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India, with 12 nations, leads initiative at UN to counter misinformation on COVID-19
United Nations: India, along with 12 other countries, has led an initiative here aimed at spreading fact-based content to counter...
‘Three COVID-19 disease phases identified’
London: Scientists have described three distinct phases of COVID-19 disease progression in patients, urging medical professionals to consider an individualised...
Egypt: Ethiopia rejecting ‘fundamental issues’ on Nile dam
Cairo: Egypt and Sudan said talks over a controversial massive Nile dam would be resumed Monday, amid Egyptian accusations that...
Nepal Parliament’s lower house unanimously passes bill to redraw political map
Kathmandu: Nepal's Parliament on Saturday unanimously voted to amend the Constitution to update the country's new political map, laying claim...
18 people killed in separate attacks in Afghanistan
Kabul: Two separate attacks in Afghanistan have killed at least 18 people amid a wave of violence across the country,...
Pope Francis says coronavirus pandemic challenges many assumptions
Vatican City: Pope Francis said on Saturday that the coronavirus pandemic has challenged many assumptions. In a message for the...
Four killed, over 50 injured in oil tanker explosion in China
Beijing: Four people were killed and over 50 others injured when an oil tanker exploded on an expressway in East...
Extreme poverty could rise to over one billion people globally due to COVID-19 crisis: Report
New York: Global poverty could rise to over one billion people due to the COVID-19 pandemic and more than half...
COVID-19 may push millions more children into child labour, reversing decades of gains: UN
United Nations: The COVID-19 crisis may push millions more children into child labour, including in countries like India, Brazil and...
London’s Gandhi, Mandela, Churchill statues boarded up ahead of protests
London: The statue of Mahatma Gandhi in London's Parliament Square is among several monuments being covered and boarded up here...