Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], February 20 (ANI): In light of the worsening COVID-19 situation in Maharashtra, the Karnataka government on Saturday made it compulsory to produce a negative RT-PCR report for the persons arriving here from Maharashtra.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], February 20 (ANI): India's largest manganese alloy producer Maithan Alloys Ltd on Saturday reported flat sequential growth in its profit at Rs 55.4 crore in Q3 FY21 as compared to Rs 54.9 crore in Q2 FY21, up by just 1 per cent.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 20 (ANI): The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Saturday sealed a total of 1305 buildings after 2749 new COVID-19 cases were reported in Mumbai.
Tokyo [Japan], February 20 (ANI): Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Saturday has expressed concern about China's unilateral attempts to change the status quo in the East and South China seas in G7 talks, reported NHK World.
Manila [Philippines], February 20 (ANI/Xinhua): The Department of Health (DOH) of the Philippines reported on Saturday 2,240 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 559,288.
Washington [US], February 20 (ANI): A US federal judge on Saturday sentenced an American venture capitalist of Pakistan origin to 12 years in prison for falsifying records to hide his work as a foreign agent while lobbying high-level US officials, reported Dawn.
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 20 (ANI): Five people were killed and two were wounded in three separate explosions in Kabul on Saturday morning, TOLO News reported citing police.
Tokyo [Japan], February 20 (ANI): Japan has lodged a protest with China after two Chinese ships intruded into Japanese coastal waters near the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, local media reported.
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 20 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) vice president Maryam Nawaz on Friday said that her workers caught a man who allegedly stole a bag of votes from a polling station in the by-elections for Punjab's PP-51 (Wazirabad) constituency. The PML-N leader
Seoul [South Korea], February 20 (ANI/Xinhua): South Korea reported 446 more cases of COVID-19 as of midnight Friday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 86,574.
Ankara [Turkey], February 20 (ANI/Xinhua): Turkish police on Friday launched operations against suspected members of the Islamic State (IS) and detained nine suspects, local media reported.
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 20 (ANI): Afghanistan's capital city Kabul witnessed two explosions in less than 30 minutes on Saturday morning in which two people were killed and two more were wounded, Tolo News reported citing police.