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Nobel Prize winners to be announced in Stockholm, Oslo in October
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Stockholm [Sweden], March 24 (ANI/Sputnik): Winners of this year's Nobel Prize will be announced in early October in Stockholm and Oslo, the Nobel Foundation said on Wednesday.
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Pfizer begins early stage trial for oral COVID-19 drug
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
New York [US], March 24 (ANI): Pfizer has said that it has begun early-stage clinical trials of an investigational, oral antiviral drug for Covid-19.
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Six-week decline in global Covid-19 deaths has stalled: WHO
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 24 (ANI): A six-week decline in global Covid-19 deaths has stalled, with cases continuing to rise for the fourth consecutive week, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported Tuesday, citing figures it had received on Sunday.
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Chinese threat to Taiwan 'closer than most think': top US admiral
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 24 (ANI): China is quickly amassing weapons and systems to militarily overwhelm Taiwan, an action it could be "poised to take" within the next six years, the admiral chosen to be the next commander of US forces in the Pacific warned on Tuesday.
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Pakistan court suspends notice to scribe charged with anti-state rhetoric
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 23 (ANI): Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday suspended the notice issued to senior journalist and former chairman of Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) Absar Alam by Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) over his recent tweets and social media p
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Biden calls for assault weapons ban after Colorado shooting
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 23 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Tuesday called on lawmakers to impose a ban on assault weapons in the aftermath of the mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado, and close the existing loopholes in the background check system.
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MEA thinktank, International Organisation for Migration collaborate for jo
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 23 (ANI): The India Centre for Migration (ICM), a research think tank of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) entered into a collaboration for a joint study on "Strengthening data-informed and migrant-centered
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Boulder shooting suspect charged with 10 counts of murder in first degree
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Colorado [US], March 23 (ANI): The authorities have charged the suspect in the mass shooting that killed ten people in Boulder, Colorado, with ten counts of murder in the first degree, Boulder Police Chief Maris Herold said on Tuesday.
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India sends aid to South Madagascar to deal with flood
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Antananarivo [Madagascar], March 23 (ANI): Indian Ambassador Abhay Kumar on Tuesday handed over 1000 tonnes of rice and 100,000 HCQ tablets on behalf of the Government of India to Christian Ntsay, Prime Minister of Madagascar brought onboard Indian Navy Ship Jalashwa to deal with the drought
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India welcomes Saudi's peace initative announcement
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 23 (ANI): India has welcomed the initiative announced by Saudi Arabia for fostering peace in Yemen adding that it supports all efforts to find a political solution to the Yemeni crisis.
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India at UNSC extends support to efforts achieving peace in Afghanistan; r
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New York [US], March 23 (ANI): Reiterating its call for an immediate and comprehensive ceasefire in Afghanistan as "the need of the hour", India on Tuesday expressed support all efforts towards achieving sustainable peace, security and stability in the country.
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Debt-ridden Pakistan's reliance on foreign commercial loans rise
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 23 (ANI): Even as Pakistan's foreign debt and liabilities continue to mount, its reliance on foreign commercial loans has been increasing at rapid pace as the country obtained USD 3.110 billion through this head out of a total of USD 7.2 billion external loan infl
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