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Reuters 2021-01-05 18:20:01
An Indian state ruled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist party on Wednesday passed a law abolishing state-run Islamic schools, saying they provided sub-standard education. Opposition...
Reuters 2021-01-05 18:01:31
Indian health authorities are ready to roll out a COVID-19 vaccination programme by next week, the country’s top health official said on Tuesday, days after the drug regulator gave emergency app...
Al Jazeera 2021-01-05 17:56:44
A Pakistani court has banned the use of virginity tests on female rape survivors in a landmark ruling that is being lauded by women’s rights activists. The Lahore High Court on Monday ruled tha...
Reuters 2021-01-05 16:13:30
A court in Vietnam on Tuesday sentenced three freelance journalists known for their criticism of government to between 11 and 15 years in prison, after finding them guilty of spreading anti-state prop...
-- 2021-01-05 14:25:28
Exports of Covid vaccines are permitted to all countries, Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla has tweeted as he tried to clear confusions. “I would like to clarify two matters; as ther...
-- 2021-01-05 13:32:16
The government on Monday refused to roll back farm reform laws, prompting farmers to threaten to step up their weeks-long protests, but the two sides agreed to meet again on Friday. Tens of thousands...
REUTERS 2021-01-05 11:03:12
Paralysed and severely malnourished, seven-year-old Faid Samim lies curled up on a hospital bed in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, having barely survived the journey there. “He was almost gone when h...
-- 2021-01-04 22:56:25
Alibaba founder Jack Ma’s absence from public view in the past two months, including missing the final episode of a TV show on which he was to appear as a judge, has fueled social media speculat...
Reuters 2021-01-04 18:02:06
Singapore said on Monday it will consider relaxing travel restrictions for people who have been vaccinated against COVID-19, including for those planning to visit the city-state for the World Economic...
Reuters 2021-01-04 16:23:27
Japan said on Monday it would consider declaring a state of emergency for the Greater Tokyo metropolitan area as coronavirus cases climb, casting fresh doubt over whether it can push ahead with the Ol...
-- 2021-01-04 14:02:57
Thailand’s prime minister on Monday urged the public to stay home to help contain the country’s biggest coronavirus outbreak yet and avoid a strict lockdown, as authorities confirmed a dai...
-- 2021-01-04 11:20:52
In a standoff between farmers from India’s northern breadbasket and the government that has convulsed the country, the farmers have a 21st-century ally: a handful of supporters scattered around...
-- 2021-01-04 09:20:23
India will not allow the export of the Oxford University-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine for several months, the head of Serum Institute of India, which has been contracted to make 1 billion doses of...
-- 2021-01-03 19:31:55
At least 18 people attending a funeral in northern India were killed when a roof they were sheltering under during heavy rainfall collapsed on Sunday afternoon, a police officer said. Around 40 mourn...
Reuters 2021-01-03 18:35:07
India on Sunday granted emergency approval to Bharat Biotech's COVAXIN but faced questions after taking the step without publishing efficacy data for the homegrown coronavirus vaccine. The news, anno...
-- 2021-01-03 13:20:29
India’s drugs regulator on Sunday gave final approval for the emergency-use of two coronavirus vaccines, one developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University and the other by local company Bharat...
REUTERS 2021-01-03 13:14:07
Saudi Arabia said that entry to the kingdom by sea, land and air will be resumed starting Sunday after a ban that lasted two weeks amid fears of a new coronavirus variant, the state news agency report...
-- 2021-01-03 10:13:07
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif urged US President Donald Trump on Saturday not to be “trapped” by an alleged Israeli plan to provoke a war through attacks on US forces in Ir...
Reuters 2021-01-02 20:19:03
India’s federal territory of Jammu and Kashmir plans to attract investments worth up to $4.0 billion in the next two to three years and would provide security to businesses setting up shop in...
-- 2021-01-02 19:26:23
Mumbai attack mastermind and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operations commander Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi was arrested on Saturday in Pakistan on terror financing charges, an official said. Lakhvi, who was on ba...
-- 2021-01-02 18:50:23
Thai health authorities on Saturday recommended tougher restrictions on businesses and people's movement in 28 provinces, including the capital Bangkok, as the number of new coronavirus cases rises, r...
-- 2021-01-02 17:34:59
Japan will consider issuing a new emergency declaration after governors in the capital region urged action to tackle a record surge in Covid-19 cases, the head of the nation’s pandemic response...
REUTERS 2021-01-02 15:30:30
Pakistan’s famous truck art will move from its highways to the skies, as a flying academy is painting a two-seater Cessna aircraft with the colourful technique. With elaborate and flamboyant mo...
Reuters 2021-01-02 15:20:04
Vietnam has detected its first imported case of the new coronavirus variant that is spreading rapidly around Britain, the health ministry said on Saturday. The variant was detected in a 44-year-old w...
-- 2021-01-02 15:19:29
Indian Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has said that coronavirus (Covid-19) vaccines would be free of cost across the country. "Not just in Delhi, it (vaccine) will be free across the country," Vardhan...
-- 2021-01-02 10:58:30
Iran has told the United Nations nuclear watchdog it plans to enrich uranium to up to 20 per cent purity, a level it achieved before its 2015 accord, at its Fordow site buried inside a mountain, the a...
-- 2021-01-02 10:46:43
Australia amended its national anthem to remove reference to the country being “young and free” amid calls to recognise that its Indigenous people are the oldest continued civilisation in...
-- 2021-01-01 20:54:09
Pakistan and India on Friday conducted the annual practice of exchanging the list of their nuclear installations under a bilateral arrangement that prohibits them from attacking each other's atomic fa...
-- 2021-01-01 20:27:22
The US killing of top general Qassem Soleimani will not deter Iranian resistance, a senior commander said on Friday as tensions mounted in the build-up to the first anniversary of the drone strike. T...
-- 2021-01-01 19:11:22
India's drug regulator on Friday approved a coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University for emergency use, two sources with knowledge of the matter said. The approval paves the...
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