Italy: News

11 Jun 2022

Venice

5 beautiful accommodation options in Venice

Located in northeastern Italy and serving as the capital of the Veneto region, Venice is well-known for its stunning architectural heritage, beautiful bridges, gondola rides, winding canals, and soothing romantic vibes.

24 May 2022

Kourtney Kardashian

5 popular wedding destinations in Italy

Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker had a dream wedding in Portofino, Italy over the weekend with family and close friends in attendance.

26 Apr 2022

Food

Italian recipes you can easily make at home

Have you been craving some Italian lately?

26 Apr 2022

Dubai

Top 5 cities to travel to in 2022

With international travel curbs gone, you can now set out on your dream vacation abroad.

11 Mar 2022

California

#VacayGoals: 5 movies that'll inspire you to take that trip

Vacations are fun! They can lead you to meet new people, experience different cultures, food, etc, and basically, soak in something new.

11 Jan 2022

Tuscany

5 things to do in Tuscany

Located in Central Italy, Tuscany is a beautiful historical region that is surrounded by picturesque landscape, scenic vineyards, ancient towers, and interesting Renaissance art and architecture.

06 Jan 2022

Punjab

Amid Omicron worry, 125 Italy-Amritsar flight passengers test COVID-positive

As many as 125 passengers from a chartered flight from Italy's Milan tested positive for COVID-19 after landing in Punjab's Amritsar on Thursday afternoon.

05 Oct 2021

Russia News

Russia: Hundreds of dead ravens fall from sky; experts baffled

Hundreds of dead ravens have been seen falling from the sky in apocalyptic scenes in the Ust-Tarka village of Novosibirsk Oblast in Russia.

22 Sep 2021

Sports

Former England pacer Jade Dernbach set to play for Italy

Former England fast bowler Jade Dernbach is set to play for Italy.

24 Aug 2021

Rome

Village near Rome is selling houses for just Rs. 87

Italy has been selling off houses in its beautiful countryside for just €1 (around Rs. 87) since last year, with the aim of repopulating the villages.

24 May 2021

COVID-19

Italy: Around 13 killed after cable car plunges to ground

A Stresa-Mottarone cable car taking visitors to a mountaintop view of Northern Italy's most picturesque lakes plummeted to the ground on Sunday, killing at least 13 people and sending two children to the hospital.

16 Mar 2021

France

Why European countries are halting the AstraZeneca shot

The largest and most influential European countries, like Germany, France, and Italy, have paused the rollout of coronavirus vaccine, developed by the University of Oxford and British-Swedish pharma giant AstraZeneca over blood clot fears.

US: Coronavirus death toll approaches grim milestone of 500,000

The United States, which has been touching one grim milestone after another since the coronavirus outbreak in late 2019, is now close to logging 500,000 deaths.

18 Feb 2021

Pope Francis

Pope celebrates pandemic-aware Ash Wednesday at Vatican

Pope Francis presided over a pandemic-aware Ash Wednesday service, with reduced participation of the faithful and a revised rite to reduce the chance of infection as the virus and its variants continue to spread through Italy.

13 Feb 2021

Prime Minister

Mario Draghi sworn in as new Prime Minister of Italy

Mario Draghi has been sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Italy on Saturday after forming a national unity government tasked to help the country tackle and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic-induced crisis and economic slump.

03 Jan 2021

Facebook

Italian nurse proposes to girlfriend using his PPE kit

Love will perhaps always find a way even in the time of a raging pandemic.

Families of Italian COVID-19 victims seek $122 million from government

The families of people who died of COVID-19 in Italy have sued the government, seeking €100 million ($122 million) in damages.

10 Dec 2020

Venice

Venice flooded after new dam system didn't activate on time

Venice, the popular Italian city, was on Tuesday flooded as a barrier system, named MOSE — that had been installed after being plagued by corruption and cost overruns for years — wasn't activated on time due to an error in the forecast.

10 Dec 2020

FIFA World Cup

Football legend Paolo Rossi passes away aged 64

Former Italian footballer Paolo Rossi, who led the national team to victory in the 1982 World Cup, has died aged 64.

23 Nov 2020

Narendra Modi

India will host G20 Summit in 2023

On Sunday, G20 leaders announced that India will host the prestigious summit in 2023, a year later than what was decided earlier.

21 Nov 2020

Greta Thunberg

Italy: Students protest over school closures due to COVID-19

Italian school students have been protesting against the closure of schools in Turin city, Piedmont, due to COVID-19.

Italy: COVID-19 cases surge, hospitals near breaking-point; partial lockdown extended

As the number of COVID-19 cases continues to surge in Italy, hospitals in the country are in a dire condition and nearing a breaking point, struggling with the rise in new admissions.

19 Oct 2020

Europe

Coronavirus: Italy introduces new restrictions as infections rise again

Italy has introduced new restrictions to curb the spread of COVID-19 as the number of infections has risen again.

03 Sep 2020

Suzuki

Suzuki unveils V-Strom 1050 XT PRO adventure tourer in Italy

Japanese automaker Suzuki has unveiled a new PRO variant of its flagship V-Strom 1050 XT adventure tourer, in Italy.

21 Jul 2020

France

How to make delicious French macarons at home

French macarons are small and sweet cream-filled cookies that first originated in Italy (yes, and later brought to France).

28 May 2020

Mumbai

Overflowing crematoriums and mortuaries: Coronavirus makes last rites painful

While countries, including India, are finding it difficult to keep the number of coronavirus cases low, they are faced with another major problem — cremation of the dead.

26 May 2020

Arvind Kejriwal

Coronavirus: Delhi wants more beds, but private hospitals are concerned

To ensure that the National Capital is well-prepared as coronavirus cases are surging, the Delhi government asked private hospitals to reserve 20% of their beds.

11 May 2020

Europe

Coronavirus: How European countries are easing the lockdown?

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, Europe has been among the hardest-hit regions in the world.

04 May 2020

Coronavirus

As Italy emerges from world's longest coronavirus lockdown, worries remain

Italy, one of the worst-hit nations in the coronavirus pandemic, has started to emerge from the world's longest nationwide lockdown imposed to contain the outbreak.

Coronavirus kills over 100,000 globally; 50% died in a week

The novel coronavirus is highly contagious and is capable of wiping off cities, the new data about the death toll confirms, yet again.

08 Apr 2020

Spain

Coronavirus: Are the worst-hit countries flattening the curve?

The total number of cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) rose to 1.4 million on Wednesday, including over 80,000 deaths.

08 Apr 2020

Wuhan

China celebrates re-opening of coronavirus' epicenter Wuhan, while world suffers

An industrial hub of China, Wuhan, where coronavirus originated from in December 2019, re-opened after 76 days on Wednesday, an event that was marked by light shows.

27 Mar 2020

Punjab

Punjab-man, who died of coronavirus, infected 23; 15 villages sealed

In a troublesome turn of events, a 70-year-old Punjab man, who died of coronavirus, is believed to have infected 23 people and met hundreds when he jumped self-quarantine rules.

26 Mar 2020

Donald Trump

Coronavirus kills over 21,000 globally, nearly 3 billion under lockdown

A third of the entire global population is locked down and over 21,000 have died, courtesy the coronavirus pandemic which originated in China last year in December.

Trump, Modi, and Conte: How are world leaders tackling coronavirus

The world will be categorized into the pre-coronavirus phase and the one after that.

Coronavirus: Italy records second-deadliest day with 743 new deaths

After a two-day consecutive drop in the number of coronavirus-related deaths, Italy hoped that the worst was over.

Coronavirus positive cases top 400,000 worldwide, pandemic is accelerating

In just three days, the number of coronavirus cases, worldwide, went from 300,000 to over 400,000, giving yet another proof of how contagious the disease is.

23 Mar 2020

Germany

Despite coronavirus pandemic, people worldwide refuse to stay indoors

Around the world, the coronavirus outbreak has compelled authorities to impose strict regulations advising social distancing and urging people to stay indoors.

23 Mar 2020

India

Enforce coronavirus lockdown, take action against violators: Centre tells states

Fully aware that only a nationwide lockdown can contain the spread of coronavirus, the government of India has asked states to enforce it diligently and ordered to take legal action against those flouting rules.

21 Mar 2020

Spain

Coronavirus: Italy records highest single-day death toll, again; Army called

In what shows that things aren't getting any better in Italy, the number of people dying due to novel coronavirus climbed to 627 on a single day on Friday, the Italian Civil Protection Agency announced.