REUTERS 2021-05-02 19:34:33
India's new coronavirus cases dipped marginally on Sunday but deaths due to the infection jumped by a record 3,689, with one more state going into lockdown as the nation's creaky healthcare system is...
-- 2021-05-02 17:50:39
Inoculation with the Russian Sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus infection may begin in India in 10 days, said a high ranked official of India's Dr Reddy's Laboratories in Hyderabad. The offici...
-- 2021-05-02 17:20:08
India’s Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee has won West Bengal’s Nandigram assembly seat by 1200 votes, defeating BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari. Earlier in the day, when the counting...
-- 2021-05-02 15:36:40
India's coronavirus (COVID-19) tally reached 19,557,457 on Sunday, with a single-day spike of 392,488 cases, said the federal health ministry. As many as 3,689 deaths were recorded since Saturday mor...
FE ONLINE DESK 2021-05-02 14:23:31
Mamata Banerjee looks set to win a third term in India’s West Bengal, the DMK is heading for victory in Tamil Nadu, the BJP is leading in Assam and the LDF in Kerala in the counting of votes for...
REUTERS 2021-05-02 13:30:16
Thousands of protesters were out early in Myanmar cities on Sunday, marching to oppose military rule more than three months after a coup that brought a halt to democratic reform and economic growth an...
-- 2021-05-02 11:35:33
India's election officials on Sunday started counting votes in five states from elections held in March and early April at the start of a surge in COVID-19 cases that has overwhelmed the country's hea...
-- 2021-05-02 11:11:30
North Korea has hit out at the Biden administration as it prepares to unveil its strategy for dealing with Pyongyang and its nuclear programme. The foreign ministry said recent comments out of Wa...
REUTERS 2021-05-02 09:42:03
Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator said on Saturday Tehran expects US sanctions on oil, banks and most individuals and institutions to be lifted based on agreements so far in Vienna talks, Iranian...
AP 2021-05-01 21:56:49
The final phase of ending America's "forever war" in Afghanistan after 20 years formally began Saturday, with the withdrawal of the last U.S. and NATO troops by the end of summer. President Joe Biden...
REUTERS 2021-05-01 21:56:47
The Netherlands has postponed a further easing of lockdown measures until at least May 18 as COVID-19 infections remain high and hospitals are struggling with large numbers of coronavirus patients, th...
AP 2021-05-01 21:21:23
High-ranking diplomats from China, Germany, France, Russia and Britain made progress at talks Saturday focused on bringing the United States back into their landmark nuclear deal with Iran, but said t...
-- 2021-05-01 21:00:39
An ancient Egyptian mummy once believed to be the remains of a male priest is actually the embalmed body of a woman in the third trimester of pregnancy, Polish scientists said on Friday. Marzena Ozar...
-- 2021-05-01 20:47:53
Prime Minister Imran Khan has expressed his determination to complete all China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects. In a meeting on Friday to review progress on the CPEC projects, Imran Khan...
BBC 2021-05-01 20:45:47
India has become the first country to report more than 400,000 new coronavirus cases in a single day, as its nationwide vaccine drive launches amid a supply crisis. Some 3,523 deaths were officially...
-- 2021-05-01 20:37:14
Interpol has for the third time rejected India’s request for a red notice (RN) to provisionally arrest television evangelist Zakir Naik while questioning the very basis of invoking money launder...
-- 2021-05-01 20:18:08
Pakistan plans to reduce the number of inbound international flights to 20 per cent of current numbers to curb rising COVID-19 cases, the official body overseeing the country's pandemic response said...
REUTERS 2021-05-01 19:47:18
A number of US citizens are among the dozens killed or injured in a stampede at a Jewish religious festival in Israel, a US Embassy spokesperson said on Saturday. At least 45 people were crushed to d...
-- 2021-05-01 19:36:45
The oxygen crisis in the Indian capital is escalating with each passing day. A week after 50 patients on ventilator died at two private hospitals in Delhi, 12 more people lost their lives at another l...
-- 2021-05-01 18:08:46
ভারতে নতুন করে ৪ লাখ ১ হাজার ৯৯৩ জন করোনাভাইরাসে আক্রান্ত হয়েছে, যা ২৪ ঘণ্টার হিসেবে শনাক্তের সংখ্যায় বিশ্বের মধ্যে সর্বোচ্চ। খবর বিডিনিউজ টোয়েন্টিফোর ডটকমের। একদিনে কোভিড-১৯ আক্রান্ত হয়ে ৩ হাজার ৫২৩...
-- 2021-05-01 17:30:46
Kabul security was ramped up on Saturday as the city braced for reaction from the insurgent Taliban as US troops still present under President Joe Biden's orders, beyond the May 1 withdrawal deadline...
Reuters 2021-05-01 16:39:23
Australian residents and citizens who have been in India within 14 days of the date they plan to return home will be banned from entering Australia as of Monday and those who disobey will face fines a...
-- 2021-05-01 16:20:39
India posted a record daily rise of 401,993 new coronavirus cases on Saturday as the country opened up its massive vaccination drive to all adults, although several states warned of acute shortages....
REUTERS 2021-05-01 15:44:15
A forum of scientific advisers set up by the government warned Indian officials in early March of a new and more contagious variant of the coronavirus taking hold in the country, five scientists who a...
-- 2021-05-01 11:03:54
At least 18 people died in a fire that broke out at a Covid hospital in the western Indian state of Gujarat in the wee hours of Saturday, officials said. There were 70 patients when the blaze started...
-- 2021-04-30 20:05:51
At least 44 people have been killed and 150 people hospitalised following a stampede around midnight Friday in Israel at Mount Meron during Lag BaOmer festivities, according to the Israeli Health Mini...
-- 2021-04-30 19:24:41
India has further extended the suspension of scheduled international flights until May 31 amid an aggressive sweep of the second coronavirus wave. "However, international scheduled flights may be all...
REUTERS 2021-04-30 18:44:53
Pascal Soriot, who is under intense fire from the European Union over the delivery of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccines, said on Friday the drugmaker he runs had not overpromised on the supply of shots....
REUTERS 2021-04-30 18:24:34
Singapore will block entry to visitors with recent travel history to Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka from May 2 due to sustained increases in COVID-19 cases in the region, its health ministr...
REUTERS 2021-04-30 18:14:10
Several Indian states have run out of COVID-19 vaccines a day before a planned widening of a nationwide inoculation drive, authorities said on Friday, as new infections in the crisis-hit country surge...
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