New Delhi: India's tally of daily COVID-19 cases nearly doubled on Monday from the previous day to more than 2,000 for the first time in a month, government data showed, and the southern state of Kerala reported a big jump in deaths. India was at the

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has said that 40 lakh Indians died during the pandemic due to the government’s “negligence” and once again demanded that all families of the deceased be given Rs 4 lakh compensation each. Taking to Twitter, Gandhi shared the screenshot of

Vatican City: Pope Francis exclaimed on Palm Sunday "Let the weapons be put down! Let the Easter truce begin." The Easter miracle we need now is a ceasefire for the war in Ukraine. A ceasefire that leads to negotiations between Russia and Ukraine for a

London: The British government’s new immigration strategy that would see asylum seekers and refugees being sent to Rwanda could begin in a matter of weeks, according to an official. Andrew Griffith, the director of Downing Street’s policy unit, said the prime minister’s new immigration strategy could

Kyiv: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said about 2,500 to 3,000 Ukrainian troops have been killed in seven weeks of war with Russia and about 10,000 have been injured. There was no count of civilian casualties, he told CNN . He said 19,000 to 20,000 Russian soldiers

Jerusalem: At least 152 Palestinians were injured in clashes with Israeli riot police inside Al Aqsa mosque compound, extending a recent resurgence of violence that has raised fears of a slide back to wider conflict. Most of the Palestinian injuries were incurred by rubber bullets, stun

KISMAYO, Somalia: The mothers and children of the Horn of Africa are starting to lose the fight against pockets of near famine as the worst drought in 40 years is unleashing hunger, thirst, displacement and death on already vulnerable communities. Families here have one plea for

Washington, DC: The Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC), an advocacy group dedicated to safeguarding India’s pluralist and tolerant ethos, condemned the Indian government’s sanctions to prosecute activist and head of Amnesty International India Aakar Patel. On Tuesday, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) told a Delhi

Colombo: Cash-strapped Sri Lanka imposed fuel rationing in another worsening of the economic crisis that has sparked widespread demonstrations calling for President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s resignation. The state-run Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC), which accounts for two-thirds of the retail fuel market, said it would limit the quantities