Ottawa [Canada], February 15 (ANI): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday (local time) invoked the Emergencies Act for the first time in 50 years to give the federal government extra powers to handle ongoing truckers blockades and protests against the COVID-19 pandemic restrict
Washington [US], February 15 (ANI): The White House on Monday (local time) said that America is working closely with its allies, including India on Russia's ongoing threat to Ukraine.
Brussels [Belgium], February 15 (ANI/Xinhua): The Belgian federal and local police forces succeeded on Monday in neutralizing the "Freedom Convoy" procession of cars that planned to gridlock Brussels with a protest across the city center.
Washington [US], February 15 (ANI): Hundreds of protestors including Indians on Monday (local time) pushed for immigration reform with nationwide "Day Without Immigrants" demonstrations on Valentine's Day outside the White House.
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 14 (ANI): Hundreds of people from the Biharis community in Pakistan have been witnessing difficulties as they are not being issued with computerised national identity cards (CNICs), local media reported on Monday.
Taipei [Taiwan], February 14 (ANI/Xinhua): Taiwan planned to ease its COVID-19 quarantine policy from next month, given that the local epidemic is stable and under control, the island's disease-monitoring agency said Monday.
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 14 (ANI): Four Afghanistan women activists, who were detained by the Taliban regime and later released after a long period of uncertainty, are under pressure not to publicize the details about their detention, their relatives have told local media.
New Delhi [India], February 14 (ANI): The central government on Monday released Rs 1154.90 crore to four states including Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat and Sikkim, for providing grants to Urban Local Bodies.
New Delhi [India], February 14 (ANI): Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Monday informed Ladakh Lieutenant Governor RK Mathur that a snow sculpture would be introduced in Ladakh in the winter season as a tourist attraction, which will also create job opportunities for the locals.
Kunduz [Afghanistan], February 14 (ANI): Since the start of 2022, nearly a dozen children have died of malnutrition in Afghanistan's northern Kunduz province, local media reported citing Public Health Department on Monday.
Lahore [Pakistan], February 14 (ANI): At least 85 people have been arrested for lynching a mentally deranged man in a village of Khanewal district in Pakistan's Punjab province for alleged blasphemy, according to local media.
La Paz [Bolivia], February 14 (ANI/Sputnik): Four people died and 22 others were injured after an intercity bus lost control on a road and skidded off into a river in the southern Bolivian department of Chuquisaca, local media reported.