World Health Organization (WHO) chief has warned that the Omicron variant of COVID-19 is dangerous particularly for the unvaccinated people. Briefing media in Geneva, WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus...
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The United Nations said on Tuesday that it needed 5 billion dollars in aid for Afghanistan in 2022 to avert a humanitarian catastrophe and offer the ravaged country a...
White House has said that US is closely monitoring India-China border dispute and expressed concerned over Beijing’s attempt to intimidate its neighbours. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said...
The United States broke the global record of daily Covid-19 cases. According to reports, it registered at least 1.3 million infections yesterday, amid the spread of the highly contagious...
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Beijing lockdown during Winter Olympic not an option for now, says organizing committee
The Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games said locking down Beijing during the Winter Olympic Games is not an option for now, adding that...
Amid rising cases of Omicron, a preliminary study by Israeli researchers has shown that the fourth dose of Covid-19 vaccine boosts antibodies five-fold in just a week after the...
In what is dubbed as a ‘first-of-its-kind surgery’, the US surgeons have performed a successful transplant of a ‘porcine’ heart into an adult human with end-stage heart disease. The...
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MEA discusses ASEAN relations, Myanmar situation with Cambodian counterpart
External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar spoke to his Cambodian counterpart Prak Sokhonn today. They discussed India ASEAN relations, Mekong-Ganga Cooperation, and the situation in Myanmar. Dr Jaishankar said...
Former State Counsellor of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced to four more years in prison on Monday. She was handed over the punishment in a case related...
Ahead of the India-China military talks, the United States on Monday (January 10, 2022) said that it is ‘concerned’ by Beijing’s attempt to intimidate its neighbours. While responding to...