Washington: Britain s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan asked fans to donate money for Covid-19 vaccines as a way of celebrating the second birthday of their son Archie. "We have been deeply touched over the past two years to feel the warmth and support for
Bangkok: The Myanmar junta added a ban on satellite television to existing restrictions on the internet and media, tightening its grip over information in the country, Human Rights Watch said today. On May 4, 2021, the ruling State Administration Council announced that anyone using satellite
Jeddah: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman has acknowledged Pakistan's role towards regional peace and stability during a meeting with Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), General Qamar Javed Bajwa, the country's military media wing said on Friday. General Bajwa is on a visit to Saudi
New Delhi): A mathematical model prepared by advisers to Prime Minister Narendra Modi suggests India’s coronavirus outbreak could peak in the coming days, but the group’s projections have been changing and were wrong last month. The team’s most recent forecast puts them more in line with
London: Coronavirus variants first detected in India risk becoming the UK’s second most dominant within weeks, experts have warned after total cases rose to 400. Public Health England (PHE) said that there was “no evidence of widespread community transmission or that these variants cause more severe
Mumbai: Indian police seized over seven kilogrammes (15.4 pounds) of natural uranium and arrested two men in the western Maharashtra state for “illegally possessing” the highly radioactive substance, an authority said. According to the anti-terrorism squad in Maharashtra, the confiscated material is worth around $2.9 million
Mumbai: Around 230 million Indians fell into poverty due to the pandemic last year with young people and women the hardest hit, and the current second wave threatens to make matters even worse, a new study has said. India’s stringent months-long lockdown from last March put
London: Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservatives scored a stunning election victory in an opposition stronghold Friday, after Britain held its first major ballot box test since Brexit and the coronavirus crisis. The "Super Thursday" regional and local elections could reshape the UK as pro-independence forces in
Washington: US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says there is no plan at this point to shoot down the remnants of a large Chinese rocket expected to plunge back through the atmosphere this weekend. The Long March 5B rocket blasted off from China’s Hainan island on April
New Delhi: India has seen demand for oxygen jump “seven-fold” as the country set a new world record for daily COVID-19 cases on Thursday. By the numbers: India’s health ministry reported 412,262 new infections, taking the official tally past 21 million, and 3,980 deaths from the
