronavirus.
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Indian students added to US travel exemptions list
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 1 (ANI): After the US announced travel restrictions on India which are set to start on May 4, the Biden administration has further announced that certain categories of students, academics, and journalists are exempted from the new set of travel restrictions.
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Magnitude 6.6 earthquake strikes off Northeastern Japan
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], May 1 (ANI/Sputnik): A 6.6 magnitude earthquake was registered on Saturday off the northeastern coast of Japan, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said.
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EU expresses concern over rising blasphemy cases in Pakistan
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], April 30 (ANI): The European Union has raised concerns over Pakistan's harsh blasphemy laws as they are "often misused to silence opponents and their defenders and to discriminate against religious minorities" and pointed Ahmadi Muslims are probably the most at risk.
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Ties between US, India 'intensified' in Biden's first 100 days in office,
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 30 (ANI): The ties between New Delhi and Washington have intensified in the first hundred days of the Biden-Harris administration, said a State Department official said here on Thursday local time.
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Russia registers 8,731 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], April 30 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia registered 8,731 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, down from 9,284 the day before, taking the overall tally to 4,805,288, the coronavirus response centre said on Friday.
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US won't release AstraZeneca's COVID vaccine for export until sure about s
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 30 (ANI): The US Food and Drug Administration will not release AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine for export to other countries until it is sure the doses have been manufactured to US quality standards and will be safe and effective, a government official told CNN on Th
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Global Covid-19 caseload breaches 150-million mark
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Baltimore [US], April 30 (ANI): The Coronavirus cases across the globe have breached the 150 million mark, according to the latest update by Johns Hopkins University.
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China would find change in policy toward Taiwan 'deeply destabilizing': US
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 30 (ANI): Beijing would find it "deeply destabilizing" if the United States were to explicitly state it would come to Taiwan's defence in the event of a Chinese invasion, the Biden administration's spy chief said Thursday.
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Kremlin critic Navalny calls Putin 'naked king' in his first hearing since
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], April 30 (ANI): A judge in Moscow upheld a defamation conviction Thursday against jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny, who joined a court hearing via video link, in his first public appearance since he went on hunger strike.
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44 killed in crush at religious event in northern Israel
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], April 30 (ANI): The number of people, who have died in a stampede during the mass celebration of the Lag B'Omer holiday at Mount Meron in northern Israel, has increased to 44, local media reported on Friday.
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