United Nations: The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process warned that the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory was “escalating towards a full-scale war”, amid continuing air strikes and rocket attacks. “Stop the fire immediately. We’re escalating towards a full-scale war”, Coordinator Tor
Dipu Rai India’s demand for medical oxygen surpassed Brazil’s six-fold on May 5. The difference was perhaps reflective of the huge gap in number of fresh Covid-19 cases in the two countries. But the unmet demand in the past weeks is linked to the ferocious second wave that
United Nation: The World Health Organisation has said a recent risk assessment of the situation in India found that "resurgence and acceleration" of COVID-19 transmission in the country had several potential contributing factors, including "several religious and political mass gathering events which increased social mixing". The
Lucknow: Fourteen government doctors in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao, just 40 km from capital Lucknow, who are in charge of rural hospitals in the district, have resigned from their posts saying they are being made the scapegoats for the rise in Covid infections in the district. The
New Delhi: India s coronavirus death toll crossed 250,000 on Wednesday in the deadliest 24 hours since the pandemic began, as the disease rampaged through the countryside, leaving families to weep over the dead in rural hospitals or camp in wards to tend the sick. The
New York: The United Nations has raised India's growth forecast to 7.5 per cent for calendar year 2021, marking a 0.2 per cent increase from its projection in January, but said the country's outlook for the year remains highly fragile. The surging Covid-19 infections and inadequate
New York: Amnesty International said Israel is using "abusive and wanton force against largely peaceful Palestinian protesters" in east Jerusalem clashes that have wounded hundreds of demonstrators and dozens of police. Israel on Tuesday firmly defended the conduct of its officers, insisting they have responded to
New York: The UN Secretary-General said he was "gravely concerned" at escalating violence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, while the UN rights office, OHCHR, appealed for “a redoubling of efforts to restore calm”, after airstrikes and days of clashes between protesters and Israeli police. The ongoing
Paris: Around 400 million people are at risk across the world as hundreds of cities have no climate adaptation plans in place despite rising threats like floods, heatwaves, and pollution, according to a report released Wednesday. Fast-expanding urban areas are home to more than half the
London: Thousands of people gathered in London to protest Israeli attacks on Gaza and ongoing police brutality at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. Protesters gathered in front of government offices at 10 Downing Street in the evening under heavy police presence. Some banners carried at the rally read