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India comes in second place in terms of cases at 9,735,850, while the country's death toll soared to 141,360.

The company said it was forced to make the decision because “transport-related” delays left it short of parts.

The study randomised 84 patients undergoing weight loss surgery to an exercise group or a control group for 11 months.

The foreign workers who violate local laws are required to return home through deportation centres.

Indian American Vice President-elect Kamala Harris was the only woman on the list and stood at the 10th position globally.

According to an official note from the airport, the airline would be operating with a Boeing 777-200 aircraft, with a seat capacity of 238 (8 First Class + 35 Business Class + 195 Economy Class).

The huge mural - 20 meters high (65 feet) and 40 meters wide is painted to honour the country's favourite son

China has largely brought domestic transmissions under control, with state media blaming recent clusters on imports of frozen food and other shipments.

Created in 2005, the fund "has helped millions of people get food, health care, shelter and protection this year," the under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs, Mark Lowcock said.

In the study, the scientists assessed what happens when a face shield wearer is exposed to a sneeze from an infected person standing one metre in front of them.

Past trial results have found that the vaccine induces antibody and T cell immune responses, and is safe in adults aged 18 years and over, including older adults, the study noted.

The series revolving around a corner shop and pub in a fictional town in northern England called Weatherfield was first aired on December 7, 1960.

More than 100 million Indonesians are registered to vote in the poll staffed by almost 2.7 million election workers, some of whom were tasked with taking ballot boxes to hospitalised Covid patients.

The Pfizer-BioNTech jab is one of several vaccines bringing hope for an end to the pandemic that has killed more than 1.5 million people worldwide and ravaged economies.

India and Brazil continue to be the second and third most-affected country from the pandemic respectively reporting 9,703,770 cases and 6,674,999 cases respectively.

The revised height of Mt. Everest puts an end to the decades-long dispute between the two neighbours on the height of the world's tallest mountain that straddles their shared border.

The Nepal government decided to measure the exact height of the mountain amid debates that there might have been a change in it due to various reasons, including earthquake of 2015.

Yeager rocketed into history by breaking the sound barrier in the experimental Bell X-1 research aircraft in 1947, helping to pave the way for the US space program.

The refuge run by a local leader, Jhon Jairo Vasquez, offers new life to these orphaned animals.

Yang descends and hangs off the steep cliff face, patiently picking up rubbish thrown off the side by tourists. His colleagues at the top hold firmly onto his rope, attached to hooks in the rock.

There will be no glitzy banquet honouring winners in Stockholm or Oslo as the global pandemic curtails the usual celebrations.

Nepal recalculates the height of Mount Everest at 8848.86 metres, the country's Foreign Minister Pradeep Gyawali announced.

The UK will be the first country in the world to start using the Pfizer vaccine after regulators approved its use last week.

The United States continues to be the most affected country by the virus with its total cases nearing 15 million.