Updated: May 23, 2021 01:41 IST
New York [US], May 23 (ANI): The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Saturday (local time) welcomed the ceasefire in Gaza and urged the sides to comply with the agreement while stressing the need for urgent humanitarian assistance to Palestine following the 11-day conflict.
Read moreUpdated: May 23, 2021 01:35 IST
Washington DC [US], May 23 (ANI): American civil rights activist Rev Jesse Jackson Sr spoke to Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan (PTR) in a Zoom call on May 21 and assured that COVID-19 assistance is on its way, amid state's fight against the COVID-19 p
Read MoreUpdated: May 23, 2021 01:01 IST
Ottawa [Canada], May 23 (ANI): Following the recent truce between Israel and Palestine, former Ambassador and Canadian Cabinet Minister Chris Alexander is asking the world to turn its eyes on Pakistan's proxy war in Afghanistan.
Read MoreUpdated: May 23, 2021 01:16 IST
Gaza [Palestine], May 23 (ANI/Xinhua): The government offices in the Gaza Strip are to reopen on Sunday following the end of the fighting between Israel and militant groups in Gaza that continued for 11 days, a government official said on Saturday.
Read MoreUpdated: May 22, 2021 23:46 IST
Washington [US], May 22 (ANI): A delegation of World Sindhi Congress (WSC) and Voice for Missing Persons of Sindh (VMPS) had a video meeting with the UN Working Group on Involuntary or Enforced Disappearances (WGEID) during the 124th session and relatives of the victims
Read MoreUpdated: May 22, 2021 22:59 IST
Tokyo [Japan], May 22 (ANI): The Japanese government has issued a warning to Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd. and a subcontracted firm after the latter leaked blueprints for parts of a military-use prototype machine gun to a Chinese company, local media reported citing go
Read MoreUpdated: May 22, 2021 22:46 IST
Gaza [Palestine], May 22 (ANI): As a ceasefire in Gaza is agreed upon by Israel and Hamas, stories of fear and survival amid 11 days of onslaught/violence are emerging from both the Palestinian and Israeli enclaves.
Read MoreUpdated: May 22, 2021 22:40 IST
Washington [US], May 22 (ANI): China's deployment of a powerful robotic arm attached to the core module of its Tiangong Space Station has sparked concerns across the US as the technology "could be used in a future system for grappling other satellites".
Read MoreUpdated: May 22, 2021 21:23 IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], May 22 (ANI): Former Speaker of House of Representatives Agni Prasad Sapkota on Saturday said President Bidya Devi Bhandari's decision to dissolve the HOR is against the spirit of the Constitution of Nepal.
Read MoreUpdated: May 22, 2021 21:06 IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], May 22 (ANI/Xinhua): Bangladesh reported 1,028 new COVID-19 cases and 38 new deaths on Saturday, taking the tally to 787,726 and the death toll to 12,348, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said.
Read MoreUpdated: May 22, 2021 20:03 IST
Beijing [China], May 22 (ANI): While the world is battling COVID-19 pandemic, China's carbon emissions has reached a new record high with a growth of 14.5 per cent in the first quarter of 2021 as compared to the previous year, according to a report by the Centre for Res
Read MoreUpdated: May 22, 2021 19:33 IST
New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): In view of the deadly second wave and surge of COVID-19 cases in India, neighouring Bhutan has said it is not going to pressurise New Delhi for supply of vaccines as it is in greater need.
Read MoreUpdated: May 22, 2021 19:27 IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], May 22 (ANI): Nepal on Saturday reported 8,591 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative count of infections in the country to 5,05,643.
Read MoreUpdated: May 22, 2021 19:11 IST
New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): India took a strong objection to the use of the term so-called 'Indian variant' for the B.1.617 variant of the coronavirus on social media posts.
Read MoreUpdated: May 22, 2021 18:20 IST
New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): Pradip Kumar Yadav has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Liberia, informed the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Saturday.
Read MoreUpdated: May 22, 2021 18:16 IST
Sindh [Pakistan], May 22 (ANI): The Sindh province of Pakistan has extended the coronavirus restrictions for another two weeks amid a surge in COVID-19 cases.
Read MoreUpdated: May 22, 2021 18:02 IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], May 22 (ANI): Terming the decision to dissolve the House of Representatives as "unconstitutional and undemocratic", an alliance of Nepal opposition parties on Saturday declared that they will take legal and political steps against Prime Minister KP Sh
Read MoreUpdated: May 22, 2021 17:52 IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], May 22 (ANI): One person was killed and four others suffered injuries in a stabbing incident in Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands, on Friday night.
Read MoreUpdated: May 22, 2021 17:31 IST
Washington [US], May 22 (ANI): The United States and South Korea have agreed to cooperate on the Taiwan Strait issue, amid rising tensions in the 180-km wide waterways.
Read MoreUpdated: May 22, 2021 17:21 IST
Berlin [Germany], May 22 (ANI): Travellers from Britain and Northern Ireland will be barred from Sunday from entering Germany, which has classified the United Kingdom as a Covid-19 virus variant area of concern region.
Read MoreUpdated: May 22, 2021 16:50 IST
Karachi [Pakistan], May 22 (ANI): Several areas of Karachi, the financial capital of Pakistan, faced a power outage on Saturday after a high-tension transmission line of 220 kV tripped.
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