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01 Aug 2021
United Nations (UN)India assumes UNSC August Presidency; to organize 3 key meetings
India on Sunday took over the rotational Presidency of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for the month of August.
31 Jul 2021
Domestic ViolencePakistan's women lawmakers demand public hanging of all rapists
Women lawmakers of Pakistan have unanimously demanded the public hanging of all rapists to curb rising cases of harassment and abuse of women and children in the country.
30 Jul 2021
Japan27 new COVID-19 cases at Olympics; Japan extends restrictions
As Japan is witnessing a surge in COVID-19 cases, the Olympic Games host has extended the state of emergency in Tokyo and its surrounding areas.
30 Jul 2021
IsraelShip linked to Israeli billionaire reportedly attacked off Oman
An oil tanker linked to an Israeli billionaire reportedly came under attack off the coast of Oman in the Arabian Sea, authorities said Friday, as details about the incident remained few.
30 Jul 2021
COVID-19China sees new COVID-19 outbreaks as Delta variant takes hold
The Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2, which was first detected in India, is now posing a challenge to China's efforts to contain local COVID-19 outbreaks.
29 Jul 2021
House of RepresentativesUS wants to stop foreign students from staying after studies
A group of United States of America lawmakers has reintroduced legislation in the House of Representatives to eliminate a program that allows foreign students to stay in the country for work after the completion of their studies under certain conditions.
28 Jul 2021
KarachiPakistan: 2 weeks after bus blast, Chinese nationals shot at
Weeks after a blast on a bus carrying Chinese engineers, two Chinese nationals were fired at by unidentified assailants in Karachi on Wednesday.
28 Jul 2021
IndiaSaudi: Three-year travel ban for citizens visiting 'red list' countries
Saudi Arabia has announced a three-year travel ban and hefty penalties on citizens who visit countries on the Kingdom's COVID-19 red list, including India.
27 Jul 2021
United States of AmericaUS: Eight killed in 22-car pileup in Utah during sandstorm
A sandstorm caused a huge 22-vehicle pileup on a Utah highway that left eight people dead, including four children, authorities said.
27 Jul 2021
LibyaUN: Migrant boat capsizes off Libya, 57 presumed dead
A boat carrying African migrants capsized off Libya's coast Monday, leaving at least 57 people presumed dead, a UN migration official said.
24 Jul 2021
EuropeEuropean drug regulator approves Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, Spikevax, for 12-17-year-olds
The European drug regulator on Friday recommended approving Moderna's coronavirus vaccine, called Spikevax, for use in children aged 12-17 years, making it the second vaccine to be authorized for this age group in the region.
23 Jul 2021
England'Super-seeding' drove UK spread of Alpha variant, study shows
The rapid spread of the Alpha variant of SARS-CoV-2 through Britain last autumn was driven by large numbers of infected people exporting the variant to multiple parts of the country, according to a large study.
23 Jul 2021
TaiwanTyphoon to bring heavy rains to Taiwan, China over weekend
A typhoon is forecast to bring heavy rains to Taiwan and coastal China over the weekend, days after the worst flooding on record in a central province caused at least 33 deaths.
22 Jul 2021
World Health OrganizationCoronavirus: China rejects WHO proposal to probe lab leak theory
In its strongest pushback against the "lab leak" theory concerning coronavirus' origins, China has rejected a proposal by the World Health Organization (WHO) to investigate the matter.
21 Jul 2021
AustraliaHalf of Australians under lockdown again as COVID-19 cases surge
Until recently, Australia had been praised for its strict lockdowns, lengthy border closures, and quarantine norms over COVID-19.
21 Jul 2021
COVID-19Over 1.5 million children lost caregivers to COVID-19 worldwide: Report
Over 1.5 million children in 21 countries, including 1,19,000 from India, lost their primary and secondary caregivers to COVID-19 during the pandemic's first 14 months, according to a study in The Lancet.
21 Jul 2021
Tedros Adhanom GhebreyesusWHO leader says virus risk inevitable at Tokyo Olympics
The Tokyo Olympics should not be judged by the tally of COVID-19 cases that arise because eliminating risk is impossible, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) told sports officials on Wednesday as events began in Japan.
21 Jul 2021
RainfallTwelve killed in heavy rain, floods in central China
At least 12 people were killed while about 100,000 have been relocated to safe places in China's central Henan province which received the highest daily rainfall since the weather record began, state media reported on Wednesday.
21 Jul 2021
Prince CharlesBuckingham Palace 'surprised' at Prince Harry's 'accurate, truthful' memoir announcement
The Duke of Sussex's royal life will no longer remain a secret.
20 Jul 2021
United States of AmericaUS eases travel advisory for India as COVID-19 cases decline
As India's COVID-19 outbreak subsides, the United States has eased the travel advisory for its citizens traveling to India.
20 Jul 2021
IslamabadSouth Korean goes missing after scaling Pakistani peak
A famous South Korean climber fell into a crevasse and went missing over the weekend in bad weather after scaling another mountain peak in northern Pakistan, a mountaineering official said on Tuesday.
20 Jul 2021
World BankWorld Bank deployed $157bn in 15 months to fight COVID-19
In its largest-ever crisis response, the World Bank deployed over $157 billion to fight the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health, economic and social fronts over the last 15 months.
20 Jul 2021
United States of AmericaUS: Largest wildfire grows, forces evacuation of wildlife station
The largest wildfire in America torched more dry forest in Oregon and forced the evacuation of a wildlife research station on Monday as firefighters had to retreat from the flames for the ninth consecutive day due to erratic and dangerous fire behavior.
19 Jul 2021
EnglandNorovirus outbreak reported in the UK. What is it?
The United Kingdom, which is already seeing a surge in coronavirus cases amid relaxation of curbs, has now reported an outbreak of the norovirus.
19 Jul 2021
CoronavirusAzithromycin no more effective against COVID-19 than placebo: Study
The commonly prescribed antibiotic for COVID-19, azithromycin, is no more effective than a placebo in preventing the viral disease among non-hospitalized patients, and may in fact increase their chance of hospitalization, a study has found.
19 Jul 2021
Fawad ChaudhryAround 30 killed, several injured as bus crashes in Pakistan
At least 30 people were killed, mostly laborers who were going to their hometown to celebrate Eid-ul Azha, and over 40 others injured on Monday when a passenger bus collided with a trailer truck on a highway in Dera Ghazi Khan district of Pakistan's Punjab Province.
17 Jul 2021
FranceFrance allows visitors vaccinated with Indian-made AstraZeneca vaccine
France will now allow international travelers who have received AstraZeneca's Indian-manufactured vaccine into the country starting Sunday.
17 Jul 2021
JapanFirst COVID-19 case reported at Tokyo Olympics village, raising fears
A person has tested positive for the coronavirus at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics athletes' village, organizers said on Saturday, marking the first such case there.
17 Jul 2021
World Health OrganizationWHO chief says COVID-19 lab leak theory possible; China responds
World Health Organization (WHO) chief Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has acknowledged the possibility of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 leaking from a laboratory.
16 Jul 2021
AfghanistanPulitzer-winning Indian photojournalist Danish Siddiqui killed in Afghanistan
Danish Siddiqui, a Pulitzer Prize-winning Indian photojournalist, was killed in clashes in the Kandahar province of Afghanistan on Thursday night.
16 Jul 2021
AfghanistanIndian photojournalist, Danish Siddiqui, killed in Afghanistan's Kandahar province
Danish Siddiqui, a Pulitzer Prize-winning Indian photojournalist, who was working with Reuters news agency has been killed in Afghanistan while covering clashes between Afghan troops and the Taliban.
16 Jul 2021
GermanyOver 40 dead, dozens missing as severe floods strike Europe
More than 40 people have died and dozens were missing on Thursday in Germany and Belgium as heavy flooding turned streams and streets into raging torrents that swept away cars and caused houses to collapse.
15 Jul 2021
World Health OrganizationWe're in early stages of third COVID-19 wave: WHO chief
Sounding alarm over the rising Delta variant cases of COVID-19, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, on Thursday warned the world the pandemic is now in the "early stages" of the third wave.
15 Jul 2021
IndiaChoksi's extradition could be delayed for years: Here's why
The extradition of fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi—accused in the Rs. 13,500-crore Punjab National Bank fraud case—to India could possibly be delayed by many years, according to people familiar with the matter.
15 Jul 2021
CanadaNewsBytesExplainer: Why do US and Canada see wildfires every year?
Parts of western United States and Canada in the North American continent are gearing up for the annual wildfire season as several fires have already started ripping through southwest US.
14 Jul 2021
ChinaPakistan bus blast: 9 Chinese engineers killed; China blames 'bombing'
At least 13 people were killed, including nine Chinese engineers in a blast on a bus in northern Pakistan on Wednesday.
14 Jul 2021
RomePope Francis discharged from hospital ten days after surgery
Pope Francis was seen leaving the hospital on Wednesday, ten days after undergoing planned surgery to remove half his colon.
14 Jul 2021
Indian GovernmentAwaiting greenlight from India to send COVID-19 vaccine help: US
The United States on Tuesday said that it is ready to ship its COVID-19 vaccines expeditiously when it has the green light from the Indian Government which has told the Americans that it needs further time to review legal provisions related to accepting vaccine donations.
14 Jul 2021
Building CollapseSearch ends in Chinese hotel collapse that killed 17 people
The death toll in the hotel collapse in China's Suzhou city raised to 17 on Wednesday as authorities ended the search.
13 Jul 2021
IraqIraqi health officials: 64 dead in fire at coronavirus ward
The death toll from a catastrophic blaze that erupted at a coronavirus hospital ward in southern Iraq the previous day rose to 64 on Tuesday, Iraqi medical officials said.
