Online desk : Chinese President Xi Jinping warned global leaders at an all-virtual Davos forum Monday against starting a “new Cold War”, and urged global unity in the face of the coronavirus…
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Nearly 1.4 million people vaccinated in India
Online desk ; The Indian government on Saturday said over 300,000 people were vaccinated against the COVID-19 in a single day on Friday, the highest daily number since inoculation drive started last…
Eleven rescued after two weeks trapped in Chinese mine
Online desk ; Rescuers in east China pulled 11 miners from hundreds of metres underground where they had been trapped for two weeks, state media reported, as the race to locate the…
US crosses 25 million confirmed coronavirus cases
Online desk ; The United States has now recorded 25 million coronavirus cases, reaching the threshold Saturday afternoon, according to a New York Times database. Experts say that as staggering as that…
Melania and Trump ‘slept in separate rooms’ in White House
Online desk ; Donald and Melania Trump have marked their 16th wedding anniversary amid speculation the former first lady could file for divorce. The couple had plenty of frosty and awkward moments…
Canada’s Trudeau first foreign leader called by Biden
Online desk ; In his first call to a foreign leader as US President, Joe Biden spoke with Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau Friday on a number of topics and made plans to…
Indian farmers to step up protests
Online desk ; Indian farmers on Friday rejected an offer by the government to defer three farm reform laws for one-and-half years, warning they would step up protests as they seek a…
British doctors call for shorter gap between Pfizer vaccine doses
Online desk ; A group of British doctors have written to England’s chief medical officer to tell him to cut the gap between doses of the Pfizer and BioNTech vaccine to six…
Google seals content payment deal with French news publishers
Online desk ; Google and a French publishers’ lobby have said they had agreed to a copyright framework for the US tech giant to pay news publishers for content online, in a…
India should have 4 rotating capitals, demands Mamata
Online desk ; India’s West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has demanded that India must have four rotating capitals instead of just one national capital in Delhi. While speaking at a rally…
Dozens detained at Navalny protests in Russia
Online desk : Dozens of people have been detained as police try to stop nationwide protests in Russia in support of jailed opposition politician Alexei Navalny. Police are also breaking up groups…
Trump returns to family business empire hit hard by pandemic
Online desk ; Donald Trump is returning to a family business ravaged by pandemic shutdowns and restrictions, with revenue plunging more than 40 per cent at his Doral golf property, his Washington…