Tokyo [Japan], May 16 (ANI): Japan enforced tougher measures against the coronavirus in six prefectures from Sunday amid a surge in infections ahead of the Summer Olympics, imposing an expanded state of emergency in three of them and a quasi-emergency in three others.
New Delhi [India] May 16 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday discussed the COVID-19 situation with the Chief Ministers of Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh and Puducherry over a phone call.
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], May 16 (ANI): Congress Rajya Sabha MP Rajeev Satav died owing to secondary pneumonia with multiple-organ dysfunction syndrome on Sunday morning, informed Pune's Jehangir Hospital.
Washington [US] May 16 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Saturday (local time) held telephonic conversation with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and discussed the violence in Gaza, in which he called for Hamas, the authority's rival, to stop firing rockets into Israel.
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 16 (ANI): Police in Indore have filed an FIR against owner of a private oxygen plant, his daughter and other accused for thrashing his five employees for illegally selling oxygen cylinders.
New Delhi [India], May 14 (ANI): People offered namaz at their home on the occasion of Eid ul-Fitr in the national capital on Friday as masjids remained closed due to the COVID-19 induced lockdown.
Tel Aviv [Israel], May 13 (ANI): Israel on Thursday said it is trying to de-escalate the situation amid violence between Israeli forces and Hamas, however, the Palestinian Islamist group is bombarding the large area of Israel with rockets.
Washington [US], May 12 (ANI): The US White House on Tuesday (local time) expressed "serious concern" over the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine, calling for de-escalation of tensions between both countries by establishing a two-state solution.
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 12 (ANI): Two people have died at Indore's Maharaja Yeshwantrao Hospital (MYH) due to "Black Fungus" infection and a total of 13 such patients are under treatment here.
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 12 (ANI): Indore has registered as many as 11 cases of black marketing of Remdesivir (anti-viral drug) injections against 21 people under the National Security Act (NSA) amid the second wave of COVID-19, police said on Tuesday.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], May 11 (ANI): AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday targeted Centre over COVID-19 management, stating that the government has failed in their vaccination policy and providing oxygen to the State and the Union Territories.
New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): Leader of Congress Party in the Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Monday wrote to Lower House Speaker Om Birla requesting the convening of a special session of Parliament on current health emergency due to COVID-19.