Online desk ; A city in northern China is building a 3,000-unit quarantine facility to deal with an anticipated overflow of patients as COVID-19 cases rise ahead of the annual Lunar New…
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Twitter says White House accounts will be transferred to Biden admin
Online desk ; Twitter Inc on Thursday said it will transfer institutional White House Twitter accounts to Biden administration when the U.S. President-elect swears in on January 20, reports Reuters. Twitter said…
Taliban cracks down on ‘costly’ polygamy
Online desk ; The leader of the Taliban in Afghanistan has issued a decree urging the group’s leaders and commanders to forego taking multiple wives, which he said was inviting “criticism from…
US Capitol rioters meant to ‘capture and assassinate’ elected officials
online desk ; Federal prosecutors offered an ominous new assessment of last week’s siege of the US Capitol by President Donald Trump’s supporters on Thursday, saying in a court filing that rioters…
China reports first coronavirus death in eight months
Online desk ; China has recorded its first Covid-19 death in eight months, as experts gathered to discuss worrying new strains of the coronavirus that are spreading rapidly around the globe. The…
US bans all Xinjiang cotton products, tomatoes over forced labour
Online desk ; The US will bar entry of all cotton products and tomatoes from China’s Xinjiang region, where it says Beijing is oppressing Muslim-minority Uighurs, reports Bloomberg from Washington. The move…
Team from WHO heads to China in search of Covid-19 origins
Online desk : An international team of scientists led by the World Health Organization was set to arrive in the central Chinese city of Wuhan on Thursday to investigate the origins of…
Trump impeached in historic second charge
Online desk ; President Donald Trump was impeached by the U.S. House for a historic second time Wednesday, charged with “incitement of insurrection” over the deadly mob siege of the Capitol in…
How PM Modi misread the mood of India’s farmers
Online desk : After more than 45 days of protests and eight rounds of talks with the government, India’s farmers have refused to budge. Nothing short of a repeal of three market-friendly…
Top US generals condemn Capitol attack in message to troops
Online desk ; The Pentagon’s top generals condemned the January 6 attack on the Capitol by Trump supporters on Tuesday, telling US troops that it was an illegal assault on the constitutional…
Mumbai airport begins COVID-19 vaccine transportation
Online desk ; COVID-19 vaccine transportation from Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) commenced on Wednesday with budget carrier GoAir airlifting 2,400 vials of Covishield to Goa. The Wadia Group-owned no-frills…
Indonesia starts mass COVID vaccinations with President
Online Desk : Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Wednesday received the first shot of a Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccine after Indonesia approved it for emergency use and began efforts to vaccine millions of…