Washington D.C. [USA], July 26 (ANI): Regis Philbin, the iconic television personality best-known for his hosting duties on 'Live!' with co-hosts Kathie Lee Gifford and Kelly Ripa, and 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire,' has died. The beloved star was 88.
Patna (Bihar) [India], July 26 (ANI): Over one million people were affected and over 15,000 others have been staying in shelter homes due to floods in Bihar, the state disaster management department said on Saturday.
Rio de Janeiro [Brazil], July 26 (Sputnik/ANI): Amid the surge in COVID-19 cases, the Brazilian coastal city of Rio de Janeiro has cancelled the New Year's Eve celebrations that attract three million people every year to Copacabana beach, media said on Saturday.
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], July 25 (ANI): The per million COVID-19 testing rate in Jammu and Kashmir stood at around three-and-a-half times the national average as it reached 44,744 as against 12,742 in the country, according to the information shared by the Department of Information
Stockholm [Sweden], July 25 (ANI): Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg will donate a portion of USD1.14 million prize to fight coronavirus disease outbreak among the indigenous tribes of the Brazilian Amazon, CNN reported.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 25 (ANI): Fitch Ratings has downgraded Future Retail's long-term issuer default rating and the rating on its 500 million dollars 5.6 per cent senior secured notes due in 2025 to C from CCC-plus with the recovery rating remaining at RR4.
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 25 (ANI): Reserve Bank of India on Saturday signed necessary documents for extending a USD 400 million currency swap facility to Central Bank of Sri Lanka.
New Delhi [India], July 25 (ANI): The domestic sugar production is likely to increase by 12.1 per cent to 30.5 million tonnes in SY21 after adjusting for the impact of diversion of B-heavy molasses and sugarcane juice for ethanol manufacture, according to investment information firm ICRA.
Brasilia [Brazil], July 25 (Sputnik/ANI): The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Brazil has increased by 55,891 to 2,343,366 within the past 24 hours, the country's health ministry said on late Friday.
New Delhi [India], July 25 (ANI): India has extended medical assistance worth about USD 1 million to North Korea in response to a request received from the World Health Organisation (WHO), the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Friday.
Geneva [Switzerland], July 25 (Sputnik/ANI): The global cumulative coronavirus tally increased by a record high of 284,196 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the total count to over 15.2 million, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said in its daily situation report on Friday.
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 24 (ANI): Sri Lanka on Friday signed a USD 400 million currency swap agreement with India's Reserve Bank of India (RBI), valid till November 2022, to meet short-term international liquidity requirements following the economic crisis resulted from COVID-19.