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UN chief saddened by losses caused by Cyclone Amphan in India, B'desh
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 24 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is saddened by the loss of life and the destruction as a result of Cyclone Amphan in India and Bangladesh, his spokesman said Saturday.
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Kim presides over key meeting to discuss 'new policies for further increas
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Pyongyang [North Korea], May 24 (ANI): North Korean leader Kim Jong-un presided over a meeting of Central Military Commission, wherein "important military steps and organizational and political measures to further bolster up the overall armed forces" were discussed, state media reported o
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Private schools obligated to provide equipments, internet to EWS students
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 23 (ANI): The Delhi government's Directorate of Education has submitted before Delhi High Court that it is the obligation of the private unaided schools to provide desktop/ laptop/ smartphone/ high-speed internet to economically weaker section (EWS) or disadvantged gro
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US blocks Russia-sponsored UNSC statement on incursion in Venezuela: Dmitr
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], May 21 (Sputnik/ANI): The United States blocked a Russia-proposed UN Security Council draft press statement on the recent incursion into Venezuela, Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Dmitry Polyanskiy said in a statement.
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Attitude of UP govt over buses by Cong to ferry labourers unacceptable: Ma
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): RJD MP Manoj Jha on Wednesday said that the attitude of the Uttar Pradesh government over the buses being provided by the Congress party to transport migrant labourers back to their homes in the state is unacceptable.
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Six Mumbai returnees test positive for COVID-19 in Himachal Pradesh
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], May 20 (ANI): Six more COVID-19 cases have been reported from Himachal Pradesh, including five from Kangra district and one from Kullu district, taking the total number of coronavirus cases in the state to 98, said Nipun Jindal, Secretary (Health).
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WHA adopts resolution for independent probe into WHO's COVID-19 response
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 19 (ANI): The 73rd World Health Assembly (WHA) has unanimously adopted a resolution to conduct an independent probe of WHO's COVID-19 response.
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`31 autos, 70 vehicles with unavailable data in Congress list of buses'
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 19 (ANI): The list of 1,049 vehicles furnished by Congress to take migrant workers to their homes in UP includes 31 "autos/three-wheelers", 69 "other" vehicles including school buses, according to a communication from a UP government official to Luckno
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Keva Bain of Bahamas is new president of World Health Assembly
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 18 (ANI): Bahamas permanent representative to the UN, Keva Bain, has been elected as the president of the 73rd World Health Assembly.
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Coronavirus: Premier League clubs agree on resuming training
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], May 18 (ANI): The shareholders in England's football competition, Premier League, on Monday voted unanimously to return to small-group training from May 19.
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Farmer's family in Wayanad placed in home quarantine, unable to harvest, s
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Wayanad (Kerala) [India], May 18 (ANI): A family of farmers is unable to harvest more than one tonne of vegetables that it cultivated, as they have been placed in home quarantine after coming in contact with a COVID-19 positive person.
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Iranian Foreign Minister sends warning letter to UN about US threats to Ir
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Tehran [Iran], May 18 (ANI): Iran will retaliate if the United States takes action against fuel deliveries to Venezuela, country's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Sunday.
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