New Delhi: India is set to become the world’s most populous country on April 14, a title China has held for decades. Faced with a large – and growing – population of more than 1.4 billion, India’s family planning service is under pressure to maintain
New Delhi: The number of active cases in the country stood at 49,622, government data showed. Active cases refer to persons who have tested positive for Covid-19 and are currently undergoing treatment. Amid a rise in coronavirus cases in the country over the last couple of
Rome: Rome’s Mayor Roberto Gualtieri attended an iftar at the Great Mosque in Italy’s capital, the first time such a visit had taken place in 10 years. It is the largest Islamic place of worship in the country, and was built thanks to a donation from
Seoul: Amid heightened tension in the Asia Pacific region, South Korea has said that North Korea has fired a new kind of long-range ballistic missile, sparking fear among the masses in Japan to take cover. However, it later turned out to be not dangerous. A military official
Mali: In a report presented to the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged Mali's ruling junta to "accelerate" the pace of the handover, in order to return power to elected civilians by early 2024 as promised. Guterres notes "progress" made in
London: A high-profile British parliamentarian has told the British Parliament the head of short-selling group Viceroy Research and its leader Fraser John Perring has links with the Russian state and President Putin. Labour MP Liam Byrne spoke in a debate in the parliament during the Business
London: An academic formerly at Cambridge University in the United Kingdom (UK) has been forced to repay over $1.25 million (£1 million) of stolen government grant money. Ehsan Abdi-Jalebi, 42, an expert in renewable energy, took more than £2 million in total, transferring money to his
Washington: President Joe Biden is set to announce that his administration is expanding eligibility for Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance exchanges to hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children, according to two U.S. officials briefed on the
Moscow: As many as 354,000 Russian and Ukrainian soldiers have been killed or injured in the Ukraine war which is grinding towards a protracted conflict that may last well beyond 2023, according to a trove of purported U.S. intelligence documents posted online. If authentic, the documents,
Islamabad: Pakistan stands at 145 among 146 countries listed in the Global Gender Gap Report by the World Economic Forum with Afghanistan as the only country behind in this list for its worst performance. The Federal Ombudsman Secretariat for Protection Against Harassment’s (FOSPAH) report stated that