New Delhi [India], August 6 (ANI/PNN): As per Industry statistics, nearly 470 million people, including children, require rehabilitation to address their 'disabling' hearing loss.
New Delhi [India], August 6 (ANI): As much as 618.5 million vaccine doses have been administered in the World Health Organisation (WHO) South-East Asia Region till August 6, in which the maximum number of doses around 489 million have been administered in India, WHO observed.
Beijing [China], August 6 (ANI): Denouncing the Biden administration's decision of approving USD 750 million weapon sale to Taiwan, China has vowed to take "legitimate and necessary countermeasures" as the US action sends the wrong signal to 'Taiwan independence separatist forces.
Tokyo [Japan], August 6 (ANI): The Indian women's hockey team head coach Sjoerd Marijne stated that the Women in Blue have made the country proud even though the team lost a closely fought bronze medal match against Great Britain at the Tokyo Olympics on Friday.
Kabul [Afghanistan] August 6 (ANI): A Human rights watchdog on Wednesday informed that nearly one million people have been displaced countrywide within the past three months in Afghanistan.
Taipei [Taiwan], August 5 (ANI): Taiwan has thanked the US administration for approving a USD 750 million weapon sale to Taipei, saying it allows the self-ruled island to maintain a "rock-solid self-defense, and regional peace and stability".
New Delhi [India], Aug 5 (ANI): The electricity market at Indian Energy Exchange (IEX) traded 7,322 million units in July, achieving 37 per cent year-on-year growth.
Buenos Aires [Argentina], August 5 (ANI/Xinhua): Argentina reported 13,736 new cases and 300 more deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing its total caseload up to 4,975,616 with 106,747 related deaths, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday.
Taipei [Taiwan], August 5 (ANI): The United States on Wednesday (local time) approved its first arms sale to Taiwan, a potential USD 750 million deal, amid rising tensions with China.
Washington [US] August 5 (ANI/Sputnik): The Biden administration has approved two missiles-related arms sales to Japan worth a combined $195 million, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced on Wednesday.
Berlin [Germany] August 5 (ANI/FENA): The German government has announced that it will donate all future orders for the AstraZeneca vaccine to the COVAX initiative with the support of the United Nations.