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New Delhi: The World Health Organisation (WHO) is considering changing the name of the monkeypox virus to tackle the stigma and racism associated with it. The organisation is “working with partners and experts from around the world on changing the name of monkeypox virus, its clades and the disease it causes,” said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the […]

Dharamsala: For the Tibetans in exile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two-day visit to Dharamsala beginning Thursday has given rise to the pious hope of his meeting with their spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, who has lived in exile in northern India for over six decades. The expectation stems from the fact that Modi had only […]

Ankara: Turkey plans to have a total of 10 satellites in space by 2023 as part of its national space programme, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said. “This satellite marks another turning point in our space adventure. With the national space programme, it is our duty of honor to defend our country’s rights in space […]

London: Average human brain temperature is 38.5 degrees Celsius, with deeper brain regions often exceeding 40 degrees Celsius, particularly in women during the daytime, finds a study. Normal human brain temperature varies much more than previously thought, and this could be a sign of healthy brain function, said researchers at the Medical Research Council (MRC) […]

Berlin: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Tuesday of a “dangerous disconnect” between what scientists and citizens are demanding to curb climate change, and what governments are actually doing about it. Guterres said global greenhouse gas emissions need to drop by 45 per cent this decade, but are currently forecast to increase by 14 per cent. […]

Tehran: An explosion at a chemical factory in southern Iran injured scores of people, most of them lightly, the country’s state TV reported Tuesday. The report said a leak from an ammonium tank caused the blast on Monday evening in the southern city of Firouzabad in Fars province, located about 770 kilometers (480 miles) south […]

Washington: US President Joe Biden has signed into law a bill to explore the possibility of establishing a museum of Asian Pacific American history and culture, a move which will recognize and document the history and culture of Indian Americans. “I am honoured to sign into law something that is long overdue, and — the […]

Los Angeles: About 88,000 child Covid-19 cases were reported across the US in the week ending June 9, according to a latest report released by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Children’s Hospital Association. Over 13.5 million children have tested positive for Covid-19 since the onset of the pandemic in the country, and […]

Colombo: Nearly 10 per cent of Sri Lanka’s 22 million population were already staring at food security issues before the pandemic, which turned even direr when authorities shut down the economy and imposed a blanket ban on the use of chemical fertilisers, according to data released by the country’s central statistical agency on Monday. At […]

Bangkok: A 32-year-old previously healthy female veterinarian contracted Covid after being exposed to an infected cat, according to the first documented case of suspected cat-to-human transmission. Researchers from the Prince of Songkla University in Thailand reported the case of the vet who was diagnosed with Covid after being sneezed on by a cat owned by […]

Kabul: Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban has claimed that its forces have killed the commander of terrorist group ISIS (ISIL) and captured and another member in an operation conducted in the Bagrami district of Kabul province. TOLO News reported on Monday citing Zabihullah Mujahid, a Taliban spokesperson said that these main key figures had attacked mosques, monasteries, […]

Kiev: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Russia may lose more than 40,000 soldiers by the end of June. In a video address on Sunday, the President said: “The Russian army is trying to deploy reserve troops in Donbas. But what reserves can they speak of right now? “It seems that they will throw poorly trained […]

Quetta: Pakistan’s Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) has said that the mastermind behind some suicide attacks and blasts has been arrested in Quetta. The suspect has been identified as Nazimuddin alias Khalid and was arrested while he was carrying an explosive-laden motorcycle to conduct a terrorist attack in Quetta, Dawn reported on Sunday. The suspect had also […]

Islamabad: Pakistani President Arif Alvi has said that his country is committed to its international obligations toward the prevention of child labour. Alvi also urged stakeholders to speak against the social evil to prevent child labour, Xinhua news agency reported. “Child labor is a growing curse in the world, particularly in the developing countries. Pakistan […]

San Francisco: A shooting, which preliminary investigation indicates may have been a murder-suicide, left three people dead in San Jose, the third-largest city in California, police said. Two men and one woman were pronounced dead at the scene, police added on Sunday. A man fatally shot two people and then killed himself after a domestic […]

Chicago: While the US is discussing tough measures on gun violence, Chicago on Saturday (local time) witnessed multiple incidents of shootouts resulting in the death of five persons and 16 injured. At least five people have been killed and another 16 have been injured in shootings across the city of Chicago so far this weekend, […]

Patna: Two Chinese nationals were arrested on Sunday for illegally crossing the India-Nepal border in Bihar’s Sitamarhi district, the Sashastra Seema Bal said. The two Chinese nationals are identified as Lo Lung, 28, and Yung Hai Lung, 34. SSB personnel apprehended them over 300 metres inside Indian territory near pillar number 11/6. Nepalese passports, 3 […]

Paris: Since February this year, several cases of needle attacks have been reported in nightclubs, concerts and music festivals across France, according to media reports. French television BFMTV has reported 319 such cases in nightclubs alone. Police complaints have been filed by 275 victims, reports Xinhua news agency. Men and women can equally fall victim […]

Seoul: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Sunday expressed full support for Russian President Vladimir Putin, despite international condemnation for Moscow’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. The Russian people have “achieved great successes in accomplishing the just cause of defending the dignity and security of their country, while braving all sorts of challenges and hardships”, Pyongyang’s official […]

Las Vegas: A Nevada woman has lost her bid in a U.S. court to force international soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo to pay millions of dollars more than the USD 375,000 in hush money she received after claiming he raped her in Las Vegas in 2009. U.S. District Judge Jennifer Dorsey in Las Vegas kicked the […]

Beijing: At least 115 people were found infected with COVID-19 while 6,158 were quarantined after a bar-related outbreak occurred as China relaxed coronavirus measures a few days ago in Beijing. A Beijing health official on Saturday said that the outbreak that started at a bar in Beijing is at a rapidly spreading stage and the […]

Jeddah: The UAE has recorded 1,179 new COVID-19 cases – marking the highest daily incidece of new infections since February, state news agency WAM reported on Saturday. It marks the second day running that cases have surpassed the 1,000 mark – a figure which has not been recorded in four months. It also reported 981 […]

United Nations: Senior Indian diplomat Amandeep Singh Gill was on Friday appointed by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as his Envoy on Technology, with the UN describing him as a “thought leader on digital technology” who has a solid understanding of how to leverage the digital transformation responsibly and inclusively for progress on the Sustainable […]

Ottawa: Chief Public Health Officer of Canada Theresa Tam confirmed a total of 112 cases of monkeypox in the country. Speaking at a health briefing, Tam said that these confirmed cases had been reported nationally, including one case in British Columbia, four in Alberta, nine in Ontario and 98 in Quebec, reports Xinhua news agency. “The […]