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India sees slight increase in daily Covid-19 cases, reports 4,575 new infections in last 24 hours

ION correspondentMarch 9, 2022March 9, 2022

The Covid-19 situation in India remains under control as the country recorded 4,575 new cases of coronavirus, 145 deaths in the last 24 hours, pushing the total death toll...

Sports

Sindhu, Srikanth, Nehwal and Sen storm into 2nd round of German Open Badminton in Berlin

ION correspondentMarch 9, 2022March 9, 2022

Top Indian shuttlers PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth, Saina Nehwal, and Lakshya Sen stormed into the second round of the ongoing German Open in Berlin yesterday. In Women’s singles, PV...

World

South Korea reports record high 3,42,446 new daily COVID-19 cases

ION correspondentMarch 9, 2022March 9, 2022

South Korea reported a new record daily high 342,446 COVID-19 cases, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said on Wednesday, amid a surge of Omicron infections. The country...

Russia Ukraine War

Saudi Arabia, UAE snub Biden for Putin

ION correspondentMarch 9, 2022March 9, 2022

A recent Wall Street Journal report has stated that Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates leaders declined to take calls from US President Joe Biden. Biden has been trying...

Russia Ukraine War

Russian military offers humanitarian corridors for civilians from five Ukrainian cities

ION correspondentMarch 9, 2022March 9, 2022

Russian military has again offered to provide humanitarian corridors for civilians to leave five Ukrainian cities. Russian Col. Gen. Mikhail Mizintsev said, the Russian military has announced it will...

World

Reversing earlier stand, WHO recommends booster dose against COVID-19

ION correspondentMarch 9, 2022March 9, 2022

The World Health Organization has recommended the COVID-19 booster shots, reversing its position. In a statement, WHO said its expert group concluded that immunization with authorized COVID-19 vaccines provide...

IC-814 hijacker Mistry Zahoor Ibrahim shot dead in Karachi: sources

ION correspondentMarch 9, 2022March 9, 2022

Mistry Zahoor Ibrahim, one of the hijackers of the IC-814 Indian Airlines flight from Kathmandu to Delhi in 1999, was shot dead in Pakistan’s Karachi, government sources said. The...

Russia Ukraine War Top Stories

Ukraine no longer wants NATO membership, US bans Russian gas, oil imports

ION correspondentMarch 9, 2022March 9, 2022

Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky said he is no longer pressing for NATO membership for Ukraine, a delicate issue that was one of Russia’s stated reasons for invading its pro-Western...

States

Congress sends 3 observers to Manipur to oversee post-poll scenario

ION correspondentMarch 9, 2022March 9, 2022

Amid speculation of a hung Assembly in Manipur, the Congress has dispatched three observers to the state to oversee the post-poll scenario. In 2017, the party even after being...

World

Japan freezes assets of 32 Russian and Belarusian officials and businessmen

ION correspondentMarch 9, 2022March 9, 2022

Japan’s Finance Ministry frozen the assets of an additional 32 Russian and Belarusian officials and businessmen. This latest move sees personal sanctions being placed against another 20 Russians including deputy...

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