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Covid pandemic may end in 2022: WHO

Moscow, Feb 21 (IANS) If there are no more major Covid outbreaks after Omicron, the pandemic may see an end in 2022, the World...

Aus reopens int’l borders after 23 months

Canberra, Feb 21 (IANS) Australia on Mondaywelcomed its first international tourists in almost two years after reopening its border which was shut in early...

Putin could annex former Soviet states after Ukraine

New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin will keep waging war on neighbouring countries...

Global Covid caseload tops 422.8 mn

Washington, Feb 20 (IANS) The global coronavirus caseload has topped 422.8 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.88 million and vaccinations...

Russia plans biggest war in Europe since 1945: UK PM

New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) Evidence suggests that Russia is planning "the biggest war in Europe since 1945", UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson told...

Over 100 people looted in Karachi’s biggest crime incident

New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) In what can be termed as the biggest street crime incident of the year so far, a group of...

Indian-American Judge sends Pak man to 12 yrs in jail in healthcare fraud

San Francisco, Feb 19 (IANS) Indian-American judge Manish Shah has sentenced Muhammad Ateeq, 33, of Rawalpindi, Pakistan, to 12 years in prison and ordered...

US, China face-off in Nepal over $500 mn US grant

Kathmandu, Feb 18 (IANS) A small Himalayan nation, Nepal, has been caught in diplomatic wrangling between two superpowers, the United State of America and...

India’s crackdown on Chinese firms, apps getting ‘increasingly unhinged’: China

New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) India's crackdown on Chinese firms and mobile apps is "becoming increasingly unhinged" and the action is nothing but "politically-motivated...

US CDC reviewing mask guidance

Washington, Feb 17 (IANS) The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is reviewing its mask guidance, shifting its focus to Covid-19 hospitalizations...