Covid Pandemic ‘A Long Way From Over’: WHO Chief
Even though more than 780 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine have now been administered globally, the pandemic is "a long...
Year: 2021
10 States Show Steep Rise In Daily COVID-19 Cases
Ten states - Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Rajasthan have shown a...
Myanmar Activists Vow Week Of Protests During NY Holidays
Myanmar pro-democracy activists pledged on Tuesday to hold a series of protests this week to maintain pressure on military rulers...
Clashes In US After Cop Shoots 20-Year-Old Black Man
Protests broke out on Sunday night after US police fatally shot a young Black man in a suburb of Minneapolis...
Big Spike In Daily Covid Cases, But Crowds Gather For Festival
Hundreds of thousands of devotees flocked on Monday to take a holy bath in the Ganges river, even as the...
Farmers Ready To Talk If Govt Invites, No Change In Demands: Tikait
Farmers protesting the contentious new farm laws are ready to talk if the Centre invites them, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU)...
Illegal Driftnet Use Rife In Indian Ocean: Greenpeace
Greenpeace has uncovered widespread use of illegal driftnets in the northwest Indian Ocean, which it says are decimating marine life...
As Migrants Flee Cities, Concerns About Covid Surge In Villages
India reported another record number of new COVID-19 infections on Friday and daily deaths hit their highest in more than...
Not Even Fear Of Covid Can Disrupt Protest, Say Agitating Farmers
The alarming rise in the number of COVID-19 cases in Delhi notwithstanding, farmer leaders have said that nothing, not even...
US Defends Navy Ship’s Navigational Rights Inside India’s EEZ
The Pentagon has defended its Navy asserting its navigational rights within India's exclusive economic zone without taking New Delhi's permission,...
George Floyd Autopsy: Doctor Stands By Homicide Conclusion
The medical examiner who performed the autopsy on George Floyd after last May’s deadly arrest explained how he concluded the...
Gyanvapi Mosque: UP Waqf Board To Challenge ASI Survey Order
The Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board has said that it will challenge the Varanasi court order, allowing the archaeological...
Police Clamp Curbs On Media Coverage Of Kashmir Gunbattles
Police in the Himalayan region of Kashmir have asked journalists to refrain from live coverage of gun battles with militants...
Govt. To Review Covid Vaccines After Blood Clot Warning
A government panel of experts is investigating for any domestic cases of blood clotting, even mild ones, as a side...
‘Climate Change, Rich-Poor Gap, Conflict Likely To Grow’
Disease, the rich-poor gap, climate change and conflicts within and among nations will pose greater challenges in coming decades, with...
‘Onus Is On Men’: Imran’s Ex-Wife On His ‘Vulgarity’ Rape Remark
Jemima Goldsmith, former wife of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, on Wednesday took a clear stand on her ex-husband's controversial...
Rallies, Religious Gatherings Aggravate Worst Covid Surge
India’s COVID-19 cases have soared 13-fold in barely two months, a vicious second wave propelled by open disregard for safety...
Compensate Farmers For Crop Damage By Animals: Tikait
Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait said on Wednesday that the government should compensate farmers of hilly areas for...
Myanmar Activists Hold Shoe Protests, Another Celebrity Held
Myanmar security forces on Thursday arrested Paing Takhon, a model and actor who had spoken out against the coup, his...
7 Arrested After Climate Protesters Target Barclays London HQ
Police arrested seven people outside the London headquarters of Barclays bank on Wednesday after climate change activists broke windows to...
Foundation Laid For ‘Memorial’ To Farmers Who Died During Protests
The Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) has laid the foundation for a 'martyr memorial' at the agitation site on the Ghazipur-Ghaziabad...
UK Variant Found In 80% Of Covid Cases In Punjab: Health Minister
Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan said on Tuesday that 80 per cent of COVID-19 cases in Punjab have the...
Amnesty International Says Russia May Be Slowly Killing Navalny
Alexei Navalny, the prominent opponent of Russian President Vladimir Putin, is incarcerated in conditions that amount to torture and may...
“Time Has Come”: Tikait Warns Of Farmers’ Tractor Rally In Gujarat
Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait has threatened to start a farmers' tractor agitation in Gujarat, and said the...
Next Four Weeks ‘Very, Very Critical’ In Covid Battle: Health Official
India’s fight against COVID-19 over the next four weeks will be “very, very critical” as it faces a faster second...
