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India under siege from Covid-19

India under siege from Covid-19

REUTERS 2021-04-18 14:13:57

India reported a record daily increase of coronavirus infections over the last 24 hours, health ministry data showed on Sunday, exacerbating shortages of oxygen supplies and hospital beds in some of t...

Pfizer agreed to supply additional doses of Covid vaccines, Japanese minister says

Pfizer agreed to supply additional doses of Covid vaccines, Japanese minister says

-- 2021-04-18 12:14:36

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla has agreed to Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's request to supply additional doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, the vaccine minister of Japan said on Sunday. "They have ag...

Myanmar military leader to attend ASEAN summit in 1st foreign trip since coup

Myanmar military leader to attend ASEAN summit in 1st foreign trip since coup

-- 2021-04-18 11:36:06

Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing will attend an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Indonesia on April 24, Thailand said on Saturday, for his first known foreign trip since he...

Modi appeals for low-key Hindu festival as virus infections surge

Modi appeals for low-key Hindu festival as virus infections surge

-- 2021-04-17 19:13:31

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday appealed to devotees to keep a key Hindu festival symbolic, amid worries about the spread of COVID-19 infections as the country reported more than 200,0...

Qatar hopeful to host COVID-free football World Cup next year

Qatar hopeful to host COVID-free football World Cup next year

-- 2021-04-17 17:33:17

Qatar’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani has said his country is ready to host the FIFA World Cup next year. The top diplomat of Qatar said the country has also started...

Myanmar junta chief to attend ASEAN summit on first foreign trip since coup

Myanmar junta chief to attend ASEAN summit on first foreign trip since coup

Reuters 2021-04-17 16:47:39

Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing will attend an Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit in Indonesia on April 24, a Thai foreign ministry spokesman said on Saturday, for his first known forei...

China likely to approve BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine by July

China likely to approve BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine by July

-- 2021-04-17 16:46:53

China is planning to authorise the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Germany's BioNTech SE by July, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter, according to Reuters...

US condemns sentencing Hong Kong pro-democracy activists

US condemns sentencing Hong Kong pro-democracy activists

-- 2021-04-17 16:17:31

The United States on Friday condemned the sentencing of Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai and other pro-democracy activists on what it called "politically motivated charges." "Beijing and Hong Kong au...

India reports daily increase of 234,692 COVID-19 infections

India reports daily increase of 234,692 COVID-19 infections

Reuters 2021-04-17 16:14:43

India reported a record daily increase of 234,692 COVID-19 infections over the last 24 hours, health ministry data showed on Saturday. It was the eighth record daily increase in the last nine days....

Southeast Asian nations weigh aid mission to Myanmar

Southeast Asian nations weigh aid mission to Myanmar

-- 2021-04-16 19:33:06

Southeast Asian countries are considering a proposal to send a humanitarian aid mission to Myanmar as a potential first step in a long-term plan to broker a dialogue between the junta and its opponent...

India's COVID-19 patients turn to black market for drugs due to shortage

India's COVID-19 patients turn to black market for drugs due to shortage

BBC 2021-04-16 19:09:54

Akhilesh Mishra started getting a fever and a cough last Thursday but he initially thought it was just the flu. Akhilesh began to worry the next day, when his father Yogendra developed similar sympto...

‘South Asia fast becoming new global epicentre of Covid-19’

‘South Asia fast becoming new global epicentre of Covid-19’

UNB 2021-04-16 17:59:18

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has said a humanitarian calamity is engulfing South Asia as Covid-19 skyrockets across several countries setting new records, wi...

India sets yet another daily record for coronavirus infections

India sets yet another daily record for coronavirus infections

Reuters 2021-04-16 12:10:41

India reported a record daily increase of 217,353 Covid-19 infections over the last 24 hours, health ministry data showed on Friday. It was the eighth record daily increase in the last nine days. Tot...

Hospitals run short of beds as Asia's COVID-19 cases surge

Hospitals run short of beds as Asia's COVID-19 cases surge

-- 2021-04-15 15:46:40

India and Thailand reported record daily coronavirus cases on Thursday, as a new wave of infections, combined with a shortage of hospital beds and vaccines, threatens to slow Asia’s recovery fro...

India's daily new Covid-19 cases exceed 200,000 for first time

India's daily new Covid-19 cases exceed 200,000 for first time

Reuters 2021-04-15 11:02:09

India reported a record 200,739 Covid-19 cases over the last 24 hours, according to data issued by the health ministry on Thursday. Deaths stood at 1,038, taking the total to 173,123, the data showed...

India, Pakistan held secret talks to break Kashmir impasse

India, Pakistan held secret talks to break Kashmir impasse

Reuters 2021-04-15 10:07:00

Top intelligence officers from India and Pakistan held secret talks in Dubai in January in a new effort to calm military tension over the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, people with close knowle...

Myanmar activists stage "bloody" protests against junta

Myanmar activists stage "bloody" protests against junta

REUTERS 2021-04-14 16:59:06

Opponents of Myanmar’s coup splashed red paint and dye on roads and signs outside government offices on Wednesday to represent the blood of people killed protesting against the junta, on the sec...

India's daily virus cases hit record as pilgrims gather for religious festival

India's daily virus cases hit record as pilgrims gather for religious festival

Reuters 2021-04-14 14:08:16

India’s new coronavirus infections reached a record on Wednesday, as crowds of pilgrims gathered for a religious festival despite oxygen shortages and strict curbs in other areas. The country r...

Tehran to begin 60pc uranium enrichment after nuclear site incident

Tehran to begin 60pc uranium enrichment after nuclear site incident

-- 2021-04-14 10:28:01

Iran said on Tuesday it will start enriching uranium to 60 per cent purity, a move bringing the fissile material closer to levels suitable for a bomb, after accusing Israel of sabotaging a key nuclear...

India wants Pfizer, Moderna, J&J to seek licence for COVID-19 vaccines soon

India wants Pfizer, Moderna, J&J to seek licence for COVID-19 vaccines soon

REUTERS 2021-04-13 18:46:31

India wants Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson to seek licence for their COVID-19 vaccines as soon as possible, a senior government official said on Tuesday, shortly after the government announ...

Amnesty urges South Asian governments to ensure equitable access to Covid vaccines

Amnesty urges South Asian governments to ensure equitable access to Covid vaccines

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-04-13 15:21:33

Governments in South Asia must ensure that vulnerable groups are not excluded from access to Covid-19 vaccines, said Amnesty International in a report on Tuesday, while urging the international commun...

Global coronavirus deaths near 3 million

Global coronavirus deaths near 3 million

-- 2021-04-13 11:03:26

The pandemic continues to devastate countries across the world. In fact, Covid-19 has already claimed over 2.9 million lives and infected more than 136 million people globally. The total case count r...

Indian panel approves Russian vaccine for emergency use

Indian panel approves Russian vaccine for emergency use

Reuters 2021-04-12 20:05:58

An expert panel of India's drugs regulator has recommended emergency use approval of Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, two sources said on Monday, which could make it the nation's third to be ap...

Detained Suu Kyi seeks permission to meet lawyers in person

Detained Suu Kyi seeks permission to meet lawyers in person

-- 2021-04-12 16:01:40

The leader of Myanmar's ousted government, Aung San Suu Kyi, asked a court on Monday to be allowed to meet her lawyers in person as she faces charges filed since she was overthrown in a Feb 1 coup, on...

Iran's Zarif blames Israel for Natanz nuke incident

Iran's Zarif blames Israel for Natanz nuke incident

Reuters 2021-04-12 12:49:09

Iran blames its regional arch-foe Israel for Sunday’s incident at the Natanz nuclear site and will take its revenge, state TV quoted Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif as saying on Monday. I...

India overtakes Brazil to become world's second worst-hit country by coronavirus

India overtakes Brazil to become world's second worst-hit country by coronavirus

Reuters 2021-04-12 11:18:57

India reported a record 168,912 COVID-19 infections overnight, data from the health ministry showed on Monday, overtaking Brazil to become the second-most affected country globally by the coronavirus....

China, Russia undermine international Myanmar response, alleges EU's top diplomat

China, Russia undermine international Myanmar response, alleges EU's top diplomat

Reuters 2021-04-12 11:13:39

The European Union’s top diplomat said on Sunday Russia and China were hampering a united international response to Myanmar’s military coup and that the EU could offer more economic incent...

Jordan's King Abdullah, estranged Prince Hamza make joint appearance

Jordan's King Abdullah, estranged Prince Hamza make joint appearance

-- 2021-04-12 10:39:25

Jordan’s King Abdullah and former crown prince and half-brother Prince Hamza made their first joint appearance since a rift shook the country, attending a ceremony on Sunday marking 100 years of...

Cambodia condemns US group for adding smiles to images of Khmer Rouge victims

Cambodia condemns US group for adding smiles to images of Khmer Rouge victims

-- 2021-04-12 10:26:55

Cambodia condemned images published by US media group VICE featuring newly colourised photographs of the Khmer Rouge “killing fields” victims, saying the images were an insult to the dead...

India bans exports of Remdesivir drug as new COVID-19 cases hit another record

India bans exports of Remdesivir drug as new COVID-19 cases hit another record

REUTERS 2021-04-11 20:19:44

India on Sunday banned the export of anti-viral drug Remdesivir and its active pharmaceutical ingredients as demand rocketed due to a record surge in COVID-19 infections and led to crippling shortages...