Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], January 11 (ANI): A software engineer from Chennai has been mentioned in the Asia Book of Records and India Book of Records for collecting bank notes from the maximum number of nations.
Cape Town [South Africa], January 10 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa has topped 3 million on Sunday, according to the African Union's health agency.
Manila [Philippines], January 10 (ANI/Xinhua): The Department of Health (DOH) of the Philippines on Sunday reported 1,906 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number in the country to 487,690.
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 10 (ANI): With the Covid-19 situation worsening in Pakistan, the number of coronavirus infections in Pakistan has crossed the grim milestone of 500,000 cases on Sunday as 2,899 new cases were reported in the past 24 hours.
Berlin [Germany], January 10 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of deaths from the coronavirus disease in Germany has exceeded 40,000, the Robert Koch Institute said.
Seoul [South Korea], January 10 (ANI/Xinhua): South Korea reported 665 more cases of COVID-19 as of midnight Saturday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 68,664.
Santiago [Chile], January 10 (ANI/Xinhua): The Chilean Ministry of Health reported on Saturday that 4,361 new cases of COVID-19 were registered in the last 24 hours, the highest daily number since the peak of infection in late June.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], January 10 (ANI): The total number of visitors to the Duare Sarkar or government at the doorstep camps crossed 2 crore on Saturday, said West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who thanked government officials for the success of the scheme.
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], January 10 (ANI): A total number of 7 patients including a six-year-old child airlifted in Jammu and Kashmir’s Tangdhar area by the Indian Army and Indian Air Force on Friday.
New Delhi [India], January 9 (ANI): Reigning world number one Elavenil Valarivan and Assam's Hriday Hazarika on Saturday won the women's and men's 10m Air Rifle T1 national selection trials respectively at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting range.
New Delhi [India], January 9 (ANI): As many as 519 new COVID-19 cases and 12 deaths were reported on Saturday, taking the total number of cases in the national capital to 6,29,801, the health department said.
Hong Kong, January 9 (ANI): The EU-China investment deal, tentatively reached just last week, faces a new hurdle as a growing number of European Parliament members expressed concern on Wednesday over the mass arrests of over 50 pro-democracy politicians in Hong Kong under Beijing's draconian