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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has appealed to everyone to take the Covid-19 vaccine. Sharing his thoughts in the Mann Ki Baat programme of All India Radio today, Mr Modi said, it’s a matter of honour for everyone that today India is running the world’s largest vaccination programme. He said, several …

Islamabad: Pakistan’s first lady Bushra Bibi on Saturday tested positive for coronavirus, hours after Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan contracted the virus. Earlier in the day, it was reported that PM Imran Khan had tested positive for the virus and was currently in home isolation. He was vaccinated on Thursday with …

30-01-2021 ROME/ WASHINGTON/ RIYADH/ DUBAI: Italy has halted the sale of thousands of missiles to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) due to their involvement in the Yemen conflict, making permanent an 18-month temporary suspension. “Today I am announcing that the government has revoked the authorizations under way …

14-11-2020 BEIJING/ WASHINGTON: China has extended congratulations to US President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, sources confirmed. Addressing a press briefing on Friday, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin said that Beijing had been “watching the domestic and international reaction to the US presidential election”. “We respect the …

30-09-2020 WASHINGTON: The first of the three debates between US President Donald Trump and former vice president Joe Biden on Wednesday was a heated one, with both men trading insults back and forth as the Democratic nominee told Trump to “shut up” and called him “clown” two times. Trump frequently …

07-08-2020 WASHINGTON/ NEW YORK/ HOUSTON: Nearly 300,000 Americans could be dead from COVID-19 by Dec. 1, University of Washington health experts forecast on Thursday, although they said 70,000 lives could be saved if people were scrupulous about wearing masks. The prediction by the university’s widely cited Institute for Health Metrics …

Hyderabad, June 28 (PMI): In the wake of increasing COVID-19 cases in GHMC , Chief Minister  K Chandrashekhar Rao has decided to finalise a strategy to contain spreading of the disease in  next three to four days. He will take a decision on various  proposals that lock down should be …

Indian Metrological Department, IMD said that Super Cyclone AMPHAN is likely to make landfall between Digha, West Bengal and Hatiya Islands, Bangladesh, close to Sundarbans tommorrow afternoon with maximum sustained wind speed of 155 to 165 kilometres per hour gusting to 185 kilometres per hour. AMPHAN over Westcentral Bay of …

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said measures and reforms announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today will have a transformative impact on country’s health and education sectors. In a tweet, Mr Modi said, they will boost entrepreneurship, help public sector units and revitalise the village economy. He said, reform trajectories …

28 April, 2020 TEHRAN/ DUBAI/ WASHINGTON: The General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces denounced the presence of American forces in the region as the root cause of insecurity for regional countries, warning that any provocative move by the US will draw a harsh response from Iran’s military forces. In …