India has welcomed US President Joe Biden’s decision to remain part of the World Health Organisation. Union Health Minister and Chairman of the WHO Executive Board, Dr Harsh Vardhan...
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Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to launch the COVID 19 vaccination campaign in the country virtually from her residence on January 27. The Director General of Health...
China passed its coastguard legislation that for the first time explicitly allows it to fire on foreign vessels, a move that could stoke tensions with its neighbors in contested...
The coronavirus variant first identified in Britain may be more deadly than the older virus strain, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has warned. “There is some evidence that the...
Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has been expelled from the ruling Communist Party over his decision to dissolve the Parliament. The decision to expel Oli from the party...
US President Joe Biden has begun to undo some of Donald Trump’s key policies, hours after being sworn in. President Biden signed 15 executive orders, firstly to boost the...
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US President elect Joe Biden to be sworn as 46th President under thick security cover
President-elect Joe Biden and his deputy Kamala Harris will be sworn in as the 46th President and 49th Vice-President of the United States today. Ms Harris will make history...
Donald Trump has become the first US president to be impeached twice. The House of Representatives voted last night to charge him with inciting last week’s mob attack on...
United States has banned entry of cotton and tomato products from China’s Xinjiang region amid allegations that detainee or prison labour from Uyghurs went into making them. According to...
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WHO expert team to arrive in Chinese city of Wuhan today to probe origin of Coronavirus pandemic
A World Health Organization team of experts probing the origins of the pandemic is set to arrive in Wuhan today amid a spike in new COVID cases in China....