India records 12,213 fresh Covid cases in last 24 hours
Crossing 10,000 mark in a day for the first time since February 26 in the number of Covid cases, India reported 12,213 fresh infections and 11 deaths in the last 24 hours, stated the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday. With this, India’s active caseload now stands at 58,215 with active cases […]
‘China will keep backing Russia on sovereignty, security,’ Xi tells Putin
Chinese President Xi Jinping told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in a call Wednesday that Beijing would keep backing Moscow on “sovereignty and security”, according to state media. China is “willing to continue to offer mutual support (to Russia) on issues concerning core interests and major concerns such as sovereignty and security,” Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported […]
WHO to decide whether monkeypox represents public health emergency
The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that it will convene a meeting next week to assess whether the current monkeypox outbreak outside of the traditional endemic areas in Africa has already turned into a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC). “The global outbreak of monkeypox is clearly unusual and concerning,” WHO Director-General Dr […]
CBI court releases Lalu Prasad’s passport
A CBI court in Patna on Tuesday released RJD national President Lalu Prasad Yadav’s passport which was seized by the central probe agency due to cases related to fodder scam. The court released the passport after hearing a plea filed by the 75-year-old veteran socialist on June 6. Sources have said that Lalu Prasad will […]
Russian employee of n-plant in B’desh dies
A Russian national who worked in the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) of Bangladesh has died, an official said on Monday, adding that a total of eight foreign employees connected to the project have passed away in the past six months. Ivanov Anton, 33, was a former employee of Rosem Company, a Russian contractor working […]
Rahul Gandhi reaches ED office
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi reached the Enforcement Directorate (ED) office in the national capital on Monday amidst heavy security deployment. He reached ED after he was summoned in connection with the National Herald case where heavy police deployment in and around the ED office located at Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Road. A large number of […]
Largest Palestinian displacement in decades looms after Israeli court ruling
Some 1,200 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank region of Masafer Yatta face the risk of forced removal to make way for an army firing zone after a decades-long legal battle that ended last month in Israel’s highest court. The ruling opened the way for one of the largest displacements since Israel captured the territory in the […]
US rolls out measures to tackle migration crisis
LOS ANGELES: The United States unveiled on Friday a long list of measures to confront the migration crisis as President Joe Biden and fellow leaders prepared to issue a joint declaration thrashed out at a fractious Summit of the Americas. The White House touted a series of actions agreed by countries across the hemisphere and […]
Palestinian killed during clashes with Israeli soldiers in West Bank
A Palestinian was killed during clashes with the Israeli soldiers in the town of Halhul near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, according to Palestinian medics and eyewitnesses. The Palestinian Health Ministry on Thursday said in a statement that Mahmoud Abu Ahyour, 27, died in the hospital after he was shot in the abdomen […]
India-Bangladesh bus service resumes after two years
The cross-border bus service between Bangladesh and India resumed on Friday, two years after its suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Resumption of India-Bangladesh Cross-Border Bus Services! Bus services b/w India-Bangladesh via ICP Agartala-Akhaura & ICP Haridaspur-Benapole resumed with the Dhaka-Kolkata-Dhaka bus being flagged off from Dhaka early morning today-a major step forward in enhancing […]