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India-Bangladesh hold home secretary-level talks to discuss security issues

NEW DELHI: India and Bangladesh discussed "early completion" of the pending fencing work along the international border they share as they reiterated their commitment...

‘Hope other countries follow your example’: WHO chief lauds India, PM Modi

GENEVA: WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi's commitment for supporting vaccine equity and sharing Covid-19 vaccines with over 60...

WHO urges actions for ‘long Covid’ sufferers

GENEVA: The World Health Organisation's Europe unit is reporting that about one in 10 people who contracted Covid-19 continue to show “persistent ill health”...

Facebook bans Myanmar military from its platforms with immediate effect

SINGAPORE: Facebook on Thursday said it had banned the Myanmar military from using its Facebook and Instagram platforms with immediate effect, as pro-democracy demonstrators...

President Joe Biden would not be okay if the Taliban ruled Afghanistan: White House

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden would not be okay if the Taliban ruled Afghanistan, the White House has said, underlining that there is an...

NASA releases Mars landing video

Cape Canaveral: NASA on Monday released the first high-quality video of a spacecraft landing on Mars, a three-minute trailer showing an enormous orange and...

WHO slams rich states for hogging vaccines

GENEVA: The World Health Organisation on Monday blasted wealthy countries for not only hogging Covid vaccines but in doing so, hindering the pathway for...

UN nuclear chief in Iran as it threatens watchdog’s cameras

TEHRAN: The head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog met Sunday with Iranian officials in a bid to preserve his inspectors’ ability to monitor...

UN chief voices appreciation for India’s leadership in fight against COVID-19, vaccine assistance

UNITED NATIONS: UN chief Antonio Guterres has voiced appreciation for India's leadership in the global fight against the coronavirus pandemic and its efforts to...

Facebook blocks sensitive medical data shared by third-party apps

SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook has started blocking sensitive health information that third-party apps had been sharing with the social network in violation of its own...

No hasty or disorderly withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan: US Defence Secretary

Washington: Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin has said that the US will not undertake a hasty or disorderly withdrawal of its troops from Afghanistan, stressing...

Russia reports world’s first case of human infection with H5N8 bird flu

MOSCOW: Russia has registered the first case of a strain of bird flu virus named A(H5N8) being passed to humans from birds and has...

One-third of US military refusing Covid vaccine: Pentagon

WASHINGTON: Pentagon officials said Wednesday that about one-third of the US military are declining to receive the Covid-19 vaccine, despitesignificant coronavirus infection levels in...

New Zealand ends Covid-19 lockdown after deciding outbreak contained

WELLINGTON: A lockdown in the New Zealand city of Auckland will end at midnight, the government announced Wednesday after concluding a coronavirus outbreak had...

After delay, Israel allows COVID-19 vaccines into Hamas-run Gaza

GAZA CITY: Israel has allowed the Palestinian Authority to deliver the first shipment of vaccines to the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. An Associated Press photographer saw...

Impeachment isn’t the final word on US Capitol riot for Donald Trump

WASHINGTON: Donald Trump's acquittal at his second impeachment trial may not be the final word on whether he's to blame for the deadly Capitol...

WHO team says ‘extremely unlikely’ virus leaked from Wuhan lab

Geneva: A team of international experts investigating the origins of Covid-19 have all but dismissed a theory that the virus came from a laboratory. Peter...

Biden administration moves to rejoin UN Human Rights Council

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden’s administration will reengage with the United Nations Human Rights Council, three years after former President Donald Trump withdrew over...

Nurses, female health care workers most at risk of distress during COVID-19 pandemic: Research

LONDON: Nurses and female health care workers are most at risk of experiencing psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new research. The...

US President Joe Biden says no need for ‘erratic’ Donald Trump to get intelligence briefings

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden has said his predecessor Donald Trump should not be given access to classified intelligence briefings, as is tradition for...

Self-reliance in defence equipment manufacturing crucial for maintaining India’s strategic autonomy: Rajnath Singh

BENGALURU: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said attaining self-reliance in manufacturing of defence equipment is a crucial factor for maintaining Indias strategic autonomy. The...

Steps that would improve efficiency of India’s markets welcome: US

WASHINGTON: Recognising that peaceful protests are a hallmark of a thriving democracy, the US has said it welcomes steps that would improve the efficiency...

Military back in power in Myanmar, Suu Kyi detained

Nay Pyi Taw: On the morning the country’s new Parliament session was to begin after elections won by a landslide by Aung San Suu...

Biden admin to remain committed to a strong US-India bilateral relationship: Pentagon

Washington: The Biden administration is going to remain committed to a strong bilateral relationship with India, the Pentagon has said, a day after US...

Allow US to prosecute Daniel Pearl’s killers: White House to Pakistan

WASHINGTON: Voicing outrage over the acquittal of those involved in the brutal murder of Daniel Pearl in 2002, the White House has asked Pakistan...

Disinformation being used to interfere in internal affairs of countries: India

WASHINGTON: India has called on technology companies to ensure transparency and a check on misinformation on their platforms, cautioning that there is a growing...

UK university scientists finalise nasal spray that blocks out COVID-19: Report

LONDON: A nasal spray which can prevent a coronavirus infection for up to two days is being prepped for mass production by scientists at...

Ageing dams in India, US, other nations pose growing threat: UN report

NEW YORK: Over a thousand large dams in India will be roughly 50 years old in 2025 and such aging structures across the world...

New UK variant of coronavirus may be more deadly, says Boris Johnson

London: Early evidence suggests the variant of coronavirus that emerged in the UK towards the end of last year may be more deadly, Prime...

First treaty to ban nuclear weapons adopted, without any nuclear power ratifying it

UNITED NATIONS: The first-ever treaty to ban nuclear weapons entered into force on Friday, hailed as a historic step to rid the world of...

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