Over 1L hospitalised with Covid in US, 1st time in 4 months
New York, Jan 5 (IANS) More than 103,000 people are currently hospitalised with Covid-19 in the US, the first time the total has reached...
Record number of guns found with travellers at US airports in 2021
New York, Jan 5 (IANS) The number of travelers attempting to pass through US airport security checkpoints with firearms hit a record high in...
Covid surge to alter daily life for millions in US: Report
Washington, Jan 2 (IANS) The Covid-19 situation is exploding at an unprecedented speed and could alter daily life for millions of Americans during the...
Sri Lanka could go bankrupt this year
New Delhi, Jan 2 (IANS) Sri Lanka is facing a deepening financial and humanitarian crisis with fears it could go bankrupt in 2022 as...
UK keen to ease immigration rules for Indians in exchange for trade access
New Delhi, Jan 2 (IANS) UK Ministers are keen to ease immigration restrictions in a bid to make it easier for thousands of Indian...
US reports over 7.5mn child Covid-19 cases
Washington, Dec 29 (IANS) Over 7.5 million children have tested positive for Covid-19 since the onset of the pandemic in the US, representing 1...
Ex-Afghan Prez Ghani runner-up in most corrupt list headed by Belarus Prez
By Sanjeev Sharma
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) Former Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani is runner-up for the annual Person of the Year award for Corruption...
Egyptian, Russian leaders agree to intensify efforts to settle Libyan crisis
Cairo, Dec 26 (IANS) Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have agreed on intensifying joint efforts to settle the Libyan...
Global Covid caseload tops 278.8 mn
Washington, Dec 25 (IANS) The global coronavirus caseload has topped 278.8 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.39 million and vaccinations...
38 dead in B’desh ferry fire
Dhaka, Dec 24 (IANS) At least 38 people were killed and 100 others injured when a passenger ferry caught fire in Bangladesh's Jhalokati district...
